Portrait of Gwen Van Dam

Acting

Gwen Van Dam

Career

Active from 1975 to 2025, with a break from 1976 to 2006, busiest in 2019 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Matters of Life and Death
Matters of Life and Death
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gwen Van Dam Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.9, average 2.6
  • Wonder
    2.1, average 3.4
  • Fantasy
    0.9, average 1.7
  • Politics
    1.8, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      71
      Type
      Role
      Score
      Decade
      Genre
      Group by

      2020s

      9 titles ยท average score 57
      No Tears in Hell
      No Tears in Hell (2025)
      GoodWatch score 59

      as Mother

      Christmas at Mistletoe Manor
      Christmas at Mistletoe Manor (2025)
      GoodWatch score 69

      as Hortense Pollard

      Blood Star
      Blood Star (2024)
      GoodWatch score 45

      as Ma

      Interior Chinatown
      Interior Chinatown (2024)
      GoodWatch score 74

      TV show ยท as Hazel Carrey

      You're Doing Great
      You're Doing Great (2024)

      as Elderly Woman

      Diamond in the Rough
      Diamond in the Rough (2022)
      GoodWatch score 54

      as Elderly Lady

      Me You Madness
      Me You Madness (2021)
      GoodWatch score 30

      as Grandma Betty

      Home
      Home (2021)
      GoodWatch score 68

      as Nancy

      Good Mourning
      Good Mourning (2020)

      as Grandma Leanne

      2010s

      19 titles ยท average score 67
      Big Boy Pants
      Big Boy Pants (2019)

      as Stella

      Sleepwalk
      Sleepwalk (2018)
      GoodWatch score 73

      as Lady at the House

      Homecoming
      Homecoming (2018)
      GoodWatch score 73

      TV show ยท as Mrs. Trotter

      The Orville
      The Orville (2017)
      GoodWatch score 69

      TV show ยท as Grandmother

      Insecure
      Insecure (2016)
      GoodWatch score 83

      TV show ยท as Old Lady

      Angie Tribeca
      Angie Tribeca (2016)
      GoodWatch score 79

      TV show ยท as Kindly Old Woman

      Grace and Frankie
      Grace and Frankie (2015)
      GoodWatch score 77

      TV show ยท as Marie

      Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
      Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012)
      GoodWatch score 76

      TV show ยท as Great Aunt Agnes

      Shameless
      Shameless (2011)
      GoodWatch score 79

      TV show ยท as Erma

      New Girl
      New Girl (2011)
      GoodWatch score 79

      TV show ยท as Docent

      Workaholics
      Workaholics (2011)
      GoodWatch score 75

      TV show ยท as Cassidy

      Wilfred
      Wilfred (2011)
      GoodWatch score 76

      TV show ยท as Patient #2

      2000s

      10 titles ยท average score 60
      Modern Family
      Modern Family (2009)
      GoodWatch score 85

      TV show ยท as Grams

      The League
      The League (2009)
      GoodWatch score 74

      TV show ยท as Margaret

      Still Waiting...
      Still Waiting... (2009)
      GoodWatch score 38

      as Senile Woman

      Fall of Hyperion
      Fall of Hyperion (2008)
      GoodWatch score 32

      as Elderly Woman

      Matters of Life and Death
      Matters of Life and Death (2007)
      GoodWatch score 82

      as Grandma Barbara

      Long Lost Son
      Long Lost Son (2006)
      GoodWatch score 55

      as Travel Agent

      Joey
      Joey (2004)
      GoodWatch score 59

      TV show ยท as Grandma

      Without a Trace
      Without a Trace (2002)
      GoodWatch score 71

      TV show ยท as Emma

      Legion of the Dead
      Legion of the Dead (2001)
      GoodWatch score 25

      as Old Woman

      Gilmore Girls
      Gilmore Girls (2000)
      GoodWatch score 80

      TV show ยท as Mrs. Van Wyck

      1990s

      2 titles ยท average score 71
      Big Bad BeetleBorgs
      Big Bad BeetleBorgs (1996)
      GoodWatch score 63

      TV show ยท as Norma Desdoom

      ER
      ER (1994)
      GoodWatch score 79

      TV show ยท as Etta

      1980s

      20 titles ยท average score 57
      Doogie Howser, M.D.
      Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989)
      GoodWatch score 43

      TV show ยท as Woman

      The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
      The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)
      GoodWatch score 49

      TV show ยท as Mrs. Feldman

      The Ladies Club
      The Ladies Club (1986)
      GoodWatch score 54

      as Woman No. 1

      Moonlighting
      Moonlighting (1985)
      GoodWatch score 78

      TV show ยท as Waitress

      Shadow Chasers
      Shadow Chasers (1985)

      TV show

      T. J. Hooker
      T. J. Hooker (1982)
      GoodWatch score 42

      TV show ยท as Woman Hostage

      True Confessions
      True Confessions (1981)
      GoodWatch score 64

      as Mrs. Fazenda

      Second-Hand Hearts
      Second-Hand Hearts (1981)
      GoodWatch score 31

      as Waitress at Frankie's

      The Best Little Girl in the World
      The Best Little Girl in the World (1981)
      GoodWatch score 67

      as O.R. Nurse

      Stir Crazy
      Stir Crazy (1980)
      GoodWatch score 65

      as Mrs. Beatty

      Gideon's Trumpet
      Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
      GoodWatch score 64

      as Mrs. Lawrence

      The Jayne Mansfield Story
      The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980)
      GoodWatch score 56

      as Vivian

      1970s

      11 titles ยท average score 58
      Knots Landing
      Knots Landing (1979)
      GoodWatch score 77

      TV show ยท as Sales Clerk

      The French Atlantic Affair
      The French Atlantic Affair (1979)

      TV show ยท as Barney's Wife

      Joni
      Joni (1979)
      GoodWatch score 66

      as Nurse Pauline

      Coming Home
      Coming Home (1978)
      GoodWatch score 73

      as Mrs. Harris

      Lassie: The New Beginning
      Lassie: The New Beginning (1978)

      as Mrs. Waldrup

      Terror Out of the Sky
      Terror Out of the Sky (1978)
      GoodWatch score 37

      as Ms. Logan

      Having Babies III
      Having Babies III (1978)

      as Molly

      The Incredible Hulk
      The Incredible Hulk (1977)
      GoodWatch score 73

      TV show ยท as Mayor Claire Murphy

      Teenage Seductress
      Teenage Seductress (1975)
      GoodWatch score 38

      as Emily Nelson

      Pinocchio
      Pinocchio (1971)
      GoodWatch score 41

      as Madame Suburbia

      Husbands
      Husbands (1970)
      GoodWatch score 60

      as Gwen