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Earned Tony nominations for her supporting performances in the plays "The Grapes of Wrath" (1990) and Sam Shepard's "Buried Child" (1996). See more trivia »

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Lois Arlene Humbert
in Topeka, Kansas, USA
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2013 Two Altars and a Cave (short)
Helena
 
2012 Ruth & Erica (TV series)
Ruth
– January (2012) … Ruth
– November (2012) … Ruth
– August (2012) … Ruth
– July (2012) … Ruth
– June (2012) … Ruth
See all 7 episodes »
 
2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Aunt Mel
 
2012 Dark Horse (TV movie)
Mrs. Ruth
 
2008-2011 True Blood (TV series)
Adele Stackhouse
– And When I Die (2011) … Adele Stackhouse
– Me and the Devil (2011) … Adele Stackhouse (voice) (uncredited)
– Keep This Party Going (2009) … Adele Stackhouse (uncredited)
– You'll Be the Death of Me (2008) … Adele Stackhouse
– Cold Ground (2008) … Adele Stackhouse
See all 10 episodes »
 
2011 Roadie
Mom
 
2010 Desperate Housewives (TV series)
Allison Scavo
– Excited and Scared (2010) … Allison Scavo
– Let Me Entertain You (2010) … Allison Scavo
 
2010 Please Give
Mrs. Portman
 
2010 The Robber Barons of Wall Street (short)
Newspaper Lady
 
2009 Army Wives (TV series)
– As Time Goes By... (2009)
 
2009 A Dog Year
Lois Blair
 
2008 Killshot
Lenore
 
2008 Diminished Capacity
Belle Tyke
 
2007 Turn the River
Abby
 
2007 ER (TV series)
Gracie
– Dying Is Easy... (2007) … Gracie
– Murmurs of the Heart (2007) … Gracie
– A House Divided (2007) … Gracie
– Breach of Trust (2007) … Gracie
 
2006 Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
Mrs. Dickerson
– From a Whisper to a Scream (2006) … Mrs. Dickerson
 
2006 Griffin & Phoenix
Dr. Imberman
 
2006 Hollywoodland
Helen Bessolo
 
2006 Little Fugitive
Elizabeth - social worker
 
2005 Sweet Land
Old Inge
 
2005 Law & Order (TV series)
Mrs. Varick
– Sport of Kings (2005) … Mrs. Varick
 
2004 Cold Case (TV series)
Fannie
– Factory Girls (2004) … Fannie
 
2004 LAX (TV series)
Rose Sinclair
– Credible Threat (2004) … Rose Sinclair
 
2004 P.S.
Ellie Silverstein
 
2004 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)
Betty Bennett
– The Saint (2004) … Betty Bennett
 
2004 The Best Thief in the World
Helen
 
2004 Iron Jawed Angels (TV movie)
Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
 
2003-2004 One Life to Live (TV series)
Betsy "Aunt Betsy" Cramer
 
2003 Red Betsy
Helen Rounds
 
2003 A Foreign Affair
Ma Adams
 
2002 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Mildred
– A Rock and a Hard Place (2002) … Mildred
 
2002 Minority Report
Dr. Iris Hineman
 
2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
Rebecca Tolliver
– Competence (2002) … Rebecca Tolliver
 
2002 The Laramie Project (TV movie)
Lucy Thompson
 
2001 Going to California (TV series)
Beatrice Graf
– Apocalypse Cow (2001) … Beatrice Graf
 
2001 Powder Keg (short)
Mother
 
2001 The Pledge
Helen Jackson
 
2000 All My Children (TV series)
Elwinna Pendergast
– Episode dated 14 December 2000 (2000) … Elwinna Pendergast
 
2000 Just Shoot Me! (TV series)
Libby
– When Nina Met Her Parents (2000) … Libby
 
1999 Tumbleweeds
Ginger
 
1998 A Will of Their Own (TV mini-series)
Miss Maude
– Episode #1.1 (1998) … Miss Maude
 
1998 Trance
Mrs. Ferriter
 
1997 The Practice (TV series)
Mary Beth Berluti
– The Civil Right (1997) … Mary Beth Berluti
 
1997 Hudson River Blues
Julia
 
1997 Frasier (TV series)
Moira
– Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein Are Dead (1997) … Moira
 
1996 Larger Than Life
Luluna
 
1996 Twister
Meg Greene
 
1995 Dead Man Walking
Helen's Mother
 
1995 How to Make an American Quilt
Sophia
 
1995 Truman (TV movie)
Madge Wallace Gates
 
1994 Holy Matrimony
Orna
 
1993 Missing Persons (TV series)
Mrs. Halloran
– Sometimes You Can't Help Getting Involved... (1993) … Mrs. Halloran
 
1993 Falling Down
Mrs. Foster/William's Mother
 
1993 Skylark (TV movie)
Lou Wheaton
 
1992 Deadly Matrimony (TV movie)
 
1992 Keep the Change (TV movie)
Lureen
 
1991 Fried Green Tomatoes
Mama Threadgoode
 
1991 Hard Promises
Mrs. Bell
 
1991 White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (TV movie)
Alice Todd
 
1991 Switched at Birth (TV movie)
Margaret
 
1991 thirtysomething (TV series)
Mrs. Warren
– A Wedding (1991) … Mrs. Warren
 
1991 American Playhouse (TV series)
Ma Joad
– The Grapes of Wrath (1991) … Ma Joad
 
1991 Good Sports (TV series)
Mrs. Tannen
– Pros and Ex-Cons (1991) … Mrs. Tannen
 
1990 Green Card
Brontë's Parent (Mother)
 
1988 Midnight Run
Mrs. Nelson
 
1988 Doubletake (TV movie)
Sarah
 
1988 Spenser: For Hire (TV series)
Elsie
– Haunting (1988) … Elsie
 
1987 Fatal Attraction
Martha
 
1985-1987 The Equalizer (TV series)
Dorothy Hermes / Marie Ganucci
– Coal Black Soul (1987) … Dorothy Hermes
– The Confirmation Day (1985) … Marie Ganucci
 
