Terri Sue "Tovah" Feldshuh was born on December 27,1948 and is an American actress, singer, and playwright.
26 Facts About Tovah Feldshuh
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Tovah Feldshuh has been a Broadway star for fifty years, earning four Tony Award nominations.
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Tovah Feldshuh was raised in Scarsdale, New York, in Westchester County, and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College.
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Tovah Feldshuh studied acting at HB Studio in New York City.
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Tovah Feldshuh started her career under theater director Michael Langham at the Guthrie Theater, where she was awarded the McKnight Fellowship in Acting.
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Tovah Feldshuh said: 'Terri Sue doesn't fit you at all.
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Tovah Feldshuh made her Broadway debut in the short-lived 1973 musical Cyrano starring Christopher Plummer.
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Tovah Feldshuh appeared in the titular role in Yentl both off-Broadway at the Chelsea Theater Center and later on Broadway.
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Tovah Feldshuh returned to Broadway in the Dan Gordon play Irena's Vow in March 2009.
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Tovah Feldshuh had appeared off-Broadway in this play in September 2008.
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In 2012, Tovah Feldshuh performed as Mama Rose in a revival of Gypsy.
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At the September 21,2013, Broadway performance of Pippin, Andrea Martin's last performance as Berthe was announced to be the following day, and Tovah Feldshuh would be subsequently taking over the role.
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In July 2022, it was announced that Tovah Feldshuh would replace Jane Lynch as Mrs Brice in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl, beginning September 6,2022.
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In 1973, Tovah Feldshuh appeared on television in a supporting role in Scream, Pretty Peggy.
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However, Tovah Feldshuh came to international prominence as Helena Slomova in the 1978 miniseries Holocaust, based on Gerald Green's novel.
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Tovah Feldshuh appeared as Ruthie in the 2004 film The Tollbooth.
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Tovah Feldshuh appeared in Goyband, co-starring Adam Pascal, Amy Davidson, Cris Judd, Dean Edwards, Tibor Feldman, and Natasha Lyonne.
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Tovah Feldshuh was slated to star in the psychological thriller Acts of Mercy.
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In 2009, Tovah Feldshuh recorded the song "Bein Nahar Prat" for Pioneers for a Cure, with the proceeds benefiting Ellen's Run.
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In March 2015, Tovah Feldshuh made her debut in a starring role on AMC's highly rated The Walking Dead.
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Tovah Feldshuh had never seen the show before being cast as former politician Deanna Monroe, whose character Tovah Feldshuh says she based on Hillary Clinton.
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Tovah Feldshuh appeared in the six-part miniseries Flesh and Bone, which debuted in 2015 on Starz.
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From 2015 to 2019, Tovah Feldshuh had a recurring role on the musical comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as Naomi Bunch, the image-conscious and hypercritical mother of the show's main character, Rebecca Bunch, played by Rachel Bloom.
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Tovah Feldshuh married New York attorney Andrew Harris Levy in 1977.
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When doing research for her role as Irene Gut Opdyke in the play Irena's Vow, Tovah Feldshuh traveled to Borshchiv, Ukraine, and discovered that her own ancestor, Moishe Tovah Feldshuh, had lived there in the early 20th century.
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In March 2015, Tovah Feldshuh hiked Mount Kilimanjaro with her son.