Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | High Cost of Loving, TheThe High Cost of Loving | Jenny Fry | |
| 1959 | Shadows | Woman in Nightclub Audience | Uncredited |
| 1962 | Lonely Are the Brave | Jerry Bondi | |
| 1962 | Spiral Road, TheThe Spiral Road | Els | |
| 1963 | Child Is Waiting, AA Child Is Waiting | Sophie Widdicombe Benham | |
| 1967 | Tony Rome | Rita Kosterman | |
| 1968 | Faces | Jeannie Rapp | |
| 1969 | Machine Gun McCain | Rosemary Scott | Aso known as Gli intoccabili |
| 1971 | Minnie and Moskowitz | Minnie Moore | |
| 1974 | Woman Under the Influence, AA Woman Under the Influence | Mabel Longhetti | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Actress San Sebastián International Film Festival Prize for Best Actress Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress |
| 1975 | Columbo: Playback | Elizabeth Van Wick | |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning | Janet | |
| 1977 | Opening Night | Myrtle Gordon | Silver Bear for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1978 | Brink's Job, TheThe Brink's Job | Mary Pino | |
| 1978 | Question of Love, AA Question of Love | Linda Ray Guettner | |
| 1979 | Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter | Abigail Mason | |
| 1980 | Gloria | Gloria Swenson | Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1982 | Tempest | Antonia Dimitrius | |
| 1982 | Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theater: Season 2 - Rapunzel | The Witch | |
| 1983 | Thursday's Child | Victoria Alden | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1984 | Love Streams | Sarah Lawson | Nastro d'Argento Best Actress |
| 1985 | Early Frost, AnAn Early Frost | Katherine Pierson | Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1987 | Light of Day | Jeanette Rasnick | |
| 1987 | Betty Ford Story, TheThe Betty Ford Story | Betty Ford | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1988 | Another Woman | Marion Post | |
| 1990 | Hollywood Mavericks | Herself | |
| 1991 | Once Around | Marilyn Bella | |
| 1991 | Night on Earth | Victoria Snelling | |
| 1991 | Ted & Venus | Mrs. Turner | |
| 1991 | Face of a Stranger | Pat Foster | Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1992 | Crazy in Love | Honora Swift | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1993 | Silent Cries | Peggy Sutherland | |
| 1993 | Anything for John | Herself | |
| 1994 | Parallel Lives | Francie Pomerantz | |
| 1995 | Something to Talk About | Georgia King | |
| 1995 | Neon Bible, TheThe Neon Bible | Mae Morgan | |
| 1996 | Unhook the Stars | Mildred 'Millie' Hawks | Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role |
| 1997 | She's So Lovely | Miss Jane Green | |
| 1998 | Paulie | Ivy | |
| 1998 | Hope Floats | Ramona Calvert | Lone Star Film & Television Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1998 | Mighty, TheThe Mighty | Gram | |
| 1998 | Playing by Heart | Hannah | |
| 1999 | Weekend, TheThe Weekend | Laura Ponti | Nominated — Seattle International Film Festival Citation of Excellence for Ensemble Cast Performance |
| 2000 | Light Keeps Me Company | Herself - interviewee | |
| 2000 | Color of Love: Jacey's Story, TheThe Color of Love: Jacey's Story | Georgia Porter | Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2001 | Wild Iris | Minnie Brinn | Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Herself | |
| 2003 | Hysterical Blindness | Virginia Miller | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2004 | The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie | Evelyn Ritchie | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special |
| 2004 | Taking Lives | Mrs. Asher | |
| 2004 | The Notebook | Old Allie Calhoun | Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture |
| 2005 | Skeleton Key, TheThe Skeleton Key | Violet Devereaux | Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2006 | Paris, je t'aime | Gena | (segment "Quartier Latin") |
| 2007 | Broken English | Vivien Wilder-Mann | |
| 2007 | Persepolis | Marjane's grandmother | |
| 2007 | What If God Were the Sun? | Melissa Eisenbloom | Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| 2009 | Monk | Marge Johnson | Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series |
| 2010 | NCIS | Joann Fielding | |
| 2011 | Olive |
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