JoBeth Williams
Born in Houston, Texas, USA — Dec 06 1948
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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 Miniseries or a Movie for her work in the TV movie Adam (198…
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JoBeth Williams's Credits
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Mrs. Rawley
NCIS
Leona Phelps
Criminal Minds
Professor Ursula Kent
Dexter
Gail Brandon
24
Miriam Henderson
The Good Doctor
Ruth
Frasier
Danielle (voice)
Strong Medicine
Margie
Scandal
Sandra Harding
Rizzoli & Isles
Tilly Dunn
Numb3rs
Margaret Eppes
Judging Amy
Gemma Lawnsdale
Las Vegas
Liz
Private Practice
Bizzy Forbes
Batman: The Animated Series
May and June (voice)
Station 19
Reggie
The Guardian
Sarah
Childrens Hospital
Linda
Extant
Leigh Kern
Perception
Margaret Pierce
Law & Order: LA
Mrs. Walker
Hart of Dixie
Candice Hart
A Million Little Things
Lana Strobe
The White Shadow
Paula Harris
Miss Match
Lianne Fox
From the Earth to the Moon
Marge Slayton
Poltergeist
Diane Freeling
Night Visions
Directing
Marry Me
Myrna
The Client
Reggie Love
Against the Wall
Emily
Murder Ordained
Lorna Anderson
Heartbeat
Isobel Dixon
The Nine
Kramer vs. Kramer
Phyllis Bernard
Not Without Hope
Marcia
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lois Wilson
Wyatt Earp
Bessie Earp
The Big Chill
Karen Bowens
Twenty Good Years
Kate
Your Family or Mine
Ricky
Payne
Constance Payne
The Big Year
Edith
The Day After
Nurse Nancy Bauer
Fever Pitch
Maureen Meeks
Fish Police
Stir Crazy
Meredith
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Lt. Gwen Harper
Within
Rosemary Fletcher
Teachers
Lisa Hammond
In the Land of Women
Agnes Webb
Switch
Margo Brofman
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Diane Freeling
E! True Hollywood Story
Dutch
Natalie Standish
Jungle 2 Jungle
Dr. Patricia Cromwell
It Came from the Sky
Alice Bridges
Love's Christmas Journey
Beatrice
Baby M
Marybeth Whitehead
Uncorked
Sophia Browning
SEGAL
Self
Desert Bloom
Lily Chismore
Jackie's Back!
Jo Face (Jackie's Vocal Coach)
Alex & the List
Mrs. Stern
My Name Is Bill W.
Lois Wilson
The Dogs of War
Jessie
Crazylove
Mrs. Mayer
TiMER
Marion
Frankie & Hazel
Directing
In My Dreams
Charlotte Smith
Fun and Games
Laura Weston
Endangered Species
Harriet Purdue
Sybil
Hattie Dorsett
Adam
Reve Walsh
On Hope
Directing
Final Appeal
Christine Biondi
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
Tiffany Farinpour
American Dreamer
Cathy Palmer
Kids Don't Tell
Claudia Ryan
The Big Chill: A Reunion
Self
Child in the Night
Dr. Hollis
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
Just Write
Sidney Stone
Bump in the Night
Production
Adam: His Song Continues
Reve Walsh
The Last Film Festival
Mayor
Trapped in a Purple Haze
Sophie Hanson
Memories of Me
Lisa
Parallel Lives
Winnie Winslow
What the Night Can Do
Bettye Sue Dryer
Welcome Home
Sarah
Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash
Sarah Gallagher
Into the Fire
June Sickles
SGT. Will Gardner
Sherry
A Season of Hope
Elizabeth Hackett
Murder Ordained
Lorna Anderson
After the SIlence
Pam Willis (as Jobeth Williams)
Commercial Entertainment Product
Diane Freeling
Justice
Jane Newhart
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
Ginny Moore
The Ponder Heart
Edna Earle Ponder
A Chance of Snow
Madeline 'Maddie' Parker
Ruby Jean and Joe
Rose
Me, Myself and I
Crazy / Sane Diane
When Danger Follows You Home
Anne Werden
Chantilly Bridge
Natalie
Barracuda
Patricia
The Rose Technique
Dr. Lillian Rose
Cash for Gold
Boots
Chantilly Lace
Natalie
The World Beyond
Marian Faber
Feasting with Panthers
Constance Wilde
The Curse of Poltergeist
Voices from Within
Nancy Parkhurst
Victim of Love
Tess Harper
Repossessed
She Was Here
Self
Timeless Tales: The Elves and the Shoemaker
Bettina (voice)
14 Hours
Jeanette Makins
Horrifying Hollywood Murders
Self