Biography
Marsha Mason (born April 3, 1942) is an American actress and theater director. She received four Academy Award nominations as Best Actress for her performances in Cinderella Liberty, The Goodbye Girl, Chapter Two, and Only When I Laugh. She is also known for starring in the 1986 film Heartbreak Ridge. Mason was married for ten years (1973–1983) to the playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon, who wrote many of the films in which she starred. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marsha Ma...
Known For
Complete Filmography
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...
Across Grace Alley
2013
as Grandmother
A young boy struggling with his parents' divorce seeks solace in his infatuation with a captivating woman he discovers through a neighboring window.
Bereft
2004
as Helen
A young Vermont widow is haunted by the memory of her dead husband, while trying to date again.
The Long Shot
2004
as Mary Lou O'Brian
A woman moves with her husband and seven-year-old daughter from Colorado to California and then her husband abandons them. While trying to rebuild her...
Bride & Prejudice
2004
as Catherine Darcy
Mrs. Bakshi is eager to find suitors for her four unmarried daughters when a family friend introduces them to handsome American Will Darcy. A Bollywoo...
Restless Spirits
1999
as Lydia
A young girl, who struggles with her pilot father's death in a plane crash years before, visits her grandmother in Newfoundland. While there, she enco...
2 Days in the Valley
1996
as Audrey Hopper
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that...
Nick of Time
1995
as Gov. Eleanor Grant
An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped daughter's freedom.
Broken Trust
1995
as Judge Ruth Fraser
A scrupulously honest judge finds he's a pawn in a federal sting to ferret out corrupt members of the bench, many of whom are his friends.
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994
as Self
A look at the life and career of actor/director Clint Eastwood, including scenes from his past film and television work and interviews with friends, f...
I Love Trouble
1994
as Senator Gayle Robbins
Rival Chicago reporters Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett join forces to uncover a train wreck conspiracy.
Drop Dead Fred
1991
as Polly
When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the traum...
Stella
1990
as Janice Morrison
Barmaid Stella Claire and blueblood Stephen Dallas have very little in common -- except they've fallen in love. When their relationship fails, Stella ...
The Image
1990
as Jean Cromwell
When career-focused journalist's investigation indirectly causes a suicide, he questions his own methods and life in general.
Dinner at Eight
1989
as Millicent Jordan
Society matron Millicent Jordan arranges a dinner party to honor some visiting aristocrat oblivious to the health and financial problems of her husban...
Heartbreak Ridge
1986
as Aggie
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad...
Trapped In Silence
1986
as Jennifer Hubbell
A compelling drama about a silent, violent teenager. Kevin suffers from elective mutism and no one has ever heard him utter a word.
Surviving
1985
as Lois
Lonnie and Rick seem to be complete opposites, at first glance. A survivor of suicide, Lonnie is introverted and ill at ease around her parents, Lois ...
Max Dugan Returns
1983
as Nora McPhae
An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
1982
as Lois Gibbs
A poorly-educated housewife fights companies polluting her hometown's water table in upstate New York during the 1970s.
Only When I Laugh
1981
as Georgia
A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends as well as her needy daughter. She tries to balance the ...
Chapter Two
1979
as Jennie MacLaine
George Schneider is an author whose wife had just died. His brother Leo gives him the number of Jennie Malone, and somehow they hit it off. And just w...
Promises in the Dark
1979
as Dr. Alexandra Kendall
A young doctor, Alexandra Kendall, seeking change while recovering from a recent heartbreak, moves from Chicago, Illinois to Hartford, Connecticut. Sh...
The Good Doctor
1978
as Various Roles
A writer (made to resemble Russian playwright Anton Chekhov) narrates a collection of his stories, all of which are written in the style of Chekhov.
The Cheap Detective
1978
as Georgia Merkle
A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of...
The Goodbye Girl
1977
as Paula McFadden
After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Br...
Audrey Rose
1977
as Janice Templeton
A man is convinced that a young girl is the reincarnation of his own daughter Audrey Rose, who died in a fiery car accident, along with his wife, two ...
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
1977
as Self
Documentary of the making of Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl (1977)
The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play
1977
A promotional short for The Goodbye Girl. It takes a behind the scenes look at the production, with a focus on actress Quinn Cummings.
Cyrano de Begerac
1974
as Roxane
Cyrano de Begerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves.
Cinderella Liberty
1973
as Maggie Paul
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a Seattle hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his servi...
Blume in Love
1973
as Arlene
Lawyer Stephen Blume, who specializes in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his ex-...
Beyond the Law
1968
as Marcia Stillwell
Takes place over the course of one feverish night in a Manhattan police precinct and neighboring bar.
Hot Rod Hullabaloo
1966
A young hot rodder, needing money to go to college, decides to participate in an illegal drag race. He knows he has the fastest car around and so does...
SEGAL
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as Self
From a shy kid on Long Island to Hollywood Leading Man, during its most prolific decades, legendary entertainer George Segal shares his life story.