Portrait of Frances Lee McCain

Acting

Frances Lee McCain

Career

Active from 1974 to 2022, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Gremlins
Gremlins
GoodWatch score75/100

Characters

2

The characters Frances Lee McCain played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Frances Lee McCain Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.4, average 2.6
  • Melancholy
    3.7, average 4.7
  • Violence
    3.3, average 4.1
  • Warfare
    0.4, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Character Study 2
  • Optimistic Outlook 2
  • Rural Life 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

62
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles ยท average score 47
Hold Your Breath
Hold Your Breath (2024)
GoodWatch score 47

as Bertha Bell

End of the Road
End of the Road (2022)
GoodWatch score 38

as Val Hammers

After Masks
After Masks (2021)
GoodWatch score 48

as 'Bubbie' Lieberman (Ushering the Light)

Messiah
Messiah (2020)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Patty

The Comeback Trail
The Comeback Trail (2020)
GoodWatch score 40

as Marge (Old Actress)

2010s

6 titles ยท average score 74
Ideal Home
Ideal Home (2018)
GoodWatch score 65

as Doris

Midnight, Texas
Midnight, Texas (2017)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Janice

Preacher
Preacher (2016)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Mosie

The Girlfriend Experience
The Girlfriend Experience (2016)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Sandra

Better Call Saul
Better Call Saul (2015)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show ยท as Judge Chapek

Stitch in Time
Stitch in Time (2012)

as Joan

2000s

1 title
No Return
No Return (2003)

as Mother

1990s

9 titles ยท average score 56
True Crime
True Crime (1999)
GoodWatch score 62

as Mrs. Lowenstein

Patch Adams
Patch Adams (1998)
GoodWatch score 46

as Judy

Scream
Scream (1996)
GoodWatch score 75

as Mrs. Riley

Dying to Love You
Dying to Love You (1993)
GoodWatch score 52

as Sue Graham

Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show ยท as Monica Walters

Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993)

as Flo

Murder So Sweet
Murder So Sweet (1993)
GoodWatch score 56

as Bea Emory

Second Chances
Second Chances (1993)

TV show ยท as Felicity Cook

The Lookalike
The Lookalike (1990)

as Dr. Stamos

1980s

26 titles ยท average score 68
Scandal in a Small Town
Scandal in a Small Town (1988)

as Gwendolyn

Question of Faith
Question of Faith (1988)

as Susan

It Takes Two
It Takes Two (1988)
GoodWatch score 49

as Joyce Rogers

Stand by Me
Stand by Me (1986)
GoodWatch score 83

as Mrs. Lachance

Back to the Future
Back to the Future (1985)
GoodWatch score 89

as Stella Baines

The Rape of Richard Beck
The Rape of Richard Beck (1985)
GoodWatch score 70

as Caroline Beck

Gremlins
Gremlins (1984)
GoodWatch score 75

as Lynn Peltzer

Hunter
Hunter (1984)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Sara Devane

Remington Steele
Remington Steele (1982)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Jennifer Kirk

Tex
Tex (1982)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mrs. Johnson

St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere (1982)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Mrs. Reinhardt

Two of a Kind
Two of a Kind (1982)

as Nurse Mary

1970s

14 titles ยท average score 73
Real Life
Real Life (1979)
GoodWatch score 74

as Jeannette Yeager

No Other Love
No Other Love (1979)

as Pat Hollister

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977)

TV show ยท as Jan Holder

Three's Company
Three's Company (1977)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Kelly

Washington: Behind Closed Doors
Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Paula Stoner Gardiner

The War Widow
The War Widow (1976)

as Jenny

Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E. (1976)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show

Doctors' Hospital
Doctors' Hospital (1975)

TV show

Apple's Way
Apple's Way (1974)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Barbara Apple

The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files (1974)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Leslie Callahan

The Laughing Policeman
The Laughing Policeman (1973)
GoodWatch score 53

as Prostitute

The Bob Newhart Show
The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Janet

1960s

1 title ยท average score 43
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad (1968)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show