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Doris Belack
Doris Belack
	Belack in 1990
Born	February 26, 1926; New York City, U.S.
Died	October 4, 2011 (aged 85); New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1955–2011
Spouse	Philip Rose (m. 1946; died 2011)

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Doris Belack (February 26, 1926 – October 4, 2011) was an American character actress of stage, film and television.^[1]

Early years

Born on February 26, 1926, Belack was the younger child of Russian Jewish immigrant parents, Isaac and Bertha Belack; she had an older sister.^[1]

Life and career

Belack began her acting career immediately after she graduated from high school when she began performing in a summer stock theater company.^[1]

She has sometimes been misidentified as the first Bernice Fish, the wife to Abe Vigoda's character Fish on Barney Miller. She was actually only a one-episode replacement for actress Florence Stanley, who played the role. Before that, Belack was seen mainly in soap operas. She originated the role of Anna Wolek Craig for nearly a decade on One Life to Live. She also appeared in Another World (three different roles over several years), The Doctors (1980, as psychiatrist Dr. Claudia Howard), and The Edge of Night (1981, as Beth Bryson). Later in the 1980s, she had the recurring role of Pine Valley's mayor on All My Children.

She played the formidable soap opera producer Rita Marshall in the 1982 comedy film Tootsie, which starred Dustin Hoffman. Her other film credits included roles in Fast Forward (1985), Batteries Not Included (1987), Splash, Too (1988), She-Devil (1989), Opportunity Knocks (1990), What About Bob? (1991), Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult. (1994), Krippendorf's Tribe (1998), The Odd Couple II (1998) and Fail Safe (2000).^[2]

Belack played the lead role in the short-lived television sitcom Baker's Dozen as "Florence Baker", the no-nonsense captain of an undercover anti-crime unit of the NYPD. The show lasted a month on CBS. She guest starred on an episode of The Golden Girls in 1985 as Gloria, the sister of Bea Arthur's character Dorothy Zbornak. From 1990 to 2001, Belack played tough, sharp-tongued Judge Margaret Barry, a recurring role on Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She voiced Maureen McReary in Grand Theft Auto IV and provided the voices of Mrs. Dink and Mrs. Wingo in the Nickelodeon show Doug. Her last television appearance was on a 2003 episode of Sex and the City.^[2]

Personal life and death

Her husband, producer Philip Rose, died on May 31, 2011, four months before her own death. They were married for 65 years and had no children.^[3]

Belack died on October 4, 2011, in New York City, aged 85.^[1]