1987 Black Widow
Sara
 
1986 Adam's Apple (TV movie)
Dora Adams
 
1986 Twisted
Helen Giles
 
1985 The Execution of Raymond Graham (TV movie)
Mary Neal
 
1984 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Sara
– Proxy (1984) … Sara
 
1984 Reckless
Mrs. Prescott
 
1983 Another World (TV series)
Ella Fitz
 
1983 The Edge of Night (TV series)
Mrs. Oates
 
1983 Reuben, Reuben
Mare Spofford
 
1983 Rage of Angels (TV movie)
Clara
 
1982 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
Margaret
– The Unforgivable Secret (1982) … Margaret
 
1981 Four Friends
Mrs. Carnahan
 
1981 The House of Mirth (TV movie)
Bertha Dorset
 
1980 Resurrection
Kathy
 
1980 Foxes
Mrs. Axman
 
1980 The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (TV movie)
Cornelia
 
1976 Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Anita Cunningham
 
1975-1977 The Doctors (TV series)
Eleanor Conrad
 
1972-1974 Somerset (TV series)
Zoe Cannell
 
1972 Love of Life (TV series)
Mrs. Bendarik
 
1972 Up the Sandbox
Elinore
 
1972 Particular Men (TV movie)
Anne Starr
 
1970 Five Easy Pieces
Partita Dupea
 
1970 The Way We Live Now
Jane Aldridge
 
1970 Dragon Country (TV movie)
 
1967 CBS Playhouse (TV series)
Evelyn
– Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1967) … Evelyn
 
1964 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Jane Wells
– A Pattern of Sundays (1964) … Jane Wells
 
1961-1964 Route 66 (TV series)
Anna Volovich / Brycie Koseloff / Dana / …
– Who in His Right Mind Needs a Nice Girl (1964) … Lucy Brown
– Only by Cunning Glimpses (1962) … Brycie Koseloff
– Go Read the River (1962) … Dana
– Incident on a Bridge (1961) … Anna Volovich
 
1963 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Libby Clayton
– To Each His Own Prison (1963) … Libby Clayton
 
1962 The Defenders (TV series)
Esther Terranova
– The Invisible Badge (1962) … Esther Terranova
 
1962 Naked City (TV series)
Dawn Garrison
– Strike a Statue (1962) … Dawn Garrison
 
1961 'Way Out (TV series)
– The Sisters (1961)
 
1961 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Jenny Musgrave
– When Queens Ride By (1961) … Jenny Musgrave
 
1960 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
Barbara Dennin
– Men in White (1960) … Barbara Dennin
 
1960 Art Carney Special (TV series)
Lena
– Victory (1960) … Lena
 
1960 Play of the Week (TV series)
Hilde Wangel / Julie (in 'Miss Julie')
– The Master Builder (1960) … Hilde Wangel
– Strindberg on Love (1960) … Julie (in 'Miss Julie')
 
1960 The Master Builder (TV movie)
Hilda
 
1960 Strindberg on Love (TV movie)
Julie (segment "Miss Julie")
 
1959 Startime (TV series)
Cindy
– Cindy's Fella (1959) … Cindy
 
1957-1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– The Cause (1958)
– Molly Morgan (1957)
 
1956 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Felicia Chinik / Jeannie
– Noon on Doomsday (1956) … Felicia Chinik
– Bring Me a Dream (1956) … Jeannie
 
1955 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
– The Second Day of Christmas (1955)
 
1955 Justice (TV series)
– The Girl Without a Name (1955)
 
1955 Strange Lady in Town
Spurs O'Brien
 
1955 Star Tonight (TV series)
– A Matter of Life (1955)
– How Beautiful the Shoes (1955)
 
1955 East of Eden
Anne
 
1954 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Barbara Sparling
– Jack Sperling, Forty-six (1954) … Barbara Sparling
 
1953 Ponds Theater (TV series)
– The Apple Tree (1953)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2010 The Robber Barons of Wall Street (short) (special thanks)
 
2000 Hamlet (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
2013 Showing Up (documentary)
Herself
 
2005 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself
– James Dean: Sense Memories (2005) … Herself
 
1999 New York: A Documentary Film (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Great Performances (TV series)
Herself
– Sam Shepard: Stalking Himself (1998) … Herself
 
1996 The 50th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Featured Actress in a Play
 
1991-1992 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
– The Donner Party (1992) (voice)
– Coney Island (1991) (voice)
 
1990 The 44th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer & Nominee: Best Featured Actress in a Play
 
1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Actor - Scene from Edwin Booth
– Episode #12.15 (1958) … Actor - Scene from Edwin Booth
 
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2010 A Drop of True Blood (TV series)
 

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(1988) She has acted in the stage production of "The Grapes of Wrath" at the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois. See more »
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Trivia:

Earned Tony nominations for her supporting performances in the plays "The Grapes of Wrath" (1990) and Sam Shepard's "Buried Child" (1996). See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio