Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2024 | The Uninvited (2025) | Helen |
| 2022 | Mack & Rita (2022) | Actor |
| 2020 | Uncle Frank | Aunt Butch |
| 2017 | Marjorie Prime | Marjorie |
| 2017 | Lady Bird | Sister Sarah Joan |
| 2016 | The Nice Guys | Mrs. Glenn |
| 2016 | The Comedian | Miriam |
| 2015 | Run All Night | Margaret Conlon |
| 2012 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Aunt Mel |
| 2011 | Roadie | Mom |
| 2010 | Please Give | Mrs. Portman |
| 2009 | Killshot | Lenore |
| 2009 | A Dog Year | Lois Blair |
| 2007 | Turn the River | Abby |
| 2005 | Sweet Land | Old Inge |
| 2004 | Iron Jawed Angels | Reverend Anna Howard Shaw |
| 2004 | P.S. | Ellie Silverstein |
| 2004 | Best Best Thief in the World (2004) | Helen |
| 2003 | Red Betsy | Helen Rounds |
| 2003 | 2 Brothers & a Bride | Ma Adams |
| 2002 | Minority Report | Dr. Iris Hineman |
| 2001 | The Pledge | Helen Jackson |
| 1999 | Tumbleweeds (1999) | Ginger |
| 1996 | Twister (1996) | Meg Greene |
| 1996 | Larger Than Life | Luluna |
| 1995 | Dead Man Walking (1995) | Helen's mother |
| 1995 | Truman (2009) | Madge Wallace Gates |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Sophia Darling Richards |
| 1993 | Falling Down | William Foster's Mother |
| 1992 | Keep the Change (1992) | Lureen |
| 1990 | * GREEN CARD-D | Brontë's Mother |
| 1987 | Black Widow (1987) | Sara |
| 1981 | Four Friends | Mrs. Carnahan |
| 1980 | Resurrection (2009) | Kathy |
| 1980 | Foxes | Mrs. Axman |
| 1976 | Next Stop, Greenwich Village | Anita Cunningham |
| 1970 | Five Easy Pieces | Partita Dupea |
| 1960 | The Master Builder | Hilda |
| 1955 | East of Eden (1955) | Anne |