Partial filmography

For The People (1965) - The Policewoman
Barney Miller (1975) - Bernice Fish
Looking Up (1977) - Libby Levine
One Life to Live (1977) - Anna Wolek Craig
On Our Own (1978) - Nurse Pressiosa
The Last Tenant (1978) - Housekeeper
Family (1980) - Dr. Derwin
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980) - Olive
The Black Marble (1980) - Harried Woman
When the Whistle Blows (1980)
The Doctors (1980) - Dr. Claudia Howard
We're Fighting Back (1981) - Doctor
The Edge of Night (1982) - Beth Bryson
Hanky Panky (1982) - Building Manager
Baker's Dozen (1982) - Capt. Florence Baker
Tootsie (1982) - Rita Marshall
The Cradle Will Fall (1983) - Edna Burns
Sessions (1983)
Emerald Point N.A.S. (1984) - Nancy Frost
Family Ties (1984) - Mrs. Willis
The Cosby Show (1984) - Saleswoman
Cagney And Lacey (1985) - Mrs. Harkins
The Hearst and Davies Affair (1985) - Louella Parsons
Remington Steele (1985) - Myrtle/Rose
Fast Forward (1985) - Mrs. Gilroy
Off The Rack (1985)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985) - Mrs. Courtney
Hollywood Beat (1985)
Hometown (1985) - Alice Bender
The Golden Girls (1985) - Gloria Petrillo
Mr. Belvedere - Customer #2
Mary (1986) - Norma Tucker
The Equalizer - (1987) - Dorian
Almost Partners (1987) - Anna McCue
Batteries Not Included (1987) - Mrs. Thompson
Hostage (1988) - Edna
Splash, Too (1988) - Lois Needler
Baby Boom (1988) Lois Elkman
The Luckiest Man in the World (1989) - Mrs. Posner
She-Devil (1989) - Paula
Anything But Love (1989) - Dorothy Gold
Opportunity Knocks (1990) - Mona
Absolute Strangers (1991) - Fran
What About Bob? (1991) - Dr. Catherine Tomsky
Mathnet (1992) - Broadway Annie Rose
Laurie Hill (1992) - Beverly Fielder
Lifestories: Families In Crisis (1993) - Judge Cohen
Family Album (1993) - Lillian Lerner
Doug (1994) - Tippi Dink/Mrs. Wingo/Ruby Valentine (voice)
Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult (1994) - Dr. Roberts
Picket Fences (1994) - Justice Ginsburg
Chicago Hope (1995) - Mrs. Taubler
Sisters (1995) - Shirley Nuesbaum/Naomi Margolis
What's Your Sign? (1997)
Krippendorf's Tribe (1998) - President Porter
The Odd Couple II (1998) - Blanche Madison Povitch
Doug's 1st Movie (1999) - Mayor Tippi Dink (voice)
Fail Safe (2000) - Mrs. Johnson
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2000) - Judge Margaret Barry
Prime (2005) - Blanche
True Crime: New York City (2005) - Additional voices^[4]
Delirious (2006) - Les's mother
Arranged (2007) - Elona (final film role)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Vitello, Paul (October 9, 2011). "Doris Belack, Judge on TV's 'Law & Order', Dies at 85". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2011. Doris Belack, a veteran stage, television and screen actress best known for her roles as a no-nonsense judge on "Law & Order" and as the peeved soap opera producer in "Tootsie" died on Tuesday in New York. She was 85.
^ ^a ^b "Actress Doris Belack dies at 85". Variety. October 6, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
^ "Philip Rose dies at age 89". Variety. June 5, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
^ Luxoflux. True Crime: New York City. Activision. Scene: Pause menu credits, 4:29:50 in, VOICE TALENT.

External links

Doris Belack obituary in Variety
Doris Belack at IMDb
Doris Belack at the Internet Broadway Database
‹The template AllMovie name is being considered for deletion.› Doris Belack at AllMovie

[:0-1] Vitello, Paul (October 9, 2011). "Doris Belack, Judge on TV's 'Law & Order', Dies at 85". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2011. Doris Belack, a veteran stage, television and screen actress best known for her roles as a no-nonsense judge on "Law & Order" and as the peeved soap opera producer in "Tootsie" died on Tuesday in New York. She was 85.

[variety-2] "Actress Doris Belack dies at 85". Variety. October 6, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2020.

[3] "Philip Rose dies at age 89". Variety. June 5, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2020.

[tcnyc-4] Luxoflux. True Crime: New York City. Activision. Scene: Pause menu credits, 4:29:50 in, VOICE TALENT.

