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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 6, 1948
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- ДжоБет Уильямс
- جوبت ویلیامز
JoBeth Williams
1.5 Popularity
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 sitcom Frasier (1994). Her directorial debut with the 1994 short film On Hope earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. She also starred in the TV series The Client (1995–96), and had recurring roles in the TV series Dexter (2007) and Private Practice (2009–11). In 2009 she began serving as president of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation; she is President Emeritus of the foundation. She has also had numerous guest starring roles on TV and has starred in several TV movies.
Known For
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Not Without Hope
2025
5.0
Boots
Cash for Gold
2024
5.3
Natalie
Chantilly Bridge
2023
8.0
Self
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
2022
4.5
Bettye Sue Dryer
What the Night Can Do
2020
7.8
Self
Josh Gates Tonight
2020
4.8
Sherry
SGT. Will Gardner
2019
7.4
Lana Strobe
A Million Little Things
2018
5.6
Mrs. Stern
Alex & the List
2018
8.2
Reggie
Station 19
2018
Credits
Not Without Hope
2025
0.0
Cash for Gold
as Boots
2024
5.0
Chantilly Bridge
as Natalie
2023
5.3
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
as Self
2022
8.0
What the Night Can Do
as Bettye Sue Dryer
2020
4.5
Josh Gates Tonight
as Self
2020
7.8
SGT. Will Gardner
as Sherry
2019
4.8
A Million Little Things
as Lana Strobe
2018
7.4
Alex & the List
as Mrs. Stern
2018
5.6
Station 19
as Reggie
2018
8.2
The Good Doctor
as Ruth
2017
8.5
Barracuda
as Patricia
2017
6.2
Within
as Rosemary Fletcher
2016
5.5
The Last Film Festival
as Mayor
2016
3.2
Heartbeat
as Isobel Dixon
2016
6.2
In My Dreams
as Charlotte Smith
2015
6.4
Your Family or Mine
as Ricky
2015
6.5
Marry Me
as Myrna
2014
5.8
Extant
as Leigh Kern
2014
6.3
Perception
as Margaret Pierce
2012
7.2
Scandal
as Sandra Harding
2012
7.2
Love's Christmas Journey
as Beatrice
2011
6.7
The Big Year
as Edith
2011
6.0
Hart of Dixie
as Candice Hart
2011
7.3
Against the Wall
as Emily
2011
6.6
Law & Order: LA
as Mrs. Walker
2010
6.8
Rizzoli & Isles
as Tilly Dunn
2010
7.9
Uncorked
as Sophia Browning
2009
6.0
TiMER
as Marion
2009
6.2
Childrens Hospital
as Linda
2008
7.2
Private Practice
as Bizzy Forbes
2007
7.5
Sybil
as Hattie Dorsett
2007
6.5
In the Land of Women
as Agnes Webb
2007
5.9
The Nine
2006
5.8
Dexter
as Gail Brandon
2006
8.2
14 Hours
as Jeanette Makins
2005
4.3
Crazylove
as Mrs. Mayer
2005
5.3
Into the Fire
as June Sickles
2005
5.2
Criminal Minds
as Professor Ursula Kent
2005
8.3
Fever Pitch
as Maureen Meeks
2005
6.2
Numb3rs
2005
7.0
Miss Match
as Lianne Fox
2003
6.4
NCIS
as Leona Phelps
2003
7.6
Las Vegas
2003
7.0
The Curse of Poltergeist
2002
0.0
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
2002
6.3
The Rose Technique
as Dr. Lillian Rose
2002
2.8
Repossessed
2002
8.0
24
as Miriam Henderson
2001
7.8
The Ponder Heart
as Edna Earle Ponder
2001
4.0
The Guardian
2001
6.8
Strong Medicine
as Margie
2000
7.1
Trapped in a Purple Haze
as Sophie Hanson
2000
5.4
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Mrs. Rawley
1999
7.9
Judging Amy
as Gemma Lawnsdale
1999
7.5
Jackie's Back!
as Jo Face (Jackie's Vocal Coach)
1999
6.9
It Came From the Sky
as Alice Bridges
1999
5.1
Payne
as Constance Payne
1999
1.0
The Big Chill: A Reunion
as Self
1999
4.5
Justice
as Jane Newhart
1999
4.8
A Chance of Snow
as Madeline 'Maddie Parker
1998
5.6
From the Earth to the Moon
as Marge Slayton
1998
8.2
When Danger Follows You Home
as Anne Werden
1997
1.0
Jungle 2 Jungle
as Dr. Patricia Cromwell
1997
5.3
Just Write
as Sidney Stone
1997
5.3
After the Silence
as Pam Willis (as Jobeth Williams)
1996
7.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Ruby Jean and Joe
as Rose
1996
6.0
The Client
as Reggie Love
1995
6.0
A Season of Hope
as Elizabeth Hackett
1995
3.5
Voices from Within
as Nancy Parkhurst
1994
0.0
Parallel Lives
as Winnie Winslow
1994
5.0
Wyatt Earp
as Bessie Earp
1994
6.8
Final Appeal
as Christine Biondi
1993
5.0
Frasier
as Danielle (voice)
1993
7.7
Frasier
as Madeline Marshall
1993
7.7
Chantilly Lace
as Natalie
1993
10.0
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Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash
as Sarah Gallagher
1993
5.0
Commercial Entertainment Product
as Diane Freeling
1992
8.5
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
as Ginny Moore
1992
0.0
Batman: The Animated Series
as May and June (voice)
1992
8.5
Fish Police
1992
5.4
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
as Lt. Gwen Harper
1992
5.3
Me, Myself and I
as Crazy / Sane Diane
1992
5.7
Dutch
as Natalie Standish
1991
6.4
Switch
as Margo Brofman
1991
5.9
Victim of Love
as Tess Harper
1991
4.0
Child in the Night
as Dr. Hollis
1990
5.4
Welcome Home
as Sarah
1989
5.6
My Name Is Bill W.
as Lois Wilson
1989
6.5
Memories of Me
as Lisa
1988
5.2
Baby M
as Marybeth Whitehead
1988
5.0
Murder Ordained
as Lorna Anderson
1987
5.4
Murder Ordained
as Lorna Anderson
1987
5.0
Adam: His Song Continues
as Reve Walsh
1986
7.3
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
as Diane Freeling
1986
6.0
Desert Bloom
as Lily Chismore
1986
5.5
Kids Don't Tell
as Claudia Ryan
1985
0.0
American Dreamer
as Cathy Palmer
1984
6.2
Teachers
as Lisa Hammond
1984
5.6
The Day After
as Nurse Nancy Bauer
1983
6.7
Adam
as Reve Walsh
1983
7.4
The Big Chill
as Karen Bowens
1983
6.9
Endangered Species
as Harriet Purdue
1982
4.9
Poltergeist
as Diane Freeling
1982
7.1
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
as Tiffany Farinpour
1981
5.8
The Dogs of War
as Jessie
1980
5.8
Stir Crazy
as Meredith
1980
6.5
Fun and Games
as Laura Weston
1980
5.0
Kramer vs. Kramer
as Phyllis Bernard
1979
7.6
The White Shadow
as Paula Harris
1978
7.0
The World Beyond
as Marian Faber
1978
7.0
Feasting with Panthers
as Constance Wilde
1974
0.0
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Somerset
as Carrie Wheeler
1970
5.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Lois Wilson
1951
8.6
Segal
as Self
N/A
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