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Acting

Marsha Mason

Career: Active from 1968 to 2026, with a break from 2014 to 2025, busiest in 2004 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 17
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: The Goodbye Girl
72/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
1978 · Won
The Goodbye Girl
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1974 · Won
Cinderella Liberty
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
1982 · Nominated · 54th Academy Awards
Only When I Laugh
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
1980 · Nominated · 52nd Academy Awards
Chapter Two
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
1978 · Nominated · 50th Academy Awards
The Goodbye Girl
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
1974 · Nominated · 46th Academy Awards
Cinderella Liberty
Source: Wikidata

Characters

2

The characters Marsha Mason played, best-known titles first.

Marsha Mason as Aggie

Marsha Mason as Audrey Hopper

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Marsha Mason Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.3, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.0, average 4.8
Crime
2.0, average 3.6
Tension
4.6, average 5.9

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 7
Witty Dialogue 2
Emotional Journey 2
Psychological Drama 2
Romantic Comedy 2
Heartwarming Family Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

46

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 64

Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story

64

as Darlene Donnelly

2010s

3 titles · average score 67

Grace and Frankie

77

TV show · as Arlene

Madam Secretary

68

TV show · as Kinsey Sherman

Across Grace Alley

57

as Grandmother

2000s

9 titles · average score 65

The Good Wife

85

TV show · as Judge Louisa Page

The Middle

75

TV show · as Pat Spence

Lipstick Jungle

45

TV show · as Lorraine Lipman

Army Wives

67

TV show · as Charlotte Meade

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King

61

TV show · as Aunt Trudy

Bride & Prejudice

60

as Catherine Darcy

The Long Shot

72

as Mary Lou O'Brian

Bereft

47

as Helen

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows

72

TV show · as Ethel Gumm

1990s

10 titles · average score 54

Restless Spirits

67

as Lydia

2 Days in the Valley

59

as Audrey Hopper

Nick of Time

44

as Gov. Eleanor Grant

Broken Trust

60

as Judge Ruth Fraser

I Love Trouble

35

as Senator Gayle Robbins

Frasier

85

TV show · as Sherry Dempsey

Drop Dead Fred

40

as Polly

Sibs

TV show · as Nora Rusico

Stella

44

as Janice Morrison

The Image

54

as Jean Cromwell

1980s

10 titles · average score 67

Seinfeld

87

TV show · as Jennie MacLaine

Dinner at Eight

55

as Millicent Jordan

Hothouse

TV show · as Courtney Woods

Little Miss Perfect

Director

Heartbreak Ridge

62

as Aggie

Trapped in Silence

66

as Jennifer Hubbell

Surviving

71

as Lois

Max Dugan Returns

65

as Nora McPhae

Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal

as Lois Gibbs

Only When I Laugh

64

as Georgia

1970s

11 titles · average score 61

Chapter Two

51

as Jennie MacLaine

Promises in the Dark

58

as Dr. Alexandra Kendall

The Cheap Detective

57

as Georgia Merkle

The Good Doctor

as Various Roles

The Goodbye Girl

72

as Paula McFadden

Audrey Rose

55

as Janice Templeton

Cyrano de Begerac

as Roxane

Cinderella Liberty

60

as Maggie Paul

Blume in Love

64

as Arlene

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Roxane

Young Dr. Kildare

TV show · as Nurse Lord

1960s

2 titles · average score 49

Where the Heart Is

TV show

Beyond the Law

49

as Marcia Stillwell