- Before she went into the movie business she started as a rock singer. More 'famous' because of her flaming hair color in that period.
- Sideline: acting teacher and cabaret performer
- Has been nominated for Broadway's Tony Award four times: as Best Actress (Play) in 1976 for "Yentl" and in 2004 for "Golda's Balcony," her one-woman show about Golda Meir; as Best Actress (Musical) in 1979 for "Sarava"; and as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) in 1989 for "Lend Me a Tenor.".
- Tovah is her Hebrew name.
- Younger sister of Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright, David Feldshuh.
- She has played the same character (Danielle Melnick) in three different series: Law & Order (1990), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) and Chicago Justice (2017).
- In earlier years, she appeared on the stage under the name of "Terri Fairchild".
- Portrayed former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir twice: on her Broadway one-woman show "Golda's Balcony" and in O Jerusalem (2006).
- Appeared 13 times as defense attorney Danielle Melnick on the original "Law & Order," which is the most in the series for a recurring defense attorney character.
- Made her Broadway debut in the role of Yentl in 1973.
- Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1977" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 29.
- Recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award.
- Recipient of Hadassah's Myrtle Wreath and Mother of the Year Award.
- Has been awarded three honorary Doctorates of Human Letters.
- Children: Garson Brandon Levy and Amanda Levy.
- Her mother, Lily Kaplan Feldshuh, passed away at 103 years old 8 years after undergoing experimental heart valve surgery.
- Graduated from Sarah Lawrence which she opted over Juilliard.
- Opens in the role of Golda Meir in William Gibson's play "Golda's Balcony" as it moves to Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theater. (October 2003)
- She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
- Opens in the role of Golda Meir in William Gibson's play "Golda's Balcony" at the Manhattan Ensemble Theater in SoHo. (March 2003)
- In 2021 she published her memoir "Lilyville: Mother, Daughter And Other Roles I've Played" (Hachette Books).
- Recipient of the Israel Peace Medal.
- For her theater work, she has won four Drama Desks, four Outer Critics Circles, three Dramalogues, an Obie, a Theater World, and the Helen Hayes and Lucille Lortel Awards for Best Actress.
- Alumna of Stella Adler Studio of Acting.
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