- Born
- Died
- A New York native, Doris Belack began her acting career as an audio reader and lent her voice to the 1955 album "Poetry of the Negro" with Sidney Poitier. She later was active in television; she was best known for her roles as Anna Wolek on the television soap opera On ne vit qu'une fois (1968) and Judge Margaret Barry on television crime and court drama New York - Police judiciaire (1990). She also appeared in the 1982 motion-picture comedy Tootsie (1982) and a number of television situational comedies, such as Barney Miller (1975) and Les craquantes (1985).- IMDb mini biography by: Cam
- SpousePhilip Rose(1946 - May 31, 2011) (his death)
- She never changed her hairstyle; she had her hairdresser dress it exactly the same every time she went to the beauty parlor.
- Upon her death, she was cremated at Fresh Pond Crematory in Middle Village, Queens, and her ashes were given unto a surviving cousin in Flushing, New York.
- She was a close friend of Walter Matthau.
- Alumna of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1945.
- She was a lifelong liberal Democrat and civil rights activist.
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