Phyllis Somerville

Phyllis Somerville

1943-12-12 Iowa City, Iowa, USA 35 Credits

Biography

Phyllis Jeanne Somerville (December 12, 1943 – July 16, 2020) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She is best known for her roles in Little Children (2006), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Surviving Family (2012), The Big C (2010–2013), and Outsiders (2016–2017).

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Poms

Poms

2019

as Helen

6.6
Acting

After moving to a retirement community, loner Martha eventually befriends her fun-loving neighbor, Sheryl, and forms a cheerleading club for young-at-...

Diane

Diane

2019

as Ina

6.2
Acting

Diane is a devoted friend and caretaker, particularly to her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her...

Our Souls at Night

Our Souls at Night

2017

as Ruth

6.6
Acting

Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes...

One Fall

One Fall

2016

as Mrs.Barrows

6.0
Acting

Set in the rustic Midwestern town of One Fall, the film tells the story of a man, James (Marcus Dean Fuller), who miraculously survived a horrific fal...

Detours

Detours

2016

as Annie Delaney

5.8
Acting

A newly single New Yorker must re-locate to Florida for her dream job. She drives south with her widowed dad, her mom's ashes in a coffee can, and a G...

Stuff

Stuff

2015

as Ginger

5.9
Acting

Trish and Deb Murdoch are in a rut. After 14 years together and raising two daughters, they find themselves in a mid life crisis where grief and attra...

3rd Street Blackout

3rd Street Blackout

2015

as Susan Sussman

9.0
Acting

A technology-obsessed couple is forced to examine their relationship during a blackout

Surviving Family

Surviving Family

2014

as Mary Giaccone

4.6
Acting

Terry hasn't seen or spoken with her family in 2 years. When she shows up unannounced on her father's doorstep - with her fiancé and a plan to get mar...

The Double

The Double

2014

as Simon's Mother

6.5
Acting

An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman ...

Stoker

Stoker

2013

as Mrs. McGarrick

6.6
Acting

After India Stoker's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect ...

Forgetting the Girl

Forgetting the Girl

2012

as Ruby

5.6
Acting

Kevin is obsessed with finding a girl who can help him forget his unpleasant past. However, all his encounters with the opposite sex inevitably go afo...

The Mighty Macs

The Mighty Macs

2011

as Sister Sister

5.2
Acting

In the early 70s, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team has no gym and no uniforms -- an...

A Bird of the Air

A Bird of the Air

2011

as Ivy Campbell

6.6
Acting

A man in search of his past, and a woman who lives in the moment, are brought together when they pursue the origins of a stray parrot in this comedic ...

Weakness

Weakness

2010

as Lenore

4.6
Acting

About a suburban high school teacher who loses his wife and his moorings during a summer break.

The Brooklyn Heist

The Brooklyn Heist

2009

as Connie

3.8
Acting

Three teams of criminals share the same Brooklyn block, but each exists in a separate genre of film. The Amateurs are trapped in a 1970's anti-hero mo...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2008

as Grandma Fuller

7.6
Acting

Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years...

Restless

Restless

2008

as Sheila

5.1
Acting

Moshe Amar is a once poet and now a "businessman" who left his wife with their new born in Israel twenty years ago and spent them in the land of limit...

Broken English

Broken English

2007

as Psychic

6.0
Acting

Nora Wilder is freaking out. Everyone around her is either in a relationship, married, or has children. Nora is in her thirties, alone with job she's ...

Lucky You

Lucky You

2007

as Pawnbroker

5.6
Acting

A professional poker player whose astounding luck at the table fails to translate into his lonesome love life attempts to win the World Series of Poke...

Little Children

Little Children

2006

as May McGorvey

7.1
Acting

The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to ...

Just Like the Son

Just Like the Son

2006

as Judge

4.9
Acting

A petty thief's mentoring of an apparent orphan takes a profound turn when he kidnaps the boy from a foster home and drives him cross-country to his s...

Messengers

Messengers

2004

as Metal Detector Lady

5.3
Acting

Dr. Sarah Chapel returns to the small town of Brighton Mills when her father Dr. Robert Chapel unexpectedly dies. His clients and friends miss him, an...

Revolution #9

Revolution #9

2002

as Judge Hathaway

4.2
Acting

A handsome and successful young man with a lovely fiancée, James Jackson seems to have everything going for him, but his life begins to unravel when h...

Swimfan

Swimfan

2002

as Aunt Gretchen Christopher

5.3
Acting

Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-so...

Bringing Out the Dead

Bringing Out the Dead

1999

as Mrs. Burke

6.6
Acting

Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried ev...

Just One Time

Just One Time

1999

as Scratchy-voiced Woman

4.9
Acting

When the fiancé of a fireman reluctantly agrees to participate in a ménage à trois with another woman, she does so on the condition that he reciprocat...

Simply Irresistible

Simply Irresistible

1999

as Ruth

5.4
Acting

After her mother's death, mediocre chef Amanda Shelton is having trouble attracting customers to her family's restaurant. While shopping for ingredien...

Curtain Call

Curtain Call

1998

as Gladys

5.0
Acting

A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse just for himself, only to find it haunted by the ghosts o...

Better Living

Better Living

1998

as Nellie

1.5
Acting

A comedy about families, the elements that bind them together, and about hope in the face of hardship.

The Impostors

The Impostors

1998

as Woman at Bar with Pills

5.8
Acting

Wrongly accused of physically abusing a fellow actor, starving thespians Arthur and Maurice find themselves pursued by the law aboard a cruise ship.

Above Freezing

Above Freezing

1998

as Vivian

7.0
Acting

A commitment-phobic flower shop wholesale worker struggles with his live-in girl friend in this standard sitcom-styled film.

Montana

Montana

1998

as Waitress

5.6
Acting

A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow...

Trouble on the Corner

Trouble on the Corner

1997

as Crazy Woman

1.5
Acting

Jeff, a troubled therapist, suffers a breakdown when he spies on his sexy neighbor Ericca, a beautiful model that rollerblades around her apartment in...

Leap of Faith

Leap of Faith

1992

as Dolores

5.7
Acting

Jonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling around America holding revival meetings and conducting 'miracle...

Arthur

Arthur

1981

as Saleslady

6.5
Acting

Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.