# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jobeth-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:16:16.934Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jobeth-williams"
name: "JoBeth Williams"
slug: "jobeth-williams"
description: "Margaret JoBeth Williams  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). A three-time Emmy Award nominee, she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her work in the TV movie Adam (1983) and the TV miniseries Baby M (1988). Her third nomination was for her guest role in the sitcom Frasier (1994). She also starred in the TV series The Client (1995–96) and had recurring roles in the TV series Dexter (2007) and Private Practice (2009–11)."
tagline: "American actress and television director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jobethwilliams.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1948-12-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3360387821807632
  historical:           22.213184
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001851/"
    handle:    "nm0001851"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump