| Movies (Videos, Films & Projects): |
Year |
Budget |
 First Comes Love - Grace |
2008 |
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| Personal Effects - Actress |
2009 |
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| Cheri - Madame Peloux |
2009 |
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| The Family That Preys - Actress |
2008 |
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| Christmas Is Here Again - Miss Dowdy (voice) |
2008 |
$7.5M |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still - Actress |
2008 |
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| Revolutionary Road - Mrs. Helen Givings |
2008 |
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| P.S. I Love You - Patricia Rawley |
2007 |
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| The Golden Compass - Hester (voice) |
2007 |
$180M |
| Fred Claus - Mother Claus |
2007 |
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| Bee Movie - Janet Benson (voice) |
2007 |
$150M |
| Have Mercy - Actress, Director |
2006 |
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| Solace (short) - Marrows Wife |
2006 |
$70K |
| Failure to Launch - Sue |
2006 |
$50M |
| Relative Strangers - Agnes Menure, Soundtrack (performer: "Agnes Menure Lullaby |
2006 |
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| Bonneville - Margene |
2006 |
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| Charlotte's Web - Bitsy the Cow (voice) |
2006 |
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| Rumor Has It... - Aunt Mitsy (uncredited) |
2005 |
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| 3 & 3 - The Judge |
2005 |
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| The Ingrate (short) - The Judge, Executive Producer |
2004 |
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| Around the World in 80 Days - Queen Victoria |
2004 |
$110M |
| Little Black Book - Kippie Kann |
2004 |
$35M |
| Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (video short) - The Sea Hag (voice) |
2004 |
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| The Bridge of San Luis Rey - The Marquesa |
2004 |
$24M |
| Unconditional Love - Grace Beasley, Soundtrack (performer: "Can't Smile Without |
2002 |
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| About Schmidt - Roberta Hertzel |
2002 |
$30M |
| Dragonfly - Mrs. Belmont |
2002 |
$60M |
| Love Liza - Mary Ann Bankhead |
2002 |
$1M |
| Rat Race - The Squirrel Lady (uncredited) |
2001 |
$48M |
| American Outlaws - Ma James |
2001 |
$35M |
| Bruno - Mother Superior |
2000 |
$10M |
| Baby Steps (short) - Mrs. Mellon |
1999 |
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| A Civil Action - Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited) |
1998 |
$60M |
| The Waterboy - Helen 'Mama' Boucher |
1998 |
$23M |
| The Effects of Magic - Voice of Raphaella, the Magic Bunny |
1998 |
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| Primary Colors - Libby Holden |
1998 |
$65M |
| Titanic - Molly Brown |
1997 |
$200M |
| Swept from the Sea - Miss Swaffer |
1997 |
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| The War at Home - Maurine Collier, Soundtrack (performer: "We Gather Togethe |
1996 |
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| Diabolique - Det. Shirley Vogel |
1996 |
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| Angus - Meg Bethune |
1995 |
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| Dolores Claiborne - Dolores Claiborne |
1995 |
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| Curse of the Starving Class - Ella Tate |
1994 |
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| North - Alaskan Mom |
1994 |
$40M |
| Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun (video) - Lunar Mom |
1993 |
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| A Home of Our Own - Frances Lacey |
1993 |
$12M |
| Used People - Bibby Berman |
1992 |
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| Prelude to a Kiss - Leah Blier |
1992 |
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| Shadows and Fog - Prostitute |
1992 |
$14M |
| The Road to Mecca - Elsa Barlow |
1992 |
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| At Play in the Fields of the Lord - Hazel Quarrier |
1991 |
$36M |
| Fried Green Tomatoes - Evelyn Couch |
1991 |
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| Misery - Annie Wilkes |
1990 |
$20M |
| White Palace - Rosemary |
1990 |
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| Dick Tracy - Mrs. Green |
1990 |
$47M |
| Men Don't Leave - Lisa Coleman |
1990 |
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| High Stakes - Jill |
1989 |
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| Signs of Life - Mary Beth Alder |
1989 |
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| My Best Friend Is a Vampire - Helen Blake (as Kathy D. Bates) |
1988 |
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| Arthur 2: On the Rocks - Mrs. Canby |
1988 |
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| Summer Heat - Ruth |
1987 |
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| The Morning After - Woman on Mateo Street |
1986 |
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| Two of a Kind - Furniture Man's Wife |
1983 |
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| Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean - Stella Mae |
1982 |
$850K |
| Straight Time - Selma Darin |
1978 |
