For her work on the New York stage,
from "Yentl" to "Saravá!" to "Lend Me a
Tenor", Tovah Feldshuh has won 3 Tony
nominations for Best Actress, 3 Drama
Desk Awards, 4 Outer Critics Circle
Awards, The Obie, and the Theatre World
Award. She is currently starring as
Golda Meir in William Gibson's "Golda's
Balcony" at Manhattan Ensemble Theatre
(www.met.com). UPI has called it "an
inspired performance", and The New York
Times says, "She does more than just
resurrect Meir: she embodies an entire
country." Other New York credits
include the title roles in "She Stoops
to Conquer" and "Mistress of the Inn"
(Roundabout), BAM's "Three
Sisters", "The Vagina Monologues", and
roles on Broadway in "Cyrano" with
Christopher Plummer, "Rodgers and
Hart", and "Dreyfus in Rehearsal".
Among other roles, Ms. Feldshuh has
portrayed: Tallulah Bankhead, Diana
Vreeland, Jean Brodie, Sarah Bernhardt,
Stella Adler, Sophie Tucker, Katharine
Hepburn, three queens of Henry VIII,
and nine Jews from birth to death in
off-Broadway's "Hello Muddah, Hello
Fadduh." She toured four continents
with her one-woman show "Tovah: Out of
Her Mind!" after a sold-out run in New
York.
For her television work, she received
the Emmy nomination for her portrayal
of Helena the Czech freedom fighter
in "Holocaust." She has a recurring
role as Danielle Melnick on "Law and
Order". Feature films
include: "Kissing Jessica Stein" for
which she won the Golden Satellite
Award as Best Supporting Actress; "A
Walk on the Moon", "Happy
Accidents", "Friends and Family", "3
Little Wolffs", "Toll Booth", and "Old
Love".
Ms. Feldshuh is a graduate of Sarah
Lawrence College and the winner of the
McKnight Fellowship to the Tyrone
Guthrie Theatre. Visit her website at
www.tovahfeldshuh.com.
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