JoBeth Williams

JoBeth Williams

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...

Known For

Poltergeist

as Diane Freeling

Kramer vs. Kramer

as Phyllis Bernard

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

as Lt. Gwen Harper

Cast Credits

What the Night Can Do

as Bettye Sue Dryer

Alex & the List

as Mrs. Stern

Barracuda

as Patricia

Within

as Rosemary Fletcher

In My Dreams

as Charlotte Smith

The Big Year

as Edith

Uncorked

as Sophia Browning

TiMER

as Marion

Sybil

as Hattie Dorsett

14 Hours

as Jeanette Makins

Crazylove

as Mrs. Mayer

Into the Fire

as June Sickles

Fever Pitch

as Maureen Meeks

The Rose Technique

as Dr. Lillian Rose

The Ponder Heart

as Edna Earle Ponder

Trapped in a Purple Haze

as Sophie Hanson

Jackie's Back!

as Jo Face (Jackie's Vocal Coach)

It Came from the Sky

as Alice Bridges

Justice

as Jane Newhart

A Chance of Snow

as Madeline 'Maddie' Parker

Jungle 2 Jungle

as Dr. Patricia Cromwell

Crew Credits

On Hope

Director

Bump in the Night

Co-Executive Producer