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Barbara Williams

Barbara Williams

Highest Rated: 95% City of Hope (1991)

Lowest Rated: 0% Thief of Hearts (1984)

Birthday: Nov 30, 1953

Birthplace: Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Veteran of Canadian repertory theater and TV who made her film debut opposite Steven Bauer in "Thief of Hearts" (1984) and subsequently appeared in "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling" (1986), "Tiger Warsaw" and "Watchers" (all 1988). Williams gave a memorable performance as a tough working-class woman struggling to raise her disabled son alone in John Sayles' 1991 drama, "City of Hope."

Highest rated movies

95% City of Hope
57% Pearl 51% White House Down
50% Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
36% Inventing the Abbotts
17% Krippendorf's Tribe
0% Watchers
0% Thief of Hearts

Photos

THIEF OF HEARTS, Barbara Williams, George Wendt, 1984. ©Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, John Getz, Barbara Williams, 1985, ©Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, Barbara Williams, 1985, ©Paramount JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING, Richard Pryor, Barbara Williams, 1986. ©Columbia Pictures THIEF OF HEARTS, Barbara Williams, John Getz, 1985, ©Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, Barbara Williams, Steven Bauer, 1985, ©Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, Barbara Williams, Steven Bauer, 1984. ©Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, Barbara Williams, Steven Bauer, 1984. ©Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, Barbara Williams, 1984. ©Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams, 1985, ©Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, Barbara Williams, Steven Bauer, 1984, (c)Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams, 1984, (c)Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, Barbara Williams, Steven Bauer, 1984, (c)Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams, 1984, (c)Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, Barbara Williams, 1984, (c)Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, John Getz, Barbara Williams, Steven Bauer, 1985, ©Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, Barbara Williams, Steven Bauer, 1985, ©Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, Barbara Williams, John Getz, 1985, ©Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams, 1985, ©Paramount THIEF OF HEARTS, Barbara Williams, Christine Ebersole, 1985, ©Paramount
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
57% No Score Yet Pearl Eve (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder In-Law Claire (Character) - 2019
51% 62% White House Down Muriel Walker (Character) $73.1M 2013
No Score Yet 43% Hollywood Seagull Unknown (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 50% Every Second Counts Helen Preston (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Inner Circle Barbara (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 50% Manhood Faith (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 52% Perfect Pie Francesca Prine/Marie's Mother (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jack the Dog Faith (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 53% Love Come Down Olive Carter (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 31% Family of Cops III Kate Fein (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 18% Bone Daddy Sharon (Character) - 1998
17% 24% Krippendorf's Tribe Jennifer Krippendorf (Character) $7.6M 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Naked City: A Killer Christmas Eva (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Naked City: Justice With a Bullet Eva (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way Ali Torre (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 19% Breach of Faith: Family of Cops II Kate Fein (Character) - 1997
36% 51% Inventing the Abbotts Joan Abbott (Character) $5.9M 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diana Kilmury Story Diana Kilmury (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diana Kilmury: Teamster Diana Kilmury (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 19% Family of Cops Kate Fein (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped Beth Honeycutt (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes Susan Silverman (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spenser: Ceremony Susan Silverman (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 27% Digger Anna Corlett (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Quiet Killer Charlene (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Indecency Marie Clarkson (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 38% Oh, What a Night Vera (Character) - 1992
95% 82% City of Hope Angela (Character) $1.3M 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Peter Gunn Edie (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 27% Tiger Warsaw Karen (Character) - 1988
0% 31% Watchers Nora (Character) $457.0K 1988
50% 79% Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling Dawn (Character) $16.4M 1986
0% 50% Thief of Hearts Mickey Davis (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tell Me That You Love Me Miri (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 44% Firebird 2015 AD Shana (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Gentle Rain Girl Friend (Character) - 1966

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 84% Rookie Blue Claire McNally (Guest Star) 2012
69% 78% Revenge Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
80% 78% FlashForward Vice President Joyce Clemente (Guest Star) 2009-2010
90% 83% Bones Barbara Harper (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 81% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Diane Logan (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet 86% Millennium Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Caitlin Doyle (Character) 1995
92% 89% Star Trek: The Next Generation Anna (Guest Star) 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Equalizer Sylvia Thorton (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown (Character) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Littlest Hobo Unknown (Guest Star) 1979