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-'''Doris Belack''' (February 26, 1926 – October 4, 2011) was an American character actress of stage, film and television.<ref>{{cite news| first=Paul| last=Vitello| title=Doris Belack, Judge on TV's 'Law & Order', Dies at 85| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/arts/television/doris-belack-judge-on-tvs-law-order-dies-at-85.html?hpw |quote=Doris Belack, a veteran stage, television and screen actress best known for her roles as a no-nonsense judge on "Law & Order" and as the peeved soap opera producer in "Tootsie" died on Tuesday in New York. She was 85.| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=October 9, 2011| access-date=October 10, 2011| url-access=subscription}}</ref>
+'''Doris Belack''' (February 26, 1926 – October 4, 2011) was an American [[Character actor|character actress]] of stage, film and television.<ref name=":0">{{cite news| first=Paul| last=Vitello| title=Doris Belack, Judge on TV's 'Law & Order', Dies at 85| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/arts/television/doris-belack-judge-on-tvs-law-order-dies-at-85.html?hpw |quote=Doris Belack, a veteran stage, television and screen actress best known for her roles as a no-nonsense judge on "Law & Order" and as the peeved soap opera producer in "Tootsie" died on Tuesday in New York. She was 85.| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=October 9, 2011| access-date=October 10, 2011| url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011154651/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/arts/television/doris-belack-judge-on-tvs-law-order-dies-at-85.html?hpw |archive-date=October 11, 2011}}</ref>
+== Early years ==
+Born on February 26, 1926, Belack was the younger child of Russian Jewish immigrant parents, Isaac and Bertha Belack; she had an older sister.<ref name=":0" />
 ==Life and career==
+Belack began her acting career immediately after she graduated from high school when she began performing in a summer stock theater company.<ref name=":0" />
-Belack was born in 1926 in New York City, the younger daughter of Isaac and Bertha Belack, Jewish immigrants from Russia. She had one sibling, an older sister. In 1955, she performed on the record ''Poetry of the Negro'' with [[Sidney Poitier]]. The record was produced by her husband, [[Philip Rose (theatrical producer)|Philip Rose]].{{Citation needed |date=December 2021}}
-Belack has been misidentified as the first "Mrs. Fish" to [[Abe Vigoda]]'s character on ''[[Barney Miller]]''. She was actually only a one-episode replacement for actress [[Florence Stanley]], who played "Mrs. Fish" ("Bernice Fish"). Before that, Belack was seen mainly in soap operas; she originated the role of [[Anna Wolek|Anna Wolek Craig]] for nearly a decade on ''[[One Life to Live]]''. She also appeared in ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' (three different roles over the show's 35-year run), ''[[The Doctors (1963 TV series)|The Doctors]]'' (1980, as psychiatrist Dr. Claudia Howard) and ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' (1981, as Beth Bryson who held Nancy Karr hostage). Later in the 1980s, she had the recurring role of Pine Valley's mayor on ''[[All My Children]]''.
+She has sometimes been misidentified as the first Bernice Fish, the wife to [[Abe Vigoda]]'s character Fish on ''[[Barney Miller]]''. She was actually only a one-episode replacement for actress [[Florence Stanley]], who played the role. Before that, Belack was seen mainly in soap operas. She originated the role of [[Anna Wolek|Anna Wolek Craig]] for nearly a decade on ''[[One Life to Live]]''. She also appeared in ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' (three different roles over several years), ''[[The Doctors (1963 TV series)|The Doctors]]'' (1980, as psychiatrist Dr. Claudia Howard), and ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' (1981, as Beth Bryson). Later in the 1980s, she had the recurring role of Pine Valley's mayor on ''[[All My Children]]''.
