Actor
The Uninvited
2024
as Helen
Mack & Rita
2022
as Betty
The French Dispatch
2021
as Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
Uncle Frank
2020
as Aunt Butch
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
as Harper Pitt
Tesla
2020
as The Grande Dame
Lady Bird
2017
as Sister Sarah Joan
Marjorie Prime
2017
as Marjorie
The Comedian
2016
as Miriam
The Nice Guys
2016
as Mrs. Glenn
Run All Night
2015
as Margaret Conlon
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
2013
as The Youngest Daughter (later)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
as Aunt Mel
Roadie
2012
as Mom
Please Give
2010
as Mrs. Portman
A Dog Year
2009
as Lois Blair
Turn the River
2008
as Abby
Griffin & Phoenix
2006
as Dr. Imberman
Hollywoodland
2006
as Helen Bessolo
Little Fugitive
2006
as Elizabeth
Sweet Land
2005
as Inge (as an older woman)
P.S.
2004
as Ellie Silverstein
Iron Jawed Angels
2004
as Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
The Best Thief in the World
2004
as Helen
Red Betsy
2003
as Helen Rounds
Minority Report
2002
as Dr. Iris Hineman [The Greenhouse]
The Laramie Project
2002
as Lucy Thompson
Powder Keg
2001
as Mother
The Pledge
2001
as Helen Jackson
Tumbleweeds
1999
as Ginger
The Eternal
1998
as Mrs. Ferriter
Hudson River Blues
1997
Larger Than Life
1996
as Luluna
Twister
1996
as Aunt Meg
Dead Man Walking
1995
as Helen's Mother
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Sophia
Truman
1995
as Madge Wallace Gates
Holy Matrimony
1994
as Orna
Falling Down
1993
as D-Fens' Mother
Skylark
1993
as Lou Wheaton
Deadly Matrimony
1992
Keep the Change
1992
as Lureen
Hard Promises
1992
as Mrs. Bell
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
as Mama Threadgoode
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
1991
as Alice Todd
Switched at Birth
1991
as Margaret
The Grapes of Wrath
1991
as Ma Joad
Green Card
1990
as Brontë's Mother
Midnight Run
1988
as Mrs. Nelson
Fatal Attraction
1987
as Martha
Black Widow
1987
as Sara
Doubletake
1985
as Sarah
The Execution of Raymond Graham
1985
as Mary Neal
Twisted
1985
as Helen Giles
Reckless
1984
as Mrs. Prescott
Reuben, Reuben
1983
as Mare Spofford
Four Friends
1981
as Mrs. Carnahan
The House of Mirth
1981
as Bertha Dorset
Resurrection
1980
as Kathy
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
1980
as Cornelia
Foxes
1980
as Mrs. Axman
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976
as Anita Cunningham
Up the Sandbox
1972
as Elinore
Particular Men
1972
Five Easy Pieces
1970
as Partita Dupea
The Way We Live Now
1970
as Jane Aldridge
Dragon Country
1970
as Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967
as Evelyn
The Master Builder
1960
as Hilda
Strange Lady in Town
1955
as Spurs O'Brien
East of Eden
1955
as Anne
The Steel Harp
