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Bess Armstrong

Highest Rated: 81% Diamond Men (2000)

Lowest Rated: 0% Second Sight (1989)

Birthday: Dec 11, 1953

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Fresh-faced, all-American performer with strong stage experience. Armstrong was sympathetic as the new wife whose presence disrupts the harmony of a close-knit group of friends in Alan Alda's "middle ages" comedy, "The Four Seasons" (1981). She also appeared in the hit TV miniseries "Lace" (1984) as Judy Hale, a magazine publisher and one of the three women Phoebe Cates rounds up in her quest for her mother. Armstrong's film work of the same period includes a starring role in the flat "Jaws 3-D" (1983), playing Tom Hanks' ex-girlfriend in the comedy "Nothing in Common" (1986) and Elaine in "Dream Lover" (1994).

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Highest rated movies

81% 58% Diamond Men
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76% 75% The Four Seasons
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58% 40% Nothing in Common
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57% 39% Dream Lover
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52% 64% Pecker
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13% 24% That Darn Cat
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11% 17% Jaws III
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0% 30% Second Sight
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90% Lace
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18% Corporate Affairs
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Bess Armstrong CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY, Yvonne Zima, Bess Armstrong, Robert Hays, Erik von Detten, 1996, (c) Family Channel THE FOUR SEASONS, Jack Weston, Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Bess Armstrong, Rita Moreno, Len Cariou, 1981, (c) Universal JAWS 3-D, Bess Armstrong (l.), Louis Gossett Jr. (far right), 1983, (c)Universal THE FOUR SEASONS, Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Carol Burnett, Alan Alda, Bess Armstrong, Len Cariou, 1981, (c) Universal CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY, Yvonne Zima, Bess Armstrong, Robert Hays, Erik von Detten, 1996 JAWS 3-D, Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, 1983, (c)Universal JAWS 3-D, Simon MacCorkindale (left), Dan Blasko (second from left), Lea Thompson (third from left), Dennis Quaid (center), Bess Armstrong (third from right), Louis Gossett Jr. (right), 1983, (c)Universal HIGH ROAD TO CHINA, Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong, 1983. ©Warner Bros. JAWS 3-D, Bess Armstrong, unknown actress, 1983 View more photos

Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet 56% Love and Sunshine Margo Terry (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diagnosis Delicious Lynn Cosworth (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Always a Bride Elaine (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Next of Kin Susan (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 18% Corporate Affairs Emily Parker (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 30% Her Best Friend's Husband Mandy Roberts (Character) - 2002
81% 58% Diamond Men Katie Harnish (Character) - 2000
52% 64% Pecker Dr. Klompus (Character) $2.3M 1998
No Score Yet 91% Forever Love Alex Brooks (Character) - 1998
13% 24% That Darn Cat Mrs. Judy Randall (Patti's Mom) (Character) $18.3M 1997
No Score Yet 44% She Cried No Denise Connell (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Forgotten Sins Roberta 'Bobbie' Bradshaw (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 35% Christmas Every Day Molly Jackson (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Perfect Daughter Jill Michaelson (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 43% Stolen Innocence Becky Sapp (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal Barbara Pope (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 54% Mixed Blessings Pilar Graham Coleman (Character) - 1995
57% 39% Dream Lover Elaine (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 50% Take Me Home Again Connie (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 52% The Skateboard Kid Maggie (Character) - 1993
0% 30% Second Sight Sister Elizabeth (Character) $5.3M 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mother, Mother Kate (Character) - 1989
58% 40% Nothing in Common Donna Mildred Martin (Character) $32.0M 1986
No Score Yet 90% Lace Judy Hale (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet The House of God Cissy Anderson (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet This Girl for Hire B.T. Brady (Character) - 1983
11% 17% Jaws III Kathryn Morgan (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 64% High Road to China Eve (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 73% Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again Mary Carew (Character) - 1982
76% 75% The Four Seasons Ginny Newley (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet 11th Victim Jill Kelso (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walking Through the Fire Laurel Lee (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet How to Pick Up Girls! Sally Claybrook (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Getting Married Kristine Lawrence (Character) - 1978

TV

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No Score Yet 66% S.W.A.T. Mayor Barrett (Guest Star) 2018-2019
No Score Yet 76% The Arrangement Iris Holloway (Guest Star) 2018
20% No Score Yet Conviction Harper Morrison (Guest Star) 2016
88% 92% Longmire Nancy Crandall (Guest Star) 2016
82% 64% Zoo Unknown (Guest Star) 2015-2016
14% 82% Damien Mrs. Thorn (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet 82% Switched at Birth Professor Marillo (Guest Star) 2015
38% 87% Reckless Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
78% 60% Drop Dead Diva Rita Kaswell (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet 84% NCIS U.S. Sen. Denise O'Hara (Guest Star) 2014
68% 71% Rake Helen Cole (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet 84% House of Lies Julianne Hotschragar (Guest Star) 2014
94% 96% Mad Men Catherine Orcutt (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 80% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 68% One Tree Hill Unknown (Guest Star) 2004 2010
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
86% 90% Boston Legal Penelope Kimball (Guest Star) 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures Unknown (Voice) 2008
95% 95% Frasier Kelly Kirkland (Guest Star) 2000 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Good Morning, Miami Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
32% No Score Yet That Was Then Mickey Glass (Character) 2002
No Score Yet 72% The Nanny Unknown (Character) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
94% 91% My So-Called Life Patty Chase (Character) 1994-1995
82% 90% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1992
33% No Score Yet Married People Elizabeth Meyers (Character) 1990-1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet All Is Forgiven Paula Russell (Character) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lace Judy Hale (Character) 1984