JoBeth Williams

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1948-12-06 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Houston, Texas, USA

JoBeth Williams

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 (1983) and the TV miniseries Baby M (1988). Her third nomination was for her guest role in the...

Acting

1982

Poltergeist

as Diane Freeling

1991

Switch

as Margo Brofman

1986

1999

Justice

as Jane Newhart

1980

Stir Crazy

as Meredith

2005

Fever Pitch

as Maureen Meeks

1984

Teachers

as Lisa Hammond

1983

The Day After

as Nurse Nancy Bauer

1979

Kramer vs. Kramer

as Phyllis Bernard

1994

Wyatt Earp

as Bessie Earp

1991

Dutch

as Natalie Standish

1997

Jungle 2 Jungle

as Dr. Patricia Cromwell

1983

The Big Chill

as Karen Bowens

2016

Within

as Rosemary Fletcher

2023

2007

Sybil

as Hattie Dorsett

2007

1992

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

as Lt. Gwen Harper

2005

Crazylove

as Mrs. Mayer

1974

Feasting with Panthers

as Constance Wilde

1989

My Name Is Bill W.

as Lois Wilson

1999

It Came From the Sky

as Alice Bridges

2009

TiMER

as Marion

1982

Endangered Species

as Harriet Purdue

1984

American Dreamer

as Cathy Palmer

1989

Welcome Home

as Sarah

1983

Adam

as Reve Walsh

1986

Desert Bloom

as Lily Chismore

1988

1996

Breaking Through

as Pam Willis (as Jobeth Williams)

1978

The World Beyond

as Marian Faber

1998

A Chance of Snow

as Madeline 'Maddie Parker

1990

Child in the Night

as Dr. Hollis

1997

Just Write

as Sidney Stone

2005

14 Hours

as Jeanette Makins

1991

Victim of Love

as Tess Harper

1993

Chantilly Lace

as Natalie

1994

Voices from Within

as Nancy Parkhurst

1993

2009

Uncorked

as Sophia Browning

2015

In My Dreams

as Charlotte Smith

2002

The Rose Technique

as Dr. Lillian Rose

1980

1992

Me, Myself and I

as Crazy / Sane Diane

2001

The Ponder Heart

as Edna Earle Ponder

1994

Parallel Lives

as Winnie Winslow

1985

Kids Don't Tell

as Claudia Ryan

2000

Trapped in a Purple Haze

as Sophie Hanson

2018

Alex & the List

as Mrs. Stern

1995

A Season of Hope

as Elizabeth Hackett

1987

Murder Ordained

as Lorna Anderson

2024

1986

1981

Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill

as Tiffany Farinpour

2017

Barracuda

as Patricia

2005

Into the Fire

as June Sickles

1980

Fun and Games

as Laura Weston

1993

Final Appeal

as Christine Biondi

2019

2020

What the Night Can Do

as Bettye Sue Dryer

2011

The Big Year

as Edith

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SEGAL

as Self

1999

Jackie's Back!

as Jo Face (Jackie's Vocal Coach)

Production

1994

On Hope

as Director

2000

Frankie & Hazel

as Director

1991

Bump in the Night

as Co-Executive Producer

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