JoBeth Williams

Also known as Margaret Jobeth Williams

American actress and television director

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Works: 1

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Kramer vs. Kramer

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Film & TV

Acting · Houston, Texas, USA

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…

Known for

She Was Here — Self2026
Not Without Hope — Marcia2025
SEGAL — Self2025
Cash for Gold — Boots2024
Chantilly Bridge — Natalie2023
What the Night Can Do — Bettye Sue Dryer2020
Josh Gates Tonight — Self2020
SGT. Will Gardner — Sherry2019
Alex & the List — Mrs. Stern2018
Station 19 — Reggie2018

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1932-02-08

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 11
Total plays: 13

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 38,226x
A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder
· 2006 · cited 27,817x
Learning representations by back-propagating errors
· 1986 · cited 23,577x
Geant4—a simulation toolkit
· 2003 · cited 20,906x
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,517x

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Key facts

Born: Margaret JoBeth Williams , ( 1948-12-06 ) December 6, 1948 (age 77) , Houston, Texas , U.S.
Alma mater: Pembroke College in Brown University
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1974–present
Spouse: John Pasquin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1982 )

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Commons category: JoBeth Williams
date of birth: 1948-12-06
name in native language: JoBeth Williams
start of work period: 1974-00-00

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Margaret JoBeth Williams (born December 6, 1948) is an American actress. She rose to prominence appearing in such films as Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), 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). 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).

Her directorial debut with the 1994 short film On Hope earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. In 2009, she began serving as president of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation; she is president emerita of the foundation.