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Doris Belack (born February 26, 1926^[1]) is an American character actress of stage, film and television.

In 1955, she performed on the record "Poetry of the Negro" with Sidney Poitier. The record was produced by her husband Philip Rose.

Although some believe her to be the first "Mrs. Fish" to Abe Vigoda's character on Barney Miller, she was actually a replacement for Florence Stanley in the episode titled "Fish" (Se2Ep12). Florence appeared twice in episodes titled "Stakeout" and "Hair" in season one. Before that, Doris was seen mainly in Soap Operas, her best known role being that of the original Anna Wolek Craig on One Life to Live She also appeared in Another World and The Edge of Night and The Doctors. Doris also played the part of the formidable producer on the soap opera Dustin Hoffman's character appeared on in the film "Tootsie", a role reportedly inspired by legendary real life producers Doris Quinlan (One Life To Live, The Doctors) and Gloria Monty (General Hospital).

She played the lead role in the short-lived television sitcom called Baker's Dozen as "Florence Baker", the no-nonsense captain of an undercover anti-crime unit of the N.Y.P.D. The show lasted a month on CBS. From 1990 to 2001. she played the sharp-tongued "Judge Margaret Barry", a recurring role. She plays Maureen McReary in Grand Theft Auto IV.

She also provided the voices of Mrs. Dink and Mrs. Wingo in the Nickelodeon show Doug

References

She played the role of Gloria on The Golden Girls in the episode "The Custody Battle".

External links

• Doris Belack at the Internet Movie Database
• Doris Belack at the Internet Broadway Database
• Doris Belack at Allmovie