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Birth Name:Margaret JoBeth Williams

Birth Place:Houston, Texas, United States

Profession Actor

Keck's Exclusives: Video Preview: Dead Mom Rises on Perception

As the exclusive video clip below shows, Perception's Daniel Pierce (Eric McCormack) is about to experience the mother of all hallucinations when his deceased mama Margaret (Poltergeist's JoBeth Williams) pops in for an unexpected visit. As usual...

Tue, Aug 6, 2013

Why Scandal Isn't Just Another Grey's Anatomy

Just because Scandal comes from executive producers Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers, doesn't mean it's another Grey's Anatomy. "The only reason...

Thu, Apr 5, 2012

Mega Buzz: Grey's Tries Real-Time, a New Chick for Chuck and the Return of Fizbo!

Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com. Any Grey's Anatomy scoop on Meredith? — AJNATALIE: The Feb. 10 episode, which is titled "Golden Hour," will follow Meredith for a real-time 60 minutes as she runs the E.R. "Golden hour" is medical jargon for the crucial first hour after a trauma, and how it can often be the difference between life and death, so don't expect "Golden" to be rosy.I could really use some Chuck scoop right about now. — MarcusADAM: Might Chuck soon be meeting his next big foe? I'm hearing that the show is casting a major recurring guest star...

Wed, Jan 12, 2011

Mega Buzz: Hope for Calzona on Grey's, Damon's Vampire Rival and a Fringe Death

Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com.Will Callie's hookup with Mark come back to haunt her when Arizona returns on Grey's Anatomy? — Sharlene NATALIE: Here's the good news: "Callie and Arizona will be back together soon," executive producer Shonda Rhimes says simply, adding that Arizona will soon show up on Callie's doorstep. "[The breakup] was a way to jump-start the next phase of their storyline." The bad news? Oh wait, this is good news, too! "Mark is her best friend, they slept together before, so it's just recycling. Two people having sex does not necessarily mean that they're in love, or that they're going to be together, or that it means anything."I am dying for some Vampire Diaries scoop. Can you help? — ValerieADAM: Klaus is comin' to town. The oft-mentioned member of the Originals is described as handsome, charming, and 1,000 years old. We sense a Klaus-Damon snark-off coming...

Wed, Nov 24, 2010

Mega Buzz: NCIS' Daddy Danger, House's New Doc and Chuck's Run-In with 007

Every week, senior editors Mickey O'Connor and Adam Bryant satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com.Have you heard anything about Ziva's storyline on NCIS' November sweeps episodes? — CarlyADAM: A special security team will be tasked with protecting Ziva's father (Michael Nouri) when he attends an NCIS conference. Also at the conference: former NCIS agent Riley McCallister, whose troubled past has given him a bit of a hero complex. It's probably no accident that McCallister is played by Michael O'Neill, who learned a lot about gunplay as a Secret Service agent on The West Wing and as the gunman who shot the hell out of Seattle Grace in last year's Grey's Anatomy finale.Who does Amber Tamblyn play on House? — PeterMICKEY: House describes her as the "the love child of Einstein and Mary Poppins." The brainiac's bleeding-heart principles of course irk the cranky doc. So he fires her — several times....

Wed, Oct 27, 2010

Tim Burton's Teeny Tot, Quarterlife, More News Briefs

Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter late Saturday welcomed their second child and first daughter, says People.... The web series Quarterlife gets its NBC premiere Monday, Feb. 18, at 9 pm/ET, sandwiched between Baby Borrowers and Medium).... JoBeth Williams on Dec. 20 will help announce the nominees for the Screen Actors Guilds new honors for stunt ensembles.... DVD releases have been set for Rob & Big: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2 Uncensored (Jan. 8) and 30 Days of Night, Goya's Ghosts and the CBS TV-movie Jesse Stone: Sea Change (all on Feb. 26).

Mon, Dec 17, 2007

Casting News: Dexter, Nip/Tuck and Saddam

JoBeth Williams has signed on to play Angel alum Julie Benz's mom in several episodes of Showtime's Dexter.... America's First Top Model (sorry, Janice), Lauren Hutton, will appear in at least three eppies of FX's Nip/Tuck this season, playing a PR whiz whose client needs a little [see title of show].... Munich's Yigal Naor has been cast as Saddam Hussein, and Shohreh Aghdashloo (24) his wife Sajida, in Between Two Rivers, HBO and the BBC's four-hour mini about the dictator's 24-year reign.For details on Barbara Eden's visit to Lifetime's Army Wives, see the TV Guide News Report.

Tue, Jun 26, 2007

You have really been lacking ...

Question: You have really been lacking on 24 intel this year. Let's have it. Answer: You don't want to miss the back-to-back episodes next Monday. As you saw from the previews, Kim is back, as is Tony. We'll also meet Kim's new shrink friend (C. Thomas Howell), Logan's VP (Ray Wise) and Henderson's wife (JoBeth Williams). BTW, if Ms. Williams thought those slimy dead folks in Poltergeist were scary, wait until she sees Jack in interrogation mode.

Wed, Mar 1, 2006

24 + 2 MORE

With Season 5 now less than a month away, Fox's 24 has announced two more hires: Two-time Tony Award nominee Jayne Atkinson will fill the role of Homeland Security official Karen Hayes, while Tony winner Stephen Spinella will play her subordinate, Miles. These additions, mind you, are in addition to Connie Britton as Jack's new honey, Sean Astin as a CTUer, Julian Sands as a baddie named Bierko, Jean Smart as President Doofball Logan's wife, and Peter Weller and JoBeth Williams as a federal agent and his wife. These new folks are so gonna steal time from my "Chloedgar" romance, aren't they?

Tue, Dec 20, 2005

IT'S ALMOST TIME

Julian Sands, Peter Weller and JoBeth Williams are joining the cast of 24, which kicks off its fifth season on Jan. 15. Sands will portray billionaire baddie Vladimir Bierko, while Weller will play federal agent Christopher Henderson, the guy responsible for bringing Jack Bauer to CTU a decade ago. Williams will play Henderson's wife.

Fri, Nov 18, 2005