-She played the formidable soap opera producer Rita Marshall in the 1982 comedy film ''[[Tootsie]]'', which starred [[Dustin Hoffman]]. Her other film credits included roles in ''[[Fast Forward (film)|Fast Forward]]'' (1985), ''[[Batteries Not Included]]'' (1987), ''[[Splash, Too]]'' (1988), ''[[She-Devil (1989 film)|She-Devil]]'' (1989), ''[[Opportunity Knocks (film)|Opportunity Knocks]]'' (1990), ''[[What About Bob?]]'' (1991), ''[[Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult]]''. (1994), ''[[Krippendorf's Tribe]]'' (1998), ''[[The Odd Couple II]]'' (1998) and ''[[Fail Safe (2000 film)|Fail Safe]]'' (2000).<ref name=variety>{{cite news| title=Actress Doris Belack dies at 85| url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/actress-doris-belack-dies-at-85-1118044050/#!| newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| date=October 6, 2011| access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref>
+She played the formidable soap opera producer Rita Marshall in the 1982 comedy film ''[[Tootsie]]'', which starred [[Dustin Hoffman]]. Her other film credits included roles in ''[[Fast Forward (film)|Fast Forward]]'' (1985), ''[[Batteries Not Included]]'' (1987), ''[[Splash, Too]]'' (1988), ''[[She-Devil (1989 film)|She-Devil]]'' (1989), ''[[Opportunity Knocks (film)|Opportunity Knocks]]'' (1990), ''[[What About Bob?]]'' (1991), ''[[Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult|Naked Gun {{frac|33|1|3}}: The Final Insult]]''. (1994), ''[[Krippendorf's Tribe]]'' (1998), ''[[The Odd Couple II]]'' (1998) and ''[[Fail Safe (2000 film)|Fail Safe]]'' (2000).<ref name=variety>{{cite news| title=Actress Doris Belack dies at 85| url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/actress-doris-belack-dies-at-85-1118044050/#!| newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| date=October 6, 2011| access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref>
-Belack played the lead role in the short-lived television sitcom called ''[[Baker's Dozen (TV series)|Baker's Dozen]]'' as "Florence Baker", the no-nonsense captain of an undercover anti-crime unit of the [[NYPD]]. The show lasted a month on CBS. She guest starred on an episode of ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' in 1985 as [[Dorothy Zbornak]]'s sister, Gloria.
+Belack played the lead role in the short-lived television sitcom ''[[Baker's Dozen (TV series)|Baker's Dozen]]'' as "Florence Baker", the no-nonsense captain of an undercover anti-crime unit of the [[NYPD]]. The show lasted a month on CBS. She guest starred on an episode of ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' in 1985 as Gloria, the sister of [[Bea Arthur]]'s character [[Dorothy Zbornak]]. From 1990 to 2001, Belack played tough, sharp-tongued Judge Margaret Barry, a recurring role on ''[[Law & Order]]'' and ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''. She voiced Maureen McReary in ''[[Grand Theft Auto|Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' and provided the voices of Mrs. Dink and Mrs. Wingo in the Nickelodeon show ''[[Doug (TV series)|Doug]]''. Her last television appearance was on a 2003 episode of ''[[Sex and the City]]''.<ref name=variety/>
+==Personal life and death==
-From 1990 to 2001, she played tough, sharp-tongued Judge Margaret Barry, a recurring role on ''[[Law & Order]]'' and ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''. She voiced Maureen McReary in ''[[Grand Theft Auto|Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' and provided the voices of Mrs. Dink and Mrs. Wingo in the Nickelodeon show ''[[Doug (TV series)|Doug]]''. Her last television appearance was on a 2003 episode of ''[[Sex and the City]]''.<ref name=variety/>
+Her husband, producer [[Philip Rose (theatrical producer)|Philip Rose]], died on May 31, 2011, four months before her own death. They were married for 65 years and had no children.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118038048| title=Philip Rose dies at age 89| newspaper=Variety| date=June 5, 2011| access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref>
+Belack died on October 4, 2011, in New York City, aged 85.<ref name=":0" />
-==Personal life==
