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Tovah Feldshuh

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Actress

The Resume

    (December 27, 1952- )
    Born in New York City, New York
    Birth name was Terri Sue Feldshuh
    Last name pronounced 'feld-shoe'
    Portrayed Helena Slomova in the miniseries 'Holocaust' (1978) and Danielle Melnick on Law and Order (1991-2007)
    Appeared in the films 'The Idolmaker' (1980), 'Brewster's Millions' (1985), 'The Blue Iguana' (1988), 'A Walk on the Moon' (1999), 'Kissing Jessica Stein' (2001), 'The Tollbooth' (2004) and 'Goyband' (2008)
    Appeared on Broadway in 'Cyrano' (1973), 'Yentl' (1975), 'Lend Me A Tenor' (1989), 'Golda's Balcony' (2003), 'Hello, Dolly!' (2006) and 'Irena's Vow' (2008)

Why she might be annoying:

    She started out downplaying her Judaism by using the stage name Terri Fairchild, then did a 180 by adopting the Hebrew name Tovah.
    She titled one of her cabaret revues 'Tovah Crossovah!'
    She complained that Hollywood considered her too aggressive, too intelligent and not pretty enough.
    She claims that for non-Jewish roles, 'I had to be twice as good as anybody else just to get in the door.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her performance as Golda Meir in 'Golda's Balcony' set a record for longest-running one woman show on Broadway.
    She received the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award and the Israeli Peace Medal for her charity work.
    She said, 'Here I am, halfway through my career, more than a quarter century on and off Broadway, and I can say I'm proud of 98 percent of my work.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 74 Votes: 41.89% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 45 Votes: 51.11% Annoying