Person
Jayne Houdyshell
Acting · Born 1953-09-25 · Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Biography
Jayne Houdyshell is an American stage and screen actress.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ruth Linden
Law & Order
Forewoman
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Ruth Pear
Blue Bloods
Roseanne Galecki
Elementary
Carla
Only Murders in the Building
Bunny Folger
The Good Fight
Renee
Third Watch
Jane
Evil
Judge Sara Carl Shire
Quantico
The Widow
Filmography
- 2025Springsteen: Deliver Me from NowhereViv
- 2022CausewaySharon
- 2022One Killer QuestionSelf
- 2021The HumansDeirdre
- 2021Only Murders in the BuildingBunny Folger
- 2020Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging QueensHelen
- 2019Little WomenHannah
- 2019EvilJudge Sara Carl Shire
- 2019The ChaperoneSister Delores
- 2017DownsizingPaul's Mother
- 2017The Good FightRenee
- 2016The TickBlack Market Bob
- 2015QuanticoThe Widow
- 2014Lucky StiffHarry's Landlady
- 2014Romeo and JulietNurse
- 2012ElementaryCarla
- 2010Morning GloryStage Manager
- 2010Blue BloodsRoseanne Galecki
- 2010Running WildeGertie Stellvertretter
- 2010The Bounty HunterLandlady
- 2009Everybody's FineAlice
- 2009Loving LeahMrs. Finkelman
- 2006Things That Hang from TreesPam Dupont
- 2006ConvictionRoberta Palski
- 2005RoadPostal clerk
- 2004Garden StateMrs. Lubin
- 2004King of the CornerLouise
- 2002Maid in ManhattanCarmen
- 2002Changing LanesMiss Tetley
- 2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentRuth Pear
- 1999Third WatchJane
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitRuth Linden
- 1990Law & OrderForewoman
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