Michelle Hurst
American actress (born 1942)
Michelle Denise Hurst (born June 1, 1942) is an American actress. She played Miss Claudette Pelage in the first season of the streaming television series Orange Is the New Black.
01Life and career
Born in Brooklyn on June 1, 1942, Hurst grew up in Bedford Stuyvesant and Crown Heights and attended Midwood High School. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1974.
Hurst began her career in theatre, and in the 1990s began appearing in television and film. Hurst is known for her multiple roles in various Law & Order television shows. She co-starred in films like Airheads, Smoke, Stepmom and Sherrybaby.
Hurst starred as Miss Claudette Pelage in the first season of the Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black in 2013. This role earned Hurst, along with the main cast, a Satellite Award for Best Cast, Television Series. Hurst did not return to the show after the first season after she was seriously injured in a car accident in December 2013. Hurst was placed in a 16-day coma so doctors could perform surgeries close to her spine.
02Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Reporter #2 | |
| 1993 | The Night We Never Met | Leslie | |
| 1994 | Airheads | Yvonne | |
| 1995 | Smoke | Aunt Em | |
| 1995 | Blue in the Face | Statistician | |
| 1996 | I Shot Andy Warhol | Nedicks Manager | |
| 1997 | Office Killer | Kate | |
| 1998 | Stepmom | Nurse | |
| 2001 | Just Visiting | Pawnshop Broker | |
| 2003 | In the Cut | Teacher | |
| 2004 | Poster Boy | Professor Silver | |
| 2006 | Sherrybaby | Dorothy Washington | |
| 2008 | Choke | Shapely Nurse | |
| 2010 | A Little Help | Eileen | |
| 2010 | All Good Things | Newscaster | |
| 2011 | I Don't Know How She Does It | Nurse | |
| 2012 | Frances Ha | Theater Manager | |
| 2014 | Hard Sell | Nurse Parker | |
| 2017 | Permission | Dr. Bennett |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | New York Undercover | Ms. Ellis | Episode: "Brotherhood" |
| 1995 | New York News | ER Nurse | Episode: "Welcome Back Cotter" |
| 1996-2001 | Law & Order | Various | 4 Episodes" |
| 2000-2015 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Various | 4 Episodes" |
| 2000 | Cosby | Ms. Summers | Episode: "Thursday's Child" |
| 2000 | Sex and the City | Nurse | Episode: "Running with Scissors" |
| 2002 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Audrey | Episode: "The Pilgrim" |
| 2003 | Life on the Line | Dr. Morgan | Television movie |
| 2004 | Rescue Me | Case Worker | Episode: "Revenge" |
| 2004 | Third Watch | Judge Connie Allen | Episode: "Leap of Faith" |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Judge Hester James | Episode: "Home" |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | Councilwoman Collins | Episode: "Re-Do" |
| 2012 | NYC 22 | Deputy Chief Rosalind Adamczyk | Episode: "Samaritans" |
| 2013 | Orange Is the New Black | Miss Claudette Pelage | Main Cast; 12 episodes Satellite Award for Best Cast, Television Series |
| 2014 | Broad City | Mary | Episode: "Destination Wedding" |
| 2015 | Last Tango in Halifax | Ginika | Episode #3.4 |
| 2020 | Grand Army | Lead Interviewer | Episode: "Making Moves" |
| 2020 | Chicago Med | Beverly MacNeal | Episode: "When Did We Begin to Change?" |
Sources and credits
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