Portrait of Marlo Thomas

Acting

Marlo Thomas

Career

Active from 1961 to 2022, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
19
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for Free to Be… You and Me
Free to Be… You and Me
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Marlo Thomas Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    1.2, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.1, average 4.8
  • Tension
    3.5, average 6.0
  • Mystery
    1.6, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • 70s Cinema 2
  • Classic Sitcom 2
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Relationship Focused 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

51
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 55
No Friends
No Friends (2025)

as Sandra Greene

A Magical Christmas Village
A Magical Christmas Village (2022)
GoodWatch score 55

as Vivian

2010s

8 titles · average score 55
Ocean's Eight
Ocean's Eight (2018)
GoodWatch score 62

as Rene

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Vivian

The Female Brain
The Female Brain (2017)
GoodWatch score 39

as Lynne

Ballers
Ballers (2015)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Jason's Mother

Happily Never After
Happily Never After (2012)

TV show · as Narrator

The New Normal
The New Normal (2012)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Nancy Niles

LOL
LOL (2012)
GoodWatch score 33

as Gran

The Fran Drescher Show
The Fran Drescher Show (2010)

TV show

2000s

4 titles · average score 64
Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty (2006)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Sandra Winthrop

Deceit
Deceit (2004)

as Ellen McCarthy

Two Against Time
Two Against Time (2002)
GoodWatch score 54

as Julie Portman

Playing Mona Lisa
Playing Mona Lisa (2000)
GoodWatch score 59

as Sheila Goldstein

1990s

10 titles · average score 63
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Mary Clark

The Real Blonde
The Real Blonde (1998)
GoodWatch score 39

as Blair

Starstruck
Starstruck (1998)
GoodWatch score 45

as Linda Phaeffle

Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal (1997)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Lynnie Bishop

Friends
Friends (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Sandra Green

Reunion
Reunion (1994)
GoodWatch score 51

as Jessie Yates

Ultimate Betrayal
Ultimate Betrayal (1994)
GoodWatch score 65

as Sharon Rodgers

Frasier
Frasier (1993)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Sophie (voice)

Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story
Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story (1991)

as Lucille 'Sis' Levin

In the Spirit
In the Spirit (1990)
GoodWatch score 56

as Reva Prosky

1980s

7 titles · average score 64
Taken Away
Taken Away (1989)

Executive Producer

Roseanne
Roseanne (1988)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

Question of Faith
Question of Faith (1988)

Executive Producer

Nobody's Child
Nobody's Child (1986)
GoodWatch score 60

as Marie Balter

Consenting Adult
Consenting Adult (1985)
GoodWatch score 61

as Tess Lynd

The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck (1984)

as Kathryn Beck

She's Nobody's Baby: American Women in the 20th Century
She's Nobody's Baby: American Women in the 20th Century (1981)

as Narrator

1970s

7 titles · average score 57
Thieves
Thieves (1977)
GoodWatch score 45

as Sally Cramer

It Happened One Christmas
It Happened One Christmas (1977)
GoodWatch score 54

as Mary Bailey Hatch

The Practice
The Practice (1976)

TV show

Free to Be… You and Me
Free to Be… You and Me (1974)
GoodWatch score 79

Writer, Producer

That Girl in Wonderland
That Girl in Wonderland (1973)

as Anne Marie

Acts of Love and Other Comedies
Acts of Love and Other Comedies (1973)

as The Girl

Jenny
Jenny (1970)
GoodWatch score 52

as Jenny

1960s

8 titles · average score 60
Cricket on the Hearth
Cricket on the Hearth (1967)
GoodWatch score 53

as Bertha (voice)

That Girl
That Girl (1966)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show · as Ann Marie

Wendy and Me
Wendy and Me (1964)

TV show

Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day (1964)

TV show

Arrest and Trial
Arrest and Trial (1963)

TV show · as Angela Tucci

The Joey Bishop Show
The Joey Bishop Show (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Stella

Ben Casey
Ben Casey (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Thriller
Thriller (1960)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Susan Baker

1950s

5 titles · average score 66
Bonanza
Bonanza (1959)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Tai Lee

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Frank's Girlfriend

The Donna Reed Show
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Amina

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Laurie Dubro