Rhoda Griffis
Veteran character actress Rhoda Griffis has played everyone from Jacqueline Kennedy to Lady MacBeth, but she counts the scheming Lenore Ludwig Baker on "Army Wives" (Lifetime, 2007-14) as one of her favorite roles. The North Carolina native began performing when she was just a child and followed her interest in drama to the North Carolina School of the Arts. After making her TV debut in 1991 on NBC's "In the Heat of the Night" (1988-1995), Griffis portrayed the beloved First Lady in "Love Field" (1992) and made an appearance as the title baseball player's distant mother in "Cobb" (1994). Despite small but memorable roles in the Oscar-winning Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line" (2005) and the sports drama "We are Marshall" (2006), Griffis never left the stage lights for long and continued acting in repertory groups in Atlanta, St. Louis and New Hampshire. Since being cast on "Army Wives" as the feisty Baker, Griffis has been featured in the surprise hit "The Blind Side" (2009) and returned to Lifetime on "Drop Dead Diva" (2009-14). Having worked with such big-name stars as Tommy Lee Jones, Harrison Ford and Barbra Streisand, Rhoda Griffis' career is anything but routine.
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Rhoda Griffis
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Dark Way Out | Clair (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet |
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Electric Jesus | Donna (Character) | - | 2020 |
78% |
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Safety | Orientation Leader (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coins for Love | Allison (Character) | - | 2020 |
85% |
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Just Mercy | Judge Pamela Bachab (Character) | $36.0M | 2019 |
93% |
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Light From Light | Rita (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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Wedding at Graceland | Kathy Nelson (Character) | - | 2019 |
75% |
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The Dark Red | Rose Holyfield (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Christmas at Graceland | Kathy Nelson (Character) | - | 2018 |
20% |
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Hover | Anna Cook (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Neighborhood Food Drive | Dean Manlowe (Character) | - | 2017 |
45% |
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The Yellow Birds | Sheryl (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entry Point | Ms. Darby (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Christmas in Homestead | Pauline (Character) | - | 2016 |
45% |
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Miracles From Heaven | Church Lady (Character) | $61.7M | 2016 |
60% |
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Bad Apple | Mrs. Fraire (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Covers All | Judy (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sabbatical | Sarah Walsh (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Congratulations! | Mrs. Gray (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Solace | Kathryn (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Plus 1 | Mrs. Howard (Character) | - | 2013 |
82% |
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+1 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ethan and Eli | Rhonda (Character) | - | 2013 |
19% |
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Parental Guidance | Dr. Schveer (Character) | $77.3M | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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The Pool Boys | Nancy (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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The Wronged Man | Tina (Character) | - | 2010 |
52% |
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Blood Done Sign My Name | Isabel Taylor (Character) | $82.7K | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Road Trip: Beer Pong | Flirty Tour Group Mom (Character) | - | 2009 |
0% |
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One Missed Call | Marie Layton (Character) | $26.9M | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal | Pamela Blackburn (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Girl, Positive | Karen Sandler (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Secret of the Cave | Roy's Mom (Character) | - | 2006 |
64% |
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Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story | Mother at school (Character) | $32.7M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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No Witness | Fiona Haskell (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Touch of Fate | Chippy Trick (Character) | - | 2003 |
57% |
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Road Trip | Tour Group Mom (Character) | $68.5M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doomsday Man | Mrs. Gloria Prentiss (Character) | - | 2000 |
23% |
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The Rage: Carrie 2 | Saleswoman (Character) | $17.8M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hunley | Young Lady (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tempest | Sophie Dupree (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perfect Crime | Gia (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close to Danger | Lucille (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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To Love, Honor and Deceive | Mother at House (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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One of Her Own | Lynn Wickstrom (Character) | - | 1994 |
65% |
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Cobb | Amanda Chitwood Cobb (Character) | $648.1K | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On Promised Land | Ellen Appletree (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scattered Dreams: The Kathryn Messenger Story | Mrs. Virgil (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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A Family Torn Apart | Liz Kelley (Character) | - | 1993 |
TV
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73% | 57% | Fear the Walking Dead | Viv (Guest Star) | 2018 |
97% | 95% | Mindhunter | Esther Mayweather (Guest Star) | 2017 |
84% | 95% | Shots Fired | Doreen Platt (Guest Star) | 2017 |
78% | 60% | Drop Dead Diva | Paula Dewey (Guest Star) | 2009-2010 2013-2014 |
91% | 73% | Nashville | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Army Wives | Lenore Baker Ludwig (Guest Star) | 2007 2009-2010 |
14% | No Score Yet | Past Life | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
42% | No Score Yet | K-Ville | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
25% | No Score Yet | The Client | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |