ACTOR

JoBeth Williams

1948 - Today

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Margaret JoBeth Williams (born December 6, 1948) is an American actress. She rose to prominence appearing in such films as Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Stir Crazy (1980), Poltergeist (1982), The Big Chill (1983), The Day After (1983), Teachers (1984), and Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of JoBeth Williams has received more than 2,838,499 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). JoBeth Williams is the 3,790th most popular actor (down from 3,705th in 2019), the 5,665th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,638th in 2019) and the 1,716th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of JoBeth Williams by language

Over the past year JoBeth Williams has had the most page views in the with 377,353 views, followed by German (24,295), and Spanish (19,390). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (135.80%), Simple English (127.56%), and Afrikaans (108.00%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, JoBeth Williams ranks 3,790 out of 13,578. Before her are Megumi Ogata, Ernesto Alonso, Mark Pellegrino, Irving Cummings, Kurt Fuller, and Ichirō Nagai. After her are Gavin MacLeod, Harry Morgan, Carl Lumbly, Fernando Lamas, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, and Françoise Rosay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, JoBeth Williams ranks 367. Before her are Bobby Orr, Geoff Nicholls, Janusz Gortat, Catherine Millet, Felix Kulov, and M. C. Gainey. After her are You Si-kun, Régis Wargnier, Wu Den-yih, Akira Emoto, Christopher Guest, and Kate Pierson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, JoBeth Williams ranks 5,665 out of 20,380. Before her are Desmond Child (1953), Mark Pellegrino (1965), Irving Cummings (1888), Michael Eisner (1942), Kurt Fuller (1953), and Ray Barretto (1929). After her are Gavin MacLeod (1931), George Saling (1909), Harry Morgan (1915), Carl Lumbly (1951), Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856), and Kenneth Noland (1924).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, JoBeth Williams ranks 1,716. Before her are Milton Berle (1908), Joe Lando (1961), M. C. Gainey (1948), Mark Pellegrino (1965), Irving Cummings (1888), and Kurt Fuller (1953). After her are Gavin MacLeod (1931), Harry Morgan (1915), Carl Lumbly (1951), Ed O'Ross (1949), Tommy Rettig (1941), and Sandra Bernhard (1955).

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Television and Movie Roles

Poltergeist
Diane Freeling
Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving around by itself. However, when he realizes that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve calls in a team of parapsychologists led by Dr. Lesh to help before it's too late.
Jun 4o 19827.15 / 10
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Lt. Gwen Harper
A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on.
Feb 21o 19925.308 / 10
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Diane Freeling
The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition as the Reverend Kane, a religeous zealot responsible for the deaths of his many followers. His goal is simple - he wants the angelic Carol Anne.
May 23o 19866.005 / 10