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 asΒ Stir Crazy (1980), Poltergeist (1982), The Big ChillΒ (1983),Β The Day AfterΒ (1983),Β TeachersΒ (1984), and Poltergeist II: The Other SideΒ (1986).
A three-timeΒ Emmy AwardΒ nominee, she was nominated forΒ Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a MovieΒ for her work in the TV movieΒ AdamΒ (1983) and the TV miniseriesΒ Baby MΒ (1988). Her third nomination was for her guest role in the sitcomΒ FrasierΒ (1994).
Her directorial debut with the 1994 short filmΒ On HopeΒ earned her anΒ Academy AwardΒ nomination forΒ Best Live Action Short Film.
She also starred in the TV seriesΒ The ClientΒ (1995β96), and had recurring roles in the TV seriesΒ DexterΒ (2007) andΒ Private PracticeΒ (2009β11).
In 2009 she began serving as president of theΒ 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.
Filmography (118)
She Was Here
2026
Not Without Hope
2025
SEGAL
2025
Cash for Gold
2024
Chantilly Bridge
2023
What the Night Can Do
2020
Josh Gates Tonight
2020
SGT. Will Gardner
2019
Alex & the List
2018
Station 19
2018
A Million Little Things
2018
Barracuda
2017
The Good Doctor
2017
Within
2016
The Last Film Festival
2016
Heartbeat
2016
In My Dreams
2015
Your Family or Mine
2015
Extant
2014
Marry Me
2014
Perception
2012
Scandal
2012
Love's Christmas Journey
2011
The Big Year
2011
Against the Wall
2011
Hart of Dixie
2011
Law & Order: LA
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
TiMER
2009
Uncorked
2009
Childrens Hospital
2008
Sybil
2007
In the Land of Women
2007
Private Practice
2007
The Nine
2006
Dexter
2006
Twenty Good Years
2006
Fever Pitch
2005
Crazylove
2005
14 Hours
2005
Into the Fire
2005
Numb3rs
2005
Criminal Minds
2005
Miss Match
2003
Las Vegas
2003
NCIS
2003
The Rose Technique
2002
The Curse of Poltergeist
2002
Repossessed
2002
Searching for Debra Winger
2002
The Ponder Heart
2001
The Guardian
2001
24
2001
Trapped in a Purple Haze
2000
Strong Medicine
2000
Justice
1999
It Came from the Sky
1999
The Big Chill: A Reunion
1999
Jackie's Back!
1999
Judging Amy
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Payne
1999
A Chance of Snow
1998
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
Jungle 2 Jungle
1997
Just Write
1997
When Danger Follows You Home
1997
After the SIlence
1996
Ruby Jean and Joe
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
A Season of Hope
1995
The Client
1995
Wyatt Earp
1994
Voices from Within
1994
Parallel Lives
1994
Chantilly Lace
1993
Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash
1993
Final Appeal
1993
Frasier
1993
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
1992
Me, Myself and I
1992
Commercial Entertainment Product
1992
Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted
1992
Fish Police
1992
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
Switch
1991
Dutch
1991
Victim of Love
1991
Child in the Night
1990
Timeless Tales: The Elves and the Shoemaker
1990
My Name Is Bill W.
1989
Welcome Home
1989
Memories of Me
1988
Baby M
1988
Murder Ordained
1987
Murder Ordained
1987
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1986
Desert Bloom
1986
Adam: His Song Continues
1986
Kids Don't Tell
1985
Teachers
1984
American Dreamer
1984
The Day After
1983
The Big Chill
1983
Adam
1983
Poltergeist
1982
Endangered Species
1982
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
1981
Stir Crazy
1980
The Dogs of War
1980
Fun and Games
1980
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979
The World Beyond
1978
The White Shadow
1978
Feasting with Panthers
1974
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Horrifying Hollywood Murders
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