Jayne Houdyshell

Jayne Houdyshell
Characters Law & Order: Forewoman Marge Littleton Madelyn Roberts Law & Order: CI: Ruth Pear Law & Order: SVU: Judge Ruth Linden
Date of birth (born 25 September 1953; age 71)
Place of birth Topeka, Kansas
IMDb profile

Jayne Houdyshell (born on September 25, 1953) is an actress from Topeka, Kansas who portrays the role of Judge Ruth Linden on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

She has also appeared on Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Conviction.

Appearances

Law & Order

• "Denial" (1997) as Forewoman
• "Shield" (1999) as Marge Littleton
• "Dazzled" (2002) as Madelyn Roberts

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

• "The Unblinking Eye" (2005) as Ruth Pear

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge Ruth Linden

• "Silence" (2002)
• "Deadly Ambition" (2013)
• "Legitimate Rape" (2013)
• "Wednesday's Child" (2014)
• "Downloaded Child" (2014)
• "Spring Awakening" (2014)
• "Glasgowman's Wrath" (2014)
• "Pattern Seventeen" (2014)
• "Surrendering Noah" (2015)
• "Complicated" (2017)

Conviction

• "Denial" (2006) as Judge Roberta Palski