
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.
Filmography110 titles
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold WarSeries | Self - Actress | 99 |
| 2023 | Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed HollywoodMovie | Self | 98 |
| 2021 | Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the MonsterMovie | Self | 96 |
| 2020 | Killian & the Comeback KidsMovie | Ms. Hunter (voice) | 95 |
| 2018 | Scandal: The Trial of Mary AstorMovie | Narrator (voice) | 93 |
| 2014 | Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel WomenMovie | Self | 89 |
| 2006 | Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'Movie | Miriam (archive footage) | 81 |
| 2005 | Going ShoppingMovie | Winnie | 80 |
| 2003 | The John Garfield StoryMovie | Self | 78 |
| 2003 | Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without SinMovie | Self | 78 |
| 2001 | Mulholland DriveMovie | Louise | 76 |
| 2001 | The Amati GirlsMovie | Aunt Spendora | 76 |
| 2001 | The Omen LegacyMovie | Self | 76 |
| 2001 | Hidden Values: The Movies of the FiftiesMovie | Self | 76 |
| 2000 | Dr. T & the WomenMovie | Dr. Harper | 75 |
| 2000 | Sidney Poitier: One Bright LightMovie | Narrator | 75 |
| 1997 | Who Is Henry Jaglom?Movie | Self | 72 |
| 1996 | It's My PartyMovie | Amalia Stark | 71 |
| 1996 | The Substance of FireMovie | Cora Cahn | 71 |
| 1995 | Rod Serling: Submitted for Your ApprovalMovie | Narrator | 70 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors StudioSeries | Self | 69 |
| 1994 | Under HeatMovie | Jane | 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 |
| 1990 | She Said NoMovie | D.A. Doris Cantore | 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 |
| 1983 | When Women KillMovie | Herself | 58 |
| 1982 | Visiting HoursMovie | Deborah Ballin | 57 |
| 1982 | Bare EssenceSeries | Ava Marshall | 57 |
| 1982 | Thou Shalt Not KillMovie | Maxine Lochman | 57 |
| 1982 | A Crime to Fit the PunishmentMovie | Narrator | 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 |
| 1980 | Tell Me a RiddleMovie | Flight Attendant (voice) | 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 |
| 1975 | The SeagullMovie | Irina Arkadina | 50 |
| 1974 | The Internecine ProjectMovie | Jean Robertson | 49 |
| 1974 | Dinah!Series | Self | 49 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ...Series | Self | 48 |
| 1973 | What Are Best Friends For?Movie | Adele Ross | 48 |
| 1972 | Ransom for a Dead ManMovie | Leslie Williams | 47 |
| 1972 | Portnoy's ComplaintMovie | Sophie Portnoy | 47 |
| 1972 | Lieutenant Schuster's WifeMovie | Ellie Schuster | 47 |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesSeries | — | 46 |
| 1971 | Plaza SuiteMovie | Norma Hubley | 46 |
| 1971 | Film '72Series | Self | 46 |
| 1971 | The Neon CeilingMovie | Carrie Miller | 46 |
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man...Movie | Mrs. Bullard | 45 |
| 1970 | The LandlordMovie | Joyce Enders | 45 |
| 1970 | Night SlavesMovie | Marjorie Howard | 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 |
| 1963 | An Affair of the SkinMovie | Katherine McCleod | 38 |
| 1963 | The BalconyMovie | Carmen | 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 |
| 1958 | Three Plays by Tennessee WilliamsMovie | Jane (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry") | 33 |
| 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 |