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Jayne Houdyshell

Actor

Jayne Houdyshell

Born September 25, 1953 in Topeka, Kansas, U.S.19 films

Jayne Houdyshell is an American stage and screen actress.

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Little Women posterFirst watchLittle Women20197.8as HannahFour sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Garden State poster7.1Garden State2004Everybody's Fine poster6.8Everybody's Fine2009Morning Glory poster6.4Morning Glory2010The Bounty Hunter poster5.9The Bounty Hunter2010Maid in Manhattan poster6.1Maid in Manhattan2002Downsizing poster5.4Downsizing2017Changing Lanes poster6.3Changing Lanes2002Causeway poster6.5Causeway2022

Filmography

19 films as actor
  1. 2025Springsteen: Deliver Me from NowhereViv
  2. 2022CausewaySharon
  3. 2021The HumansDeirdre
  4. 2020Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging QueensHelen
  5. 2019Little WomenHannah
  6. 2019The ChaperoneSister Delores
  7. 2017DownsizingPaul's Mother
  8. 2014Lucky StiffHarry's Landlady
  9. 2014Romeo and JulietNurse
  10. 2010Morning GloryStage Manager
  11. 2010The Bounty HunterLandlady
  12. 2009Everybody's FineAlice
  13. 2009Loving LeahMrs. Finkelman
  14. 2006Things That Hang from TreesPam Dupont
  15. 2005RoadPostal clerk
  16. 2004Garden StateMrs. Lubin
  17. 2004King of the CornerLouise
  18. 2002Maid in ManhattanCarmen
  19. 2002Changing LanesMiss Tetley