JoBeth Williams Trailers
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Margaret JoBeth Williams (born December 6, 1948) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy nominated American film and television actress and director, and current President of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.
Williams rose to prominence appearing in such films as Stir Crazy (1980), Poltergeist (1982), The Big Chill (1983), The Day After (1983), Teachers (1984), and Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986).
A three-time Emmy Award nominee, she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her work in the TV movie Adam (1983) and the TV miniseries Baby M (1988). Her third nomination was for her guest role in the sitcom Frasier (1994).
Her directorial debut with the 1994 short film On Hope earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film.
She also starred in the TV series The Client (1995–96), and had recurring roles in the TV series Dexter (2007) and Private Practice (2009–11).
In 2009 she began serving as president of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation; she is President Emeritus of the foundation.
She has also had numerous guest starring roles on TV and has starred in several TV movies.
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04 June 1982
The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'.
30 September 1983
Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.
18 October 2016
A widower, his daughter, and his new wife move into a peaceful neighborhood. At first it appears to be a perfect neighborhood but the family quickly realize that something is not right about their new home.
21 February 1992
A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment.
02 December 2026
Gifted cellist Alex Serian returns home to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road. Music, which has been the constant, all-consuming river of his life, begins to carry Alex on an adventure that will change him forever.
07 December 1979
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him.
13 October 2011
Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.
24 June 1994
From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Wyatt Earp is taught that nothing matters more than family and the law.
23 May 1986
The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast.
29 January 1981
The first of three private-eye movies created by Robert Blake about rugged Joe Dancer as the forerunner to a prospective but unrealized series after the retirement of his "Baretta" character.
06 April 2005
Lindsay is stuck in the middle of her relationship with Ben and his passion for the Boston Red Sox.
04 December 2025
A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
14 January 1999
A lawyer and her partner run from the Colombian Mafia and the corrupt U.S. marshals and attorneys assigned to protect them.
22 January 1986
The story involves Rose Chismore's youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Her recollections are sometimes less than sweet, particularly those of her troubled and alcoholic step-father.
27 March 1974
Oscar Wilde's five years at hard labor in Reading Gaol where he was imprisoned for being a sodomite.
10 December 1983
In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives.
17 December 1980
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot.
01 March 1997
A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.
26 November 1993
A lawyer must defend his sister in the court of law who's accused of murdering her seemingly perfect, but in fact very abusive husband.
10 May 1991
Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth.
04 March 1997
Uptight New York City executive, Michael Cromwell, pursues his soon-to-be ex-wife to South America and returns home with the son he never knew he had—a boy raised in a tribal village in Brazil.
12 December 1980
New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank.
05 October 1984
A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write.
20 October 2015
Natalie and Nick are frustrated with their luck in romance. After tossing coins into a fountain, the two then begin dreaming about each other.
24 March 2023
Chantilly Bridge reunites a group of lifelong, steadfast friends who are still – in their later years -- chasing their dreams, fighting injustices, and sticking up for their convictions.
12 October 2025
From a shy kid on Long Island to Hollywood Leading Man, during its most prolific decades, legendary entertainer George Segal shares his life story.
20 April 2007
After a bad breakup with his girlfriend leaves him heartbroken, Carter Webb moves to Michigan to take care of his ailing grandmother.
19 July 1991
To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school... only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.
10 June 2017
Sinaloa hitchhikes into Texas to meet Merle, her half-sister by way of their dead country musician father.
26 January 1999
A look back at the making of the film "The Big Chill" (1983) with cast and crew.
03 May 1987
This is the story of a minister who's feeling unhappy in his marriage who then has an affair with a church employee, who is also married, and who also has affairs, and whose husband is unwilling to divorce her.
14 June 1999
A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.
13 July 2002
Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.
14 May 2009
When implanted in a person's wrist, a TiMER counts down to the day the wearer finds true love. But Oona O'Leary faces the rare dilemma of a blank TiMER.
19 October 2002
Exploring the popular film series and several tragedies amongst the cast members.
28 September 1988
After a heart attack, Abbie Polin (Crystal), a New York doctor, goes to Los Angeles to see his father, Abe (King), who works in Hollywood as the "king of the extras.
05 November 2011
While still mourning the loss of her husband and daughter, recently widowed Ellie King visits her brother Aaron Davis and his children for Christmas.
22 October 2005
Letty Mayer, young and beautiful, has a cherished job as a teacher, a successful attorney boyfriend, and a tight knit family that is excited about her sister's impending wedding.
08 January 1995
When trees in their only source of income, a lemon grove, start showing signs of disease, a burdened Californian family reaches their breaking point.
10 October 1983
Based on the true story that shocked the nation and led to vast changes in how law enforcement handled missing children cases.
11 January 2019
A troubled Iraq War veteran struggling to reintegrate into society sets out on a cross-country journey with the hope of reuniting with his young son.
16 September 2016
Dennis Hopper plays Nick Twain, a Hollywood Producer whose latest film is rejected by every film festival in the world except one- in Ohio.
25 May 1980
A divorcee decides to fight back after her hopes of gaining a promotion are dashed by her rejection of the advances of her boss, and it is only after he actually attacks her that her company and her union take notice.
07 December 1998
After signing her divorce papers, a woman heads out to her Minnesota airport with her sister and daughters for a flight to her mother's home.
08 October 2000
Actress JoBeth Williams directed this Showtime family feature starring The Sixth Sense's Mischa Barton for Barbra Streisand's Barwood Films.
03 December 1997
A single mom and psychiatric intern encounters a troubled but brilliant young man who turns up dead in her house after she befriended him.
23 September 2005
Into the Fire follows the story of Walter Hartwig, a lieutenant in the New York City Harbor Unit, who finally comes to terms with grief and what is really important about this life.
04 August 1994
A college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and enemies catch up with each other's lives.
13 May 1993
An ex-con whose share of a robbery disappeared joins forces with deluxe edition call-girl in order to get back the money she gave her accountant for investment purposes.
01 May 1990
Traumatized after seeing his father brutally murdered by a hook wielding assailant, young Luke is tasked to help unmask the killer.
24 November 1992
The video debut of experimental musicians and culture jamming artists Emergency Broadcast Network.
01 March 2002
The Rose Technique revolves around the life of an off-beat psychiatrist who wants to join the crazy world of daytime TV.
26 October 1984
American housewife Cathy Palmer loses her memory on a trip to Paris after being hit by a car. She wakes up in the hospital believing she's the fictional international spy, Rebecca Ryan.
13 December 2024
Struggling to save her home from foreclosure and stay sober after her military husband's death, Grace goes to work for her small town's only Muslim family and is forced to come face-to-face with the demons that threaten to pull her under.
04 May 2018
Alex, a lovable, unassuming dog trainer is in love with a great woman - Katherine - smart, talented, from a good family.
05 May 1991
Therapist Tess falls for widowed professor Paul, who's having an affair with Carla, one of her patients.
16 November 2020
Luana is a 12-year-old girl struggling to grasp the world collapsing around her, as her parents separate and her estranged Grandfather falls ill.
02 October 1994
On Hope is a 1994 short film directed by JoBeth Williams, with Annette O'Toole, Mercedes Ruehl, Ray Baker, and Veronica Cartwright.
06 January 1991
Martha "Red" Tierney used to be a hot-shot reporter, but that was before alcohol took over her life. One morning Martha's son, Jonathan, leaves for school, stopping first to meet his father for breakfast.
30 December 1996
Laura is a 20 year old deaf girl who has never been taught sign language. She is rescued from neglect and physical abuse by Pam, a social worker.