-Her husband, producer [[Philip Rose (theatrical producer)|Philip Rose]], died on May 31, 2011, four months before her own death. They were married for 65 years and had no children.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118038048| title=Philip Rose dies at age 89| newspaper=Variety| date=June 5, 2011| access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref> Following her death, she was [[cremated]] at the Fresh Pond Crematory in Middle Village, Queens County, New York.<ref>https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/180467537:60525?_phsrc=zop5&_phstart=successSource&gsln=Belack&ml_rpos=2&queryId=ba5a73cd5454143188fcbca1e8b07086</ref>
 ==Partial filmography==
+*''For The People'' (1965) - The Policewoman
+*''[[Barney Miller]]'' (1975) - Bernice Fish
 *''Looking Up'' (1977) - Libby Levine
+*''[[One Life to Live]]'' (1977) - Anna Wolek Craig
+*[[On Our Own (1977 TV series)|''On Our Own'']] (1978) - Nurse Pressiosa
 *''The Last Tenant'' (1978) - Housekeeper
+*[[Family (1976 TV series)|''Family'']] (1980) - Dr. Derwin
+*''[[The Jilting of Granny Weatherall]]'' (1980) - Olive
 *''[[The Black Marble]]'' (1980) - Harried Woman
+*''[[When the Whistle Blows]]'' (1980)
+*[[The Doctors (1963 TV series)|''The Doctors'']] (1980) - Dr. Claudia Howard
 *''We're Fighting Back'' (1981) - Doctor
+*''[[The Edge of Night]]'' (1982) - Beth Bryson
 *''[[Hanky Panky (1982 film)|Hanky Panky]]'' (1982) - Building Manager
+*[[Baker's Dozen (TV series)|''Baker's Dozen'']] (1982) - Capt. Florence Baker
 *''[[Tootsie]]'' (1982) - Rita Marshall
 *''The Cradle Will Fall'' (1983) - Edna Burns
 *''Sessions'' (1983)
+*''[[Emerald Point N.A.S.]]'' (1984) - Nancy Frost
-*''The Hearst and Davies Affair'' (1985) - Louella Parsons
+*''[[Family Ties]]'' (1984) - Mrs. Willis
+*''[[The Cosby Show]]'' (1984) - Saleswoman
+*''[[Cagney And Lacey]]'' (1985) - Mrs. Harkins
+*''The Hearst and Davies Affair'' (1985) - [[Louella Parsons]]
+*''[[Remington Steele]]'' (1985) - Myrtle/Rose
 *''[[Fast Forward (film)|Fast Forward]]'' (1985) - Mrs. Gilroy
+*''Off The Rack'' (1985)
+*''[[Scarecrow and Mrs. King]]'' (1985) - Mrs. Courtney
+*''[[Hollywood Beat]]'' (1985)
+* [[Hometown (American TV series)|''Hometown'']] (1985) - Alice Bender
+*''[[The Golden Girls]]'' (1985) - Gloria Petrillo
+*''[[Mr. Belvedere]]'' - Customer #2
+* [[Mary (1985 TV series)|''Mary'']] (1986) - Norma Tucker
+*''[[The Equalizer]]'' - (1987) - Dorian
 *''Almost Partners'' (1987) - Anna McCue
 *''[[Batteries Not Included]]'' (1987) - Mrs. Thompson
 *''Hostage'' (1988) - Edna
 *''Splash, Too'' (1988) - Lois Needler
+* [[Baby Boom (American TV series)|''Baby Boom'']] (1988) Lois Elkman
 *''The Luckiest Man in the World'' (1989) - Mrs. Posner
 *''[[She-Devil (1989 film)|She-Devil]]'' (1989) - Paula
+*''[[Anything But Love]]'' (1989) - Dorothy Gold
 *''[[Opportunity Knocks (film)|Opportunity Knocks]]'' (1990) - Mona
 *''[[Absolute Strangers]]'' (1991) - Fran
 *''[[What About Bob?]]'' (1991) - Dr. Catherine Tomsky
-*''[[Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult]]''. (1994) - Dr. Roberts
+*''[[Mathnet]]'' (1992) - Broadway Annie Rose
+*[[Laurie Hill (TV series)|''Laurie Hill'']] (1992) - Beverly Fielder
+*''Lifestories: Families In Crisis'' (1993) - Judge Cohen
+* [[Family Album (1993 TV series)|''Family Album'']] (1993) - Lillian Lerner
+* [[Doug (TV series)|''Doug'']] (1994) - Tippi Dink/Mrs. Wingo/Ruby Valentine (voice)
+*''[[Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult|Naked Gun {{frac|33|1|3}}: The Final Insult]]'' (1994) - Dr. Roberts
+*''[[Picket Fences]]'' (1994) - Justice Ginsburg
+*''[[Chicago Hope]]'' (1995) - Mrs. Taubler
+* [[Sisters (American TV series)|''Sisters'']] (1995) - Shirley Nuesbaum/Naomi Margolis
 *''What's Your Sign?'' (1997)
 *''[[Krippendorf's Tribe]]'' (1998) - President Porter
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 *''[[Doug's 1st Movie]]'' (1999) - Mayor Tippi Dink (voice)
 *''[[Fail Safe (2000 film)|Fail Safe]]'' (2000) - Mrs. Johnson
+*''[[Law and Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' (2000) - Judge Margaret Barry
 *''[[Prime (film)|Prime]]'' (2005) - Blanche
 *''[[True Crime: New York City]]'' (2005) - Additional voices<ref name="tcnyc">{{cite video game | developer=[[Luxoflux]] | title=True Crime: New York City | publisher=[[Activision]] | scene=Pause menu credits, 4:29:50 in, VOICE TALENT | year=2005}}</ref><!-- url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XSnZILVBPc -->
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