2011 | Played the ailing mother of the titular character (Ron Eldard) in "Roadie" |
2010 | Guest starred as Tom's (Doug Savant) mother Allison on "Desperate Housewives" (ABC) |
2009 | Co-starred in "A Dog Year" opposite Jeff Bridges |
2008 | Cast as Adele Stackhouse, Sookie's (Anna Paquin) grandmother on HBO's "True Blood" |
2006 | Co-starred in the independent film "Sweet Land" |
2006 | Played 'Superman' George Reeves' grieving mother in "Hollywoodland" |
2005 | Played Carrie Watts in a revival of Horton Foote's "The Trip to Bountiful" at Signature Theatre Company |
2004 | Appeared opposite Laura Linney in "P.S." |
2003 | Landed a recurring role on the ABC daytime drama "One Life to Live" |
2002 | Starred as Iris Hineman opposite Tom Cruise in "Minority Report" |
2001 | Portrayed Brecht's "Mother Courage" at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, IL |
2001 | Landed small role in "The Pledge," directed by Sean Penn |
1996 | Cast in a featured role opposite Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton in the natural disaster feature "Twister" |
1996 | Directed by Sinise in stage production of "Buried Child"; earned second Tony nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Play |
1995 | Played Sophie in "How to Make an American Quilt" |
1995 | Co-starred with Sinise as Harry Truman's mother-in-law in the HBO film "Truman" |
1990 | Played Ma Joad to Gary Sinise's Tom Joad in Broadway production of "The Grapes of Wrath"; won Tony nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Play |
1885 | First play as playwright produced, "All There Is" |
1975 | Cast as a regular on NBC daytime drama "The Doctors" |
1972 | Landed a regular role on NBC daytime drama "Somerset" |
1970 | Won acclaim as Jack Nicholson's sister in "Five Easy Pieces" |
1957 | Appeared in the original production of Tennessee Williams's "Orpheus Descending" |
1955 | Made film debut opposite James Dean in Elia Kazan's "East of Eden" |
1953 | First TV appearance as Megan in the Kraft Television Theater presentation of "The Apple Tree" (ABC) |
1952 | Made Broadway debut as Jeannie in "Time Out for Ginger" |
1941 | Moved with family to Seattle, WA |
| Began performing as a child in in evangelical church dramas |
| Born and raised in Kansas |
