American actress and director who overcame a 12-year Hollywood blacklist to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Shampoo (1975) and the Academy Award for Best Documentary for Down and Out in America (1986). Across 67 tracked productions, 2,884 of her 9,474 co-stars are still alive and 4,961 have died.
Filmography85 titles
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold WarSeries | Self - Actress | 99 |
| 2021 | Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the MonsterMovie | Self | 96 |
| 2014 | Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel WomenMovie | Self | 89 |
| 2005 | Going ShoppingMovie | Winnie | 80 |
| 2003 | The John Garfield StoryMovie | Self | 78 |
| 2001 | Mulholland DriveMovie | Louise | 76 |
| 2001 | The Amati GirlsMovie | Aunt Spendora | 76 |
| 2000 | Dr. T & the WomenMovie | Dr. Harper | 75 |
| 1996 | It's My PartyMovie | Amalia Stark | 71 |
| 1996 | The Substance of FireMovie | Cora Cahn | 71 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors StudioSeries | Self | 69 |
| 1993 | Intimate PortraitSeries | Self | 68 |
| 1992 | Citizen CohnMovie | Dora Cohn | 67 |
| 1992 | The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a KillerMovie | Narrator | 67 |
| 1992 | Earth and the American DreamMovie | Reader (voice) | 67 |
| 1992 | In My Daughter's NameMovie | Maureen Leeds | 67 |
| 1992 | Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz StoryMovie | Carol Gertz | 67 |
| 1991 | Defending Your LifeMovie | Lena Foster | 66 |
| 1990 | Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretMovie | Self | 65 |
| 1988 | Empty NestSeries | — | 63 |
| 1988 | Hello Actors StudioMovie | Self | 63 |
| 1988 | Calling the ShotsMovie | Self | 63 |
| 1987 | The Big TownMovie | Ferguson Edwards | 62 |
| 1986 | Wedden, dat..?Series | Self | 61 |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury TheaterSeries | — | 60 |
| 1985 | Mussolini: The Untold StorySeries | Rachele Mussolini | 60 |
| 1985 | What Sex Am I?Movie | Self | 60 |
| 1984 | TeachersMovie | Dr. Donna Burke | 59 |
| 1983 | Will There Really Be a Morning?Movie | Lillian Farmer | 58 |
| 1982 | Visiting HoursMovie | Deborah Ballin | 57 |
| 1982 | Bare EssenceSeries | Ava Marshall | 57 |
| 1981 | Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon QueenMovie | Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz | 56 |
| 1981 | For Ladies OnlyMovie | Anne Holt | 56 |
| 1981 | The Million Dollar FaceMovie | Evalyna | 56 |
| 1980 | Little Miss MarkerMovie | The Judge | 55 |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White HouseSeries | Grace Coolidge | 54 |
| 1979 | When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?Movie | Clarisse Ethridge | 54 |
| 1979 | You Can't Go Home AgainMovie | Esther Jack | 54 |
| 1978 | Damien - Omen IIMovie | Ann Thorn | 53 |
| 1978 | The SwarmMovie | Anne MacGregor | 53 |
| 1978 | The Mafu CageMovie | Ellen | 53 |
| 1977 | Airport '77Movie | Karen Wallace | 52 |
| 1977 | The SpellMovie | Marion Matchett | 52 |
| 1976 | Voyage of the DamnedMovie | Lili Rosen | 51 |
| 1975 | ShampooMovie | Felicia Karpf | 50 |
| 1975 | People's Choice AwardsSeries | Self | 50 |
| 1975 | FaySeries | Fay Stewart | 50 |
| 1974 | The Internecine ProjectMovie | Jean Robertson | 49 |
| 1974 | Dinah!Series | Self | 49 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ...Series | Self | 48 |
| 1972 | Ransom for a Dead ManMovie | Leslie Williams | 47 |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesSeries | — | 46 |
| 1971 | Plaza SuiteMovie | Norma Hubley | 46 |
| 1971 | Film '72Series | Self | 46 |
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man...Movie | Mrs. Bullard | 45 |
| 1970 | The LandlordMovie | Joyce Enders | 45 |
| 1969 | MaroonedMovie | Celia Pruett | 44 |
| 1968 | The Name of the GameSeries | Edwina Booker | 43 |
| 1968 | The Mod SquadSeries | — | 43 |
| 1968 | Buona Sera, Mrs. CampbellMovie | Fritzie Braddock | 43 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett ShowSeries | Self - Guest | 43 |
| 1968 | The Love Song of Barney KempinskiMovie | Laura | 43 |
| 1967 | Judd, for the DefenseSeries | — | 42 |
| 1967 | IronsideSeries | Francesca Kirby | 42 |
| 1967 | In the Heat of the NightMovie | Mrs. Leslie Colbert | 42 |
| 1967 | Valley of the DollsMovie | Miriam Polar | 42 |
| 1967 | Divorce American StyleMovie | Dede Murphy | 42 |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67Series | Ruth | 41 |
| 1966 | Mission: ImpossibleSeries | Susan Buchanan | 41 |
| 1965 | The Big ValleySeries | Rosemary | 40 |
| 1964 | Pie in the SkyMovie | Suzy | 39 |
| 1963 | The FugitiveSeries | Millie Hallop | 38 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries | Virginia Cloyd | 38 |
| 1963 | FestivalSeries | Lizzie | 38 |
| 1961 | Ben CaseySeries | — | 36 |
| 1961 | The DefendersSeries | Maria Edwards | 36 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSeries | Self | 36 |
| 1959 | Middle of the NightMovie | Marilyn | 34 |
| 1959 | The World of Sholom AleichemMovie | The Goatseller / Avenging Angel | 34 |
| 1955 | Storm FearMovie | Edna | 30 |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56Series | — | 30 |
| 1953 | The OscarsSeries | Self | 28 |
| 1951 | Detective StoryMovie | Shoplifter | 26 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries | — | 23 |
| 1948 | Studio OneSeries | Emily Brooks | 23 |