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| Taking Off - Audition Singer: 'Even the Horses Had Wings' (as Bobo Bate |
1971 |
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| TV appearance: |
| Ambulance Girl (TV movie) - Jane Stern, Director |
2005 |
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| Everyone's Waiting - Bettina |
2005 |
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| All Alone - Bettina |
2005 |
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| The Rainbow of Her Reasons - Bettina |
2005 |
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| Warm Springs (TV movie) - Helena Mahoney |
2005 |
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| Tupperware! - Narrator |
2004 |
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| The Black Forest - Bettina |
2004 |
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| Grinding the Corn - Bettina |
2004 |
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| Fargo (TV movie) - Director |
2003 |
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| The Great Doctor Brown - Director |
2002 |
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| My Sister's Keeper (TV movie) - Christine Chapman |
2002 |
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| Lupe's Revenge - Motorcycle Officer (voice) |
2001 |
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| Episode #6.2 - Stuart's Grandma |
2000 |
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| Alien Hunter - Charlotte Everly |
1999 |
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| Dash and Lilly (TV movie) - Director |
1999 |
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| Annie (TV movie) - Miss Agatha Hannigan, Soundtrack (performer: "L |
1999 |
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| Family Bizness - Director |
1998 |
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| I Love Lucy - Director |
1997 |
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| The Late Shift (TV movie) - Helen Kushnick |
1996 |
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| Scene of the Crime - Director |
1996 |
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| The West Side Waltz (TV movie) - Mr. Goo |
1995 |
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| Talking with (TV movie) - Actress, Director |
1995 |
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| The Stand (TV mini-series) - Rae Flowers (uncredited) |
1994 |
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| Amelia Earhart - Narrator |
1993 |
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| Hostages (TV movie) - Peggy Say |
1993 |
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| Roe vs. Wade (TV movie) - Actress |
1989 |
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| One Rat, One Ranger - Charlotte Haley |
1989 |
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| No Place Like Home (TV movie) - Actress |
1989 |
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| The World: Part 2 - Jan |
1989 |
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| Visiting Daze - Polly |
1987 |
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| Murder Ordained (TV movie) - Bobbi Birk |
1987 |
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| Up and Down - Polly |
1986 |
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| Johnny Bull (TV movie) - Katherine Kovacs |
1986 |
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| Revenge - Brenda Harris |
1986 |
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| All My Children (TV series) - Belle Bodelle (unknown episodes, 1984) |
1984 |
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| Family Reunion/Too Hot to Handle/Cinderella Story - Doreen Allison |
1978 |
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| The Doctors (TV series) - Phyllis (unknown episodes, 1977) |
1977 |
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| Cagney & Lacey (TV series) - Brenda Harris (1 episode, 1986) |
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| The Love Boat (TV series) - Doreen Allison (1 episode, 1978) |
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| China Beach (TV series) - Jan (1 episode, 1989) |
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| St. Elsewhere (TV series) - Polly (2 episodes, 1986-1987) |
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| L.A. Law (TV series) - Charlotte Haley (1 episode, 1989) |
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| Everwood (TV series) - Director (1 episode, 2002) |
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| 3rd Rock from the Sun (TV series) - Charlotte Everly (1 episode, 1999) |
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| The American Experience (TV series) - Narrator (2 episodes, 1993-2004) |
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| Six Feet Under (TV series) - Bettina (10 episodes, 2003-2005), Director (5 |
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| Oz (TV series) - Director (1 episode, 1998) |
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| King of the Hill (TV series) - Motorcycle Officer (1 episode, 2001) |
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| Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series) - Director (1 episode, 1996) |
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| NYPD Blue (TV series) - Director (1 episode, 1997) |
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| Mad TV (TV series) - Stuart's Grandma (1 episode, 2000) |
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