Terri Sue "Tovah" Feldshuh (born December 27, 1952) is an American
actress, singer, and playwright. She has been a Broadway star for more
than four decades, earning four Tony Award nominations. She has also
received two Emmy Award nominations for Holocaust and Law & Order, and
appeared in such films as A Walk on the Moon, She's Funny That Way,
and Kissing Jessica Stein. In 2015â€"2016, she played the role of
Deanna Monroe on AMC's television adaptation of The Walking
Dead.Feldshuh is of Jewish heritage, the daughter of Lillian (née
Kaplan) and Sidney Feldshuh, who was a lawyer. Her brother David
Feldshuh is the Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright of Miss Evers'
Boys.She was raised in Scarsdale, New York, in Westchester County, and
graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. In her high-school years, she
was a student at the National Music Camp (later named the Interlochen
Arts Camp) as a star in their drama class. She studied acting at HB
Studio in New York City. She started her career under theater director
Michael Langham at the Guthrie Theater, where she was awarded the
McKnight Fellowship in Acting.
actress, singer, and playwright. She has been a Broadway star for more
than four decades, earning four Tony Award nominations. She has also
received two Emmy Award nominations for Holocaust and Law & Order, and
appeared in such films as A Walk on the Moon, She's Funny That Way,
and Kissing Jessica Stein. In 2015â€"2016, she played the role of
Deanna Monroe on AMC's television adaptation of The Walking
Dead.Feldshuh is of Jewish heritage, the daughter of Lillian (née
Kaplan) and Sidney Feldshuh, who was a lawyer. Her brother David
Feldshuh is the Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright of Miss Evers'
Boys.She was raised in Scarsdale, New York, in Westchester County, and
graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. In her high-school years, she
was a student at the National Music Camp (later named the Interlochen
Arts Camp) as a star in their drama class. She studied acting at HB
Studio in New York City. She 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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