Actor
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 ...

Known For
Acting
2025 -- Not Without Hope |
2024 -- Cash for Gold | Boots
2023 -- Chantilly Bridge | Natalie
2022 -- 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! | Self
2020 -- What the Night Can Do | Bettye Sue Dryer
2019 -- SGT. Will Gardner | Sherry
2018 -- Alex & the List | Mrs. Stern
2017 -- Barracuda | Patricia
2016 -- Within | Rosemary Fletcher
2016 -- The Last Film Festival | Mayor
2015 -- In My Dreams | Charlotte Smith
2011 -- Love's Christmas Journey | Beatrice
2011 -- The Big Year | Edith
2009 -- Uncorked | Sophia Browning
2009 -- TiMER | Marion
2007 -- Sybil | Hattie Dorsett
2007 -- In the Land of Women | Agnes Webb
2005 -- 14 Hours | Jeanette Makins
2005 -- Crazylove | Mrs. Mayer
2005 -- Into the Fire | June Sickles
2005 -- Fever Pitch | Maureen Meeks
2002 -- The Curse of Poltergeist |
2002 -- Searching for Debra Winger | Self
2002 -- The Rose Technique | Dr. Lillian Rose
2002 -- Repossessed |
2001 -- The Ponder Heart | Edna Earle Ponder
2000 -- Trapped in a Purple Haze | Sophie Hanson
1999 -- Jackie's Back! | Jo Face (Jackie's Vocal Coach)
1999 -- It Came From the Sky | Alice Bridges
1999 -- The Big Chill: A Reunion | Self
1999 -- Justice | Jane Newhart
1998 -- A Chance of Snow | Madeline 'Maddie Parker
1997 -- When Danger Follows You Home | Anne Werden
1997 -- Jungle 2 Jungle | Dr. Patricia Cromwell
1997 -- Just Write | Sidney Stone
1996 -- After the Silence | Pam Willis (as Jobeth Williams)
1996 -- Ruby Jean and Joe | Rose
1995 -- A Season of Hope | Elizabeth Hackett
1994 -- Voices from Within | Nancy Parkhurst
1994 -- Parallel Lives | Winnie Winslow
1994 -- Wyatt Earp | Bessie Earp
1993 -- Final Appeal | Christine Biondi
1993 -- Chantilly Lace | Natalie
1993 -- Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash | Sarah Gallagher
1992 -- Commercial Entertainment Product | Diane Freeling
1992 -- Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted | Ginny Moore
1992 -- Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | Lt. Gwen Harper
1992 -- Me, Myself and I | Crazy / Sane Diane
1991 -- Dutch | Natalie Standish
1991 -- Switch | Margo Brofman
1991 -- Victim of Love | Tess Harper
1990 -- Child in the Night | Dr. Hollis
1989 -- Welcome Home | Sarah
1989 -- My Name Is Bill W. | Lois Wilson
1988 -- Memories of Me | Lisa
1987 -- Murder Ordained | Lorna Anderson
1986 -- Adam: His Song Continues | Reve Walsh
1986 -- Poltergeist II: The Other Side | Diane Freeling
1986 -- Desert Bloom | Lily Chismore
1985 -- Kids Don't Tell | Claudia Ryan
1984 -- American Dreamer | Cathy Palmer
1984 -- Teachers | Lisa Hammond
1983 -- The Day After | Nurse Nancy Bauer
1983 -- Adam | Reve Walsh
1983 -- The Big Chill | Karen Bowens
1982 -- Endangered Species | Harriet Purdue
1982 -- Poltergeist | Diane Freeling
1981 -- Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill | Tiffany Farinpour
1980 -- The Dogs of War | Jessie
1980 -- Stir Crazy | Meredith
1980 -- Fun and Games | Laura Weston
1979 -- Kramer vs. Kramer | Phyllis Bernard
1978 -- The World Beyond | Marian Faber
1974 -- Feasting with Panthers | Constance Wilde
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