Lindsay Crouse

Lindsay Crouse

1948-05-12 New York City, New York, USA 49 Credits

Biography

Lindsay Ann Crouse is an American actress. She made her Broadway debut in the 1972 revival of Much Ado About Nothing and appeared in her first film in 1976 in All the President's Men. For her role in the 1984 film Places in the Heart, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her other films include Slap Shot (1977), Between the Lines (1977), The Verdict (1982), Prefontaine (1997), and The Insider (1999). She also had a leading role in the 1987 film House of Games, wh...

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Chantilly Bridge

Chantilly Bridge

2023

as Rheza

5.3
Acting

Chantilly Bridge reunites a group of lifelong, steadfast friends who are still – in their later years -- chasing their dreams, fighting injustices, an...

Transgender, at War and in Love

2015

Associate Producer

Producing

A transgender airman is deployed to Afghanistan as the gender he knows himself to be. But everyday he risks being discharged because outdated U.S. pol...

West Virginia, Still Home

West Virginia, Still Home

2013

Researcher

McDowell County, situated in the coalfields of West Virginia, has experienced a great boom-and-bust since 1950. But despite the economic decline and p...

Somewhere Slow

Somewhere Slow

2013

as Katherine Franklin

4.0
Acting

When Anna Thompson gets mixed-up in a convenience store robbery, she makes a split-decision to walk out of her life and into the unknown. On her trave...

David Mamet on House of Games

David Mamet on House of Games

2007

as Herself

Acting

A documentary filmed on location and behind the scenes during the making of David Mamet's 1987 film HOUSE OF GAMES

Mr. Brooks

Mr. Brooks

2007

as Captain Lister

6.9
Acting

A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.

Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues

Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues

2002

as Caroline Ingalls

5.0
Acting

Laura, her husband Almanzo and their daughter Rose leave South Dakota and head for Missouri in search of a better, more financially stable life. It's ...

Cherish

Cherish

2002

as Therapist

6.1
Acting

After a martini-induced rampage, a fantasy-prone young woman is placed under house arrest.

Impostor

Impostor

2001

as Chancellor

6.1
Acting

A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile ali...

Almost Salinas

Almost Salinas

2001

as Allie

8.0
Acting

Life takes a strange turn when a group of outsiders come to the small town of Cholame, the famed site of James Dean's fatal car crash. Cholame's only ...

The Warden

The Warden

2001

as Maureen Redmond

7.0
Acting
The Insider

The Insider

1999

as Sharon Tiller

7.5
Acting

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder

1999

as Caroline Ingalls

6.4
Acting

A version of the "Little House" stories that cover some of the events that take place in the last three books of the series and the book "The First Fo...

Stranger in My House

Stranger in My House

1999

as Patti Young

4.3
Acting

A middle-aged woman takes on a young female tenant to help pay her debts, but gets a lot more than she bargains for when the girl starts to act very s...

Progeny

Progeny

1998

as Dr. Susan Lamarche

4.9
Acting

An unsuspecting woman is impregnated by aliens who are experimenting on the human population.

Prefontaine

Prefontaine

1997

as Elfriede Prefontaine

6.6
Acting

It's the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit captu...

If These Walls Could Talk

If These Walls Could Talk

1996

as Frances White

6.7
Acting

A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a...

The Arrival

The Arrival

1996

as Ilana Green

6.0
Acting

Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired....

Norma Jean & Marilyn

Norma Jean & Marilyn

1996

as Natasha Lytess

6.2
Acting

This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to furthe...

The Juror

The Juror

1996

as Tallow

5.6
Acting

With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verd...

The Indian in the Cupboard

The Indian in the Cupboard

1995

as Jane

6.5
Acting

A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and be...

Bye Bye Love

Bye Bye Love

1995

as Grace Damico

5.9
Acting

With varying degrees of success, recently divorced friends Dave, Vic and Donny are trying to move on with their lives. Vic feels vilified by his ex-wi...

Parallel Lives

Parallel Lives

1994

as Una Pace

5.0
Acting

A college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and enemies catch up with each other's lives. Includes a lo...

Out of Darkness

Out of Darkness

1994

as Kim Donaldson

8.3
Acting

Diana Ross dramatizes multiple personality disorder.

Final Appeal

Final Appeal

1993

as Dana Cartier

5.0
Acting

A lawyer must defend his sister in the court of law who's accused of murdering her seemingly perfect, but in fact very abusive husband.

The Halloween Tree

The Halloween Tree

1993

as Additional Voices (voice)

6.6
Acting

Four children learn the origins of Halloween customs while trying to save the life of their friend.

Campus Culture Wars: Five Stories About Political Correctness

Campus Culture Wars: Five Stories About Political Correctness

1993

Acting

What happens when "political correctness" comes in conflict with freedom of speech? Campus Culture Wars examines five controversial incidents at unive...

Chantilly Lace

Chantilly Lace

1993

as Rheza

10.0
Acting

A group of middle-aged women get together at a secluded house to learn about themselves.

