Laurie Metcalf

Laurie Metcalf

1955-06-16 Carbondale, Illinois, USA 50 Credits

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Laura Elizabeth Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an American actress and comedian. Often described as a character actor, she is known for her complex and versatile roles across the stage and screen. She has received various accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including two Tony Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. Metcalf began her career with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company a...

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Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

Janis Ian: Breaking Silence

2025

as Self

8.0
Acting

In 1965, Janis Ian, a 14-year-old singer-songwriter from New Jersey, wrote “Society’s Child” about an interracial relationship. Recorded and released ...

Somewhere in Queens

Somewhere in Queens

2023

as Angela Russo

6.2
Acting

Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high s...

Barbecue

Barbecue

2020

as Lillie Anne

Acting

The O’Mallerys have gathered in their local park to share some barbecue and rousing straight talk while they await their youngest sister’s arrival. Wh...

Toy Story 4

Toy Story 4

2019

as Andy's Mom (voice)

7.5
Acting

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when ...

Lady Bird

Lady Bird

2017

as Marion McPherson

7.3
Acting

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her up...

Starring Austin Pendleton

Starring Austin Pendleton

2016

as Self

6.7
Acting

A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Long Day's Journey Into Night

2014

as Mary Tyrone

Acting

Long Day's Journey into Night focuses on one day in the life of the Tyrone family. Youngest son Edmund is ill, and the family are worried about mother...

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective

2011

as Self

7.7
Acting

A year in the making, Still Screaming is the definitive documentary on the making of the iconic Scream movies. Dive into the fascinating success story...

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3

2010

as Andy's Mom (voice)

7.8
Acting

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally le...

Stop-Loss

Stop-Loss

2008

as Mrs. Colson

6.1
Acting

A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return t...

The Pixar Story

The Pixar Story

2007

as Mrs. Davis (voice) (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of it...

Georgia Rule

Georgia Rule

2007

as Paula Richards

6.0
Acting

Rebellious, uncontrollable teenager, Rachel is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her estranged grandmother, Georgia. Her...

Meet the Robinsons

Meet the Robinsons

2007

as Lucille Krunklehorn (voice)

6.9
Acting

Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in an orphanage. Things take a turn when h...

Beer League

Beer League

2006

as Artie's Mom

5.2
Acting

An unemployed slacker inspires his softball teammates to improve their game to avoid getting kicked out of the local league.

Steel City

Steel City

2006

as Marianne Karn

5.7
Acting

After a tragic accident caused by the truck of the middle-aged Carl Lee where a woman dies with a crushed stern, he is arrested and sent to the county...

Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane

2005

as Phyllis

6.2
Acting

After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they...

Treasure Planet

Treasure Planet

2002

as Sarah (voice)

7.6
Acting

When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him ...

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2

1999

as Andy's Mom (voice)

7.6
Acting

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, ...

Runaway Bride

Runaway Bride

1999

as Betty Trout

6.1
Acting

Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter is branded "the runaway bride" by jaded New York journalist Ike Graham. But, after his...

Balloon Farm

Balloon Farm

1999

as Casey Johnson

5.8
Acting

As soon as Harvey S. Potter descends upon a drought-stricken farmland, he begins to grow a mysterious but beautiful crop of balloons. Mystified by the...

Chicago Cab

Chicago Cab

1998

as Female Ad Exec

5.5
Acting

A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many of...

Bulworth

Bulworth

1998

as Mimi

6.3
Acting

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecti...

The Long Island Incident

The Long Island Incident

1998

as Carolyn McCarthy

3.5
Acting

On December 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire in a crowded commuter train on Long Island. This fact-based story focuses on the events that swell around Ca...

Always Outnumbered

Always Outnumbered

1998

as Halley Grimes

6.4
Acting

An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighb...

Scream 2

Scream 2

1997

as Debbie Salt

6.5
Acting

Two years after the first series of murders, as Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string ...

U Turn

U Turn

1997

as Bus Station Clerk

6.6
Acting

When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Cau...

The Story Behind 'Toy Story'

The Story Behind 'Toy Story'

1996

as Self

7.9
Acting

The documentary short of Toy Story of why and how the feature length blockbuster sleeper movie became a success and helps to boost Pixar's popularity ...

Dear God

Dear God

1996

as Rebecca Frazen

5.5
Acting

A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter offi...

Toy Story

Toy Story

1995

as Mrs. Davis (voice)

8.0
Acting

Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's he...

Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas

1995

as Landlady

7.3
Acting

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There,...

The Secret Life of Houses

1994

as Ann

Acting

A nine-year-old girl with a mother in the hospital decides to live alone and fend for herself.

Blink

Blink

1993

as Candice

6.2
Acting

Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having pro...

A Dangerous Woman

A Dangerous Woman

1993

as Anita

5.3
Acting

Martha Horgan is a withdrawn, mentally disabled woman who lives with her aunt, Frances. One of Martha's unusual traits is that she doesn't lie, a qual...

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

1993

as Emma

4.0
Acting

Theatrical packaging of three comic shorts: Dean Parisot & Steven Wright's comedy "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings" (1988), Michael Moore's docume...

Mistress

Mistress

1992

as Rachel Landisman

5.5
Acting

A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems t...

JFK

JFK

1991

as Susie Cox

7.6
Acting

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth

1991

as Self

4.5
Acting

Tom sets out to solve world problems, with help from Frank Zappa, Martin Mull, and wife Roseanne.

Pacific Heights

Pacific Heights

1990

as Stephanie MacDonald

6.3
Acting

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

Internal Affairs

Internal Affairs

1990

as Amy Wallace

6.3
Acting

Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the a...

Uncle Buck

Uncle Buck

1989

as Marcie Dahlgren-Frost

6.8
Acting

Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewhe...

Miles from Home

Miles from Home

1988

as Exotic Dancer

5.4
Acting

Two brothers who are forced off their farm in the debt stricken mid-west become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosi...

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

1988

as Emma

6.5
Acting

Dennis Jennings is an introverted daydreamer, sleepwalking through life. He is a professional waiter and has an equally-dull girlfriend, Emma. In an a...

Stars & Bars

Stars & Bars

1988

as Melissa

4.4
Acting

A British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric.

Candy Mountain

Candy Mountain

1988

as Alice

5.7
Acting

A mediocre musician goes on the road in search of the world's greatest guitar maker

Making Mr. Right

Making Mr. Right

1987

as Sandy

5.0
Acting

When image consultant Frankie Stone is hired by a tech company to teach a scientist’s “Ulysses Robot” how to be a man, she winds up developing very re...

The Execution of Raymond Graham

The Execution of Raymond Graham

1985

as Carol Graham

6.4
Acting

A young man, convicted of the murder of a clerk, who has been on death row for five years and now awaits his execution while his family desperately se...

Desperately Seeking Susan

Desperately Seeking Susan

1985

as Leslie Glass

6.1
Acting

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken ...

The Visitor

The Visitor

1982

Acting

ased on Tolstoy's classic story, "Where Love Is," The Visitor is the story of a cobbler named Martin and his struggle with personal tragedy. Feeling a...

A Wedding

A Wedding

1978

as Maid (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as...

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

N/A

as Mary

Acting

June 1961, NYC: legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans has found his musical voice and created the perfect trio, including bass player Scott LaFaro, said t...