Biography
Anne Archer is an American actress. She starred as Beth in the psychological thriller film Fatal Attraction (1987), which earned her nominations for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Archer was named Miss Golden Globe in 1971, and in the year following, appeared in her feature film debut The Honkers. Archer's other film appearances include Paradise Alley (1978), Raise the Titanic (1980), Patriot Games (1992), Short Cuts (1993), Clear and Presen...
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Complete Filmography

Trafficked
2017
as Mother Monica
In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved...

The Squeeze
2015
Producer
A humble young man with uncommon skills from a small southern town gets caught up in high stakes golf matches between big-time gamblers until the game...

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
2015
as Self (archive footage)
GOING CLEAR intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things t...

Lullaby
2014
as Rachel
Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During thi...

Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
2010
as Dr. Cathy Ryan (archive footage)
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story shows how the classic board game has become a worldwide cultural phenomenon and follows the colorful players w...

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009
as Vonda Volkom
Celebrity photographer Connor Mead lives life in the fast lane, committed to lifelong bachelorhood and simultaneous relationships with multiple women....

Felon
2008
as Maggie
A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

Judicial Indiscretion
2007
as Monica Barrett
A federal judge’s life is disrupted by sexual assault, blackmail and murder after she’s put on the shortlist to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat.

End Game
2006
as The First Lady
Alex Thomas was the man in charge of protecting the president but, when the time came to fulfill his duties, everything just went wrong. His conscienc...

Cut Off
2006
as Louise
Cut off by her wealthy father, a young woman talks her boyfriend into robbing a check cashing spot. Things don't quite work out for the couple, howeve...

Man of the House
2005
as Professor Molly McCarthy
Texas Ranger Roland Sharp is assigned to protect the only witnesses to the murder of a key figure in the prosecution of a drug kingpin -- a group of U...

The Iris Effect
2004
as Sarah Hathaway
In Los Angeles, Dr. Sarah Hathaway hired private eyes trying to find her missing son, the painter Thomas, who ran away from their home ten years ago a...

November
2004
as Carol Jacobs
Sophie Jacobs is going through the most difficult time of her life. Now, she just has to find out if it's real.

Uncle Nino
2003
as Marie Micelli
A distant, slightly dysfunctional family is brought closer together when the father's long-estranged Uncle Nino comes from Italy to Chicago for a surp...
Night of the Wolf
2002
as Claire McNichol
Claire and her teenaged son, Jesse, along with their friend and ranch foreman Purly Owens, work the cattle ranch that Claire once shared with her husb...

The Gray in Between
2002
as Ursula
A paralyzed teen begins a relationship with an older woman when his home life goes bad.

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001
as Self
Marc McClure presents a documentary on the making of 'Superman' (1978).

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
as Gentle Heart (voice)
Whispers, an innocent and adorable baby elephant who's just learning to walk on his own four feet, finds himself separated from his loving mother, Gen...

The Art of War
2000
as Eleanor Hooks
Neil Shaw is both agent and weapon - a critical line of defense for the Secretary General of the United Nations. He does not even officially exist. As...

Rules of Engagement
2000
as Mrs. Mourain
A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.

Innocents
2000
as Beryl Denright
A traveling cellist gets involved with two disturbed sisters on their way to Seattle to tell their mom that their dad has just passed away. On the way...

Altman on His Own Terms
2000
as Self
A look at the life and career of acclaimed independent filmmaker Robert Altman...on his own words. The genius director who shook the cinema industry w...
My Husband's Secret Life
1998
A policeman's widow (Archer) uncovers corruption within the force after meeting a woman (Alonso) who was tied to her husband's mysterious death.

Indiscretion of an American Wife
1998
as Julia Burton
An American diplomat's wife meets an Italian vintner at an embassy soirée. He sees her as more than just her "husband's hostess". Her husband has been...

Nico the Unicorn
1998
as Julie Hastings
As an 11-year-old boy struggles to cope with a disability, he finds a pony who gives birth to a unicorn which he takes care of.

Mojave Moon
1996
as Julie
Al McCord is hanging out at his favourite restaurant when he meets an attractive young woman (Ellie) who is looking for a ride from the city out into ...

Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
1996
as Self
An introduction and overview to Scientology.

Jake's Women
1996
as Maggie
Jake is a writer. He is married to Maggie, but his marriage is in trouble. He cannot stop thinking about other women in his life, characters he invent...

The Man in the Attic
1995
as Krista Heldmann
Fact-based drama, set in 1910 Milwaukee, about an older married woman, bored with her husband, and her dead son's friend she takes as a lover and hide...

Because Mommy Works
1994
as Abby
Since her divorce nurse Abbey lives alone with her 6 years old son Willie. Her ex-husband Ted may have Willie every second weekend. But when Ted marri...

Clear and Present Danger
1994
as Dr. Cathy Ryan
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, ...

