JoBeth Williams
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Biography
Margaret JoBeth Williams (born December 6, 1948) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy nominated American film and television actress and director, and current President of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Williams rose to prominence appearing in such films as Stir Crazy (1980), Poltergeist (1982), The Big Chill (1983), The Day After (1983), Teachers (1984), and Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986). A three-time Emmy Award nominee, she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a ...
Known For
Filmography
She Was Here
2026
as Self
Not Without Hope
2025
as Marcia
SEGAL
2025
as Self
Cash for Gold
2024
as Boots
Chantilly Bridge
2023
as Natalie
What the Night Can Do
2020
as Bettye Sue Dryer
Josh Gates Tonight
2020
as Self
SGT. Will Gardner
2019
as Sherry
Alex & the List
2018
as Mrs. Stern
Station 19
2018
as Reggie
A Million Little Things
2018
as Lana Strobe
Barracuda
2017
as Patricia
The Good Doctor
2017
as Ruth
Within
2016
as Rosemary Fletcher
The Last Film Festival
2016
as Mayor
Heartbeat
2016
as Isobel Dixon
In My Dreams
2015
as Charlotte Smith
Your Family or Mine
2015
as Ricky
Extant
2014
as Leigh Kern
Marry Me
2014
as Myrna
Perception
2012
as Margaret Pierce
Scandal
2012
as Sandra Harding
Love's Christmas Journey
2011
as Beatrice
The Big Year
2011
as Edith
Against the Wall
2011
as Emily
Hart of Dixie
2011
as Candice Hart
Law & Order: LA
2010
as Mrs. Walker
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as Tilly Dunn
TiMER
2009
as Marion
Uncorked
2009
as Sophia Browning
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Linda
Sybil
2007
as Hattie Dorsett
In the Land of Women
2007
as Agnes Webb
Private Practice
2007
as Bizzy Forbes
The Nine
2006
Dexter
2006
as Gail Brandon
Twenty Good Years
2006
as Kate
Fever Pitch
2005
as Maureen Meeks
Crazylove
2005
as Mrs. Mayer
14 Hours
2005
as Jeanette Makins
Into the Fire
2005
as June Sickles
Numb3rs
2005
as Margaret Eppes
Criminal Minds
2005
as Professor Ursula Kent
Miss Match
2003
as Lianne Fox
Las Vegas
2003
as Liz
NCIS
2003
as Leona Phelps
The Rose Technique
2002
as Dr. Lillian Rose
The Curse of Poltergeist
2002
Repossessed
2002
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self
The Ponder Heart
2001
as Edna Earle Ponder
The Guardian
2001
as Sarah
24
2001
as Miriam Henderson
Trapped in a Purple Haze
2000
as Sophie Hanson
Strong Medicine
2000
as Margie
Justice
1999
as Jane Newhart
It Came from the Sky
1999
as Alice Bridges
The Big Chill: A Reunion
1999
as Self
Jackie's Back!
1999
as Jo Face (Jackie's Vocal Coach)
Judging Amy
1999
as Gemma Lawnsdale
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Mrs. Rawley
Payne
1999
as Constance Payne
A Chance of Snow
1998
as Madeline 'Maddie' Parker
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Marge Slayton
Jungle 2 Jungle
1997
as Dr. Patricia Cromwell
Just Write
1997
as Sidney Stone
When Danger Follows You Home
1997
as Anne Werden
After the SIlence
1996
as Pam Willis (as Jobeth Williams)
Ruby Jean and Joe
1996
as Rose
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
A Season of Hope
1995
as Elizabeth Hackett
The Client
1995
as Reggie Love
Wyatt Earp
1994
as Bessie Earp
Voices from Within
1994
as Nancy Parkhurst
Parallel Lives
1994
as Winnie Winslow
Chantilly Lace
1993
as Natalie
Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash
1993
as Sarah Gallagher
Final Appeal
1993
as Christine Biondi
Frasier
1993
as Danielle (voice)
Frasier
1993
as Madeline Marshall
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
1992
as Lt. Gwen Harper
Me, Myself and I
1992
as Crazy / Sane Diane
Commercial Entertainment Product
1992
as Diane Freeling
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
1992
as Ginny Moore
Fish Police
1992
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as May and June (voice)
Switch
1991
as Margo Brofman
Dutch
1991
as Natalie Standish
Victim of Love
1991
as Tess Harper
Child in the Night
1990
as Dr. Hollis
Timeless Tales: The Elves and the Shoemaker
1990
as Bettina (voice)
My Name Is Bill W.
1989
as Lois Wilson
Welcome Home
1989
as Sarah
Memories of Me
1988
as Lisa
Baby M
1988
as Marybeth Whitehead
Murder Ordained
1987
as Lorna Anderson
Murder Ordained
1987
as Lorna Anderson
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1986
as Diane Freeling
Desert Bloom
1986
as Lily Chismore
Adam: His Song Continues
1986
as Reve Walsh
Kids Don't Tell
1985
as Claudia Ryan
Teachers
1984
as Lisa Hammond
American Dreamer
1984
as Cathy Palmer
The Day After
1983
as Nurse Nancy Bauer
The Big Chill
1983
as Karen Bowens
Adam
1983
as Reve Walsh
Poltergeist
1982
as Diane Freeling
Endangered Species
1982
as Harriet Purdue
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
1981
as Tiffany Farinpour
Stir Crazy
1980
as Meredith
The Dogs of War
1980
as Jessie
Fun and Games
1980
as Laura Weston
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979
as Phyllis Bernard
The World Beyond
1978
as Marian Faber
The White Shadow
1978
as Paula Harris
Feasting with Panthers
1974
as Constance Wilde
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Lois Wilson