Portrait of Mary Beth Peil

Acting

Mary Beth Peil

Career

Active from 1995 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score45/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Reagans
The Reagans
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mary Beth Peil Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.9, average 4.1
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Crime
    2.4, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Family Drama 3
  • American History 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Redemption 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

35
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 54
The Home
The Home (2025)
GoodWatch score 43

as Norma

A Break in the Rain
A Break in the Rain (2025)

as Debbie

The Reunion
The Reunion (2024)

as Phyllis Corcoran

Death Wish
Death Wish (2024)

as Jerry's Wife

Halston
Halston (2021)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Marta Graham

Watch on the Rhine
Watch on the Rhine (2021)

as Anise

2010s

11 titles · average score 44
The Song of Sway Lake
The Song of Sway Lake (2019)
GoodWatch score 44

as Charlie Sway

The 8th Year of the Emergency
The 8th Year of the Emergency (2019)

as Lil

Here and Now
Here and Now (2018)
GoodWatch score 30

as Doctor Marianna Holt

After Forever
After Forever (2018)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Helen

Anastasia: The New Broadway Musical
Anastasia: The New Broadway Musical (2017)

as Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna

Collateral Beauty
Collateral Beauty (2016)
GoodWatch score 41

as Whit's Mother

Contest
Contest (2013)
GoodWatch score 56

as Angela Maria 'Gran' Tucci

Maladies
Maladies (2012)
GoodWatch score 25

as Blind Woman

John Muir in the New World
John Muir in the New World (2011)

as Mrs. Carr / Louie Strentzel (voice)

Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts (2011)
GoodWatch score 45

as Marjorie

The Locksmith
The Locksmith (2010)
GoodWatch score 50

as Celine

2000s

10 titles · average score 64
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Jackie Florrick

Fringe
Fringe (2008)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Jessica Warren

Mirrors
Mirrors (2008)
GoodWatch score 40

as Anna Esseker

The List
The List (2007)
GoodWatch score 32

as Daisy Stokes

Flags of Our Fathers
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
GoodWatch score 73

as Mrs. Bradley

Shortbus
Shortbus (2006)
GoodWatch score 66

as Ann, Our Lady of the Gutter

The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives (2004)
GoodWatch score 42

as Helen Devlin

The Reagans
The Reagans (2003)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Edith Davis

The Reagans
The Reagans (2003)
GoodWatch score 59

as Edith Davis

The Job
The Job (2001)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show

1990s

8 titles · average score 60
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Deborah Boyd

Advice From a Caterpillar
Advice From a Caterpillar (1999)
GoodWatch score 49

as Homeless Woman

The Odd Couple II
The Odd Couple II (1998)
GoodWatch score 43

as Felice

Dawson's Creek
Dawson's Creek (1998)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Evelyn 'Grams' Ryan

Comfortably Numb
Comfortably Numb (1995)

as Emily Best

Reckless
Reckless (1995)
GoodWatch score 59

as Bartender

Jersey Girl
Jersey Girl (1992)
GoodWatch score 58

as Day Care Center Teacher

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Dr. Emma Hiltz