Jane's House
1994
as Mary Parker
Paul Clark and his children are still heartbroken a year after the death of Jane, Paul's wife. When he unexpectedly falls in love with Mary, a former ...

Short Cuts
1993
as Claire Kane
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a bo...

Family Prayers
1993
as Rita Jacobs
This coming of age story set in the 1960s takes a look at the effects of a couple's break-up on a sensitive, thirteen year old Jewish boy in the 1960s...

Body of Evidence
1993
as Joanne Braslow
When an elderly millionaire is found dead with cocaine in his system, his will leaves $8 million to Rebecca Carlson, who was having an affair with him...

Nails
1992
as Mary Niles
The wife of a wild Los Angeles police detective becomes a hostage of the heroin ring he and his partner have exposed.

Patriot Games
1992
as Dr. Caroline "Cathy" Ryan
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

The Last of His Tribe
1992
as Henriette Kroeber
Ishi, the last Yahi Indian of California, must leave his homeland and learn to navigate the world of the white man in order to survive.

Eminent Domain
1991
as Mira Borski
A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Set in 1979 Poland before the Solidarity events.

Narrow Margin
1990
as Carol Hunnicut
An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically ...

Love at Large
1990
as Miss Dolan
Inept private investigator Harry Dobbs meets vampish new client Miss Dolan, who wants him to follow her abusive lover. But Dobbs sets about tailing a ...

Question of Faith
1988
as Debby Franke Ogg
A woman struck down by terminal cancer shuns conventional medical techniques at her husband's insistence and turns to alternative treatment to combat ...

Fatal Attraction
1987
as Beth Gallagher
A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

A Different Affair
1987
as Chris Larwin
A single radio psychiatrist takes in a runaway boy she sponsors in a foster parents program.

The Check is in the Mail...
1986
as Peggy Jackson
Meet Richard Jackson - a man fed up with the insanity of "plastic" suburban living. Rallying his befuddled family around him, Richard mounts an outrag...

Too Scared to Scream
1984
as Kate Bridges
A killer is brutally attacking several tenants that live in a high rise apartment building in New York City.

The Naked Face
1984
as Ann Blake
Chicago psychiatrist Judd Stevens is suspected of murdering one of his patients when the man turns up stabbed to death in the middle of the city. Afte...

The Sky's No Limit
1984
as Dr. Susan Keith Browning
Story of the lives, loves and personal problems of three women astronaut candidates planning to be the first women in space.

Waltz Across Texas
1982
as Gail Weston
A wildcatter and a geologist prospect for oil and love in West Texas.

Waltz Across Texas
1982
Story
A wildcatter and a geologist prospect for oil and love in West Texas.

Green Ice
1981
as Holbrook
A down on his luck engineer gets involved in an adventure with a mysterious woman and an emerald magnate.

Raise the Titanic
1980
as Dana Archibald
To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.

Hero at Large
1980
as J. Marsh
An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a sup...

The Pirate
1978
as Jordana Mason
An Israeli man, raised by a wealthy and powerful Arab, comes into conflict with his heritage when he is entrusted with managing his country's oil fort...

Paradise Alley
1978
as Annie
Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York City, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one brother's p...

Good Guys Wear Black
1978
as Margaret
The former leader of a commando rescue attempt into Vietnam tries to discover why his squad members are being murdered, one-by-one, after the war is o...

Lifeguard
1976
as Cathy
Rick is a Los Angeles County lifeguard who is in his thirties. At his 15-year high school reunion, he sees his old girlfriend who is now a divorced mo...

Trackdown
1976
as Barbara
When his sister Betsy packs up and leaves the family's Montana cattle ranch to find fame and fortune in Hollywood, her brother Jim decides to follow a...

The Dark Side of Innocence
1976
as Nora Hancock Mulligan
A suburban housewife's feeling that her life is standing still causes her to divorce her husband. This causes tension with her daughter, who bitterly ...

A Matter of Wife... and Death
1975
as Carol
A private investigator is confronted by the police AND the mob about the killing of a former private-eye associate.

The Log of the Black Pearl
1975
as Lila Bristol
A young stockbroker, Christopher Sand, inherits an old ship named "Black Pearl" along with a medallion that is the key to a sunken Nazi treasure. But ...

The Mark of Zorro
1974
as Teresa
The swishing fop Don Diego de la Vega becomes the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro when tyranny threatens his people in nineteenth-century California.

The Blue Knight
1973
as Laila
Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the crimi...

The All-American Boy
1973
as Drenna Valentine
Vic "Bomber" Bealer is a handsome, manipulative boxer who aspires to something greater than the small-town life he knows in Texas. But, even when oppo...

Cancel My Reservation
1972
as Crazy Hollister
Bob Hope is a stressed out talk show host who is sent on a vacation to Arizona on doctor's orders and has to play Sherlock Holmes with his wife, the l...

The Honkers
1972
as Deborah Moon
An over-the-hill rodeo champion is so self-centered that he ignores his wife, son, and best friend.