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Roberta Bassin

  • Actress
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Roberta E. Bassin is known for her compelling portrayals of array of interesting characters in film, TV and stage including film classic "Barfly", Emmy and Golden Globe Best Movie for Television Winner Oliver Stone's "Indictment: The McMartin Trial" and Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar." A few of her many performances in Television include: David E. Kelly's "Presumed Innocent, Shameless, How to Get Away With Murder, Ray Donovan, Major Crimes, Criminal Minds, Grey's Anatomy, E.R., Crossing Jordan, American Dreams, Gideon's Crossing, The Pretender."

One of her greatest joys as an actress/writer, has been performing her one woman show, "Amelia Earhart: In Her Own Words." She now has authored a companion book "Amelia Earhart, Me and Our Friends: Journaling the Journey...The Amelia Earhart Self Help Book."

Roberta Bassin is a graduate of UCLA and holds a California Lifetime Teaching Credential. She is an artist of water color and oils. A dancer since the age of five, ballet and jazz dance continue to be a part of her physical life: As does music, having studied and performed on the violin, as a singer, and taken up the piano as an adult. A wife having married her prom date at nineteen, Roberta is the proud mother of a son and daughter both graduates of UCLA.
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    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway in Barfly (1987)
    Barfly
    7.1
    • Lilly
    • 1987
    Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
    Indictment: The McMartin Trial
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • Judy Johnson
    • 1995
    William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
    Shameless
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Winston
    Jake Gyllenhaal in Presumed Innocent (2024)
    Presumed Innocent
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Lancaster

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    Actress



    • The Anarchists' Convention
      • Norma Rae
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Hangman: The Short Film
      • Hazel
      • Completed
      • Short
    • Angels
      • Joyce Hawks
      • TV Series



    • Business People (2025)
      Business People
      TV Series
      • Rose Smart
      • 2025
    • Jake Gyllenhaal in Presumed Innocent (2024)
      Presumed Innocent
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Mrs. Lancaster
      • 2024
    • Danny Huston, Radha Mitchell, and Bob Odenkirk in Life Upside Down (2023)
      Life Upside Down
      4.8
      • Dr. Jane Camden
      • 2023
    • Roberta Bassin in Laughter Talks Ask Roberta E. Welcome 2023 (2023)
      Laughter Talks Ask Roberta E. Welcome 2023
      TV Series
      • Roberta E.
      • 2023
    • Laughter Talks (2021)
      Laughter Talks
      TV Series
      • Roberta E.
      • Ask Roberta E. Amelia Earhart
      • Ask Roberta E.
      • 2021–2022
    • Eric Roberts, Tuesday Knight, Victoria De Mare, and Croix Provence in The Rideshare Killer (2022)
      The Rideshare Killer
      3.4
      • Bonnie Altimari
      • 2022
    • That Quarantine Life (2020)
      That Quarantine Life
      TV Series
      • Ms. Joy
      • 2021
    • Box Office (2020)
      Box Office
      TV Movie
      • Roberta LeRoux
      • 2020
    • Vince Deadrick Jr., Donna Russo, Peggy Lane, and Craig Hutchison in Donna on the Go (2017)
      Donna on the Go
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Joy Lane
      • 2019
    • The Petal Pushers (2019)
      The Petal Pushers
      4.2
      • Selma
      • 2019
    • Viola Davis in How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
      How to Get Away with Murder
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Jury Foreperson
      • 2018
    • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
      Shameless
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Mrs. Winston
      • 2018
    • Shut Eye (2016)
      Shut Eye
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Aunt Betsy (as a different name)
      • 2017
    • The New Empress (2016)
      The New Empress
      5.9
      Short
      • Rachel Parks
      • 2016
    • Bella Thorne, Alex Neustaedter, and Kian Lawley in Shovel Buddies (2016)
      Shovel Buddies
      5.0
      • Mrs. Kravitz
      • 2016

    Producer



    • Eric Roberts, Tuesday Knight, Victoria De Mare, and Croix Provence in The Rideshare Killer (2022)
      The Rideshare Killer
      3.4
      • associate producer
      • 2022

    Writer



    • Roberta Bassin in Amelia Earhart: In Her Own Words (2018)
      Amelia Earhart: In Her Own Words
      TV Special
      • written by
      • 2018

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    "Indictment: The McMartin Trial" Emmy & Golden Globe Best TV Movie
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    "Indictment: The McMartin Trial" Emmy & Golden Globe Best TV Movie
    "Indictment: The McMartin Trial" Emmy & Golden Globe Best TV Movie
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    "Indictment: The McMartin Trial" Emmy & Golden Globe Best TV Movie
    Iconic Film "Barfly" as Lilly opposit Mickey Rourke & Faye Dunaway
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    Iconic Film "Barfly" as Lilly opposit Mickey Rourke & Faye Dunaway
    As Sister Magdeline Making Christmas Wishes Come True.
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    As Sister Magdeline Making Christmas Wishes Come True.
    Criminal Minds as Caring Southern devout church worker.
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    Criminal Minds as Caring Southern devout church worker.
    "Shameless" Recurring as Career Teacher, Mrs. Winston.
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    "Shameless" Recurring as Career Teacher, Mrs. Winston.

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    • Official site
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    • Alternative name
      • Robert E. Bassin
    • Height
      • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
    • Other works
      Sundays - role of Joyce - performed at The Geffen Playhouse
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Biographical Movie
      • 8 Interviews
      • 46 Articles
      • 7 Pictorials
      • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Female

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      Author of one book: Amelia Earhart, Me & Our Friends: Journaling the Journey: The Amelia Earhart Self Help Book (Import Publishing, 27 January 2016); ISBN-10: 1523738561/ISBN-13: 978-1523738564.

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