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Acting

JoBeth Williams

Career: Active from 1974 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 53
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: Kramer vs. Kramer
82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 84 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

JoBeth Williams Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.3, average 2.6
Violence
3.1, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.9, average 4.8
Uncanny
1.7, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Psychological Thriller 4
Social Commentary 4
Character Study 4
Legal Drama 3
Contemporary Realism 3
Lighthearted 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Emotional Journey 3
Legal Thriller 2
Political Intrigue 2
Mistaken Identity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

113

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 64

Behemoth!

63

as Ginnie Serian

Not Without Hope

62

as Marcia

Cash for Gold

80

as Boots

Chantilly Bridge

71

as Natalie

What the Night Can Do

46

as Bettye Sue Dryer

2010s

21 titles · average score 60

Station 19

65

TV show · as Reggie

A Million Little Things

62

TV show · as Lana Strobe

Barracuda

73

as Patricia

The Good Doctor

64

TV show · as Ruth

Within

49

as Rosemary Fletcher

In My Dreams

54

as Charlotte Smith

Your Family or Mine

56

TV show · as Ricky

Scandal

76

TV show · as Sandra Harding

Perception

64

TV show · as Margaret Pierce

Love's Christmas Journey

66

as Beatrice

Hart of Dixie

70

TV show · as Candice Hart

Rizzoli & Isles

71

TV show · as Tilly Dunn

2000s

25 titles · average score 60

Uncorked

59

as Sophia Browning

TiMER

65

as Marion

Sybil

68

as Hattie Dorsett

Dexter

78

TV show · as Gail Brandon

Criminal Minds

63

TV show · as Professor Ursula Kent

Crazylove

56

as Mrs. Mayer

Into the Fire

23

as June Sickles

NCIS

64

TV show · as Leona Phelps

The Ponder Heart

as Edna Earle Ponder

83

TV show · as Miriam Henderson

Frankie & Hazel

55

Director

Trapped in a Purple Haze

66

as Sophie Hanson

1990s

36 titles · average score 58

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Mrs. Rawley

Payne

TV show · as Constance Payne

A Chance of Snow

57

as Madeline 'Maddie' Parker

Jungle 2 Jungle

40

as Dr. Patricia Cromwell

Just Write

53

as Sidney Stone

Ruby Jean and Joe

75

as Rose

The Client

46

TV show · as Reggie Love

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

28

as Gwen Harper

Me, Myself and I

as Crazy / Sane Diane

Switch

44

as Margo Brofman

Dutch

40

as Natalie Standish

Child in the Night

57

as Dr. Hollis

1980s

21 titles · average score 62

My Name Is Bill W.

71

as Lois Wilson

Memories of Me

46

as Lisa

Baby M

67

TV show · as Marybeth Whitehead

Murder Ordained

60

TV show · as Lorna Anderson

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

43

as Diane Freeling

Teachers

52

as Lisa Hammond

American Dreamer

50

as Cathy Palmer

The Day After

77

as Nurse Nancy Bauer

Poltergeist

78

as Diane Freeling

Endangered Species

51

as Harriet Purdue

Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill

as Tiffany Farinpour

Stir Crazy

65

as Meredith

1970s

4 titles · average score 74

Kramer vs. Kramer

82

as Phyllis Bernard

The World Beyond

64

as Marian Faber

The White Shadow

75

TV show · as Paula Harris

Feasting with Panthers

as Constance Wilde

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Lois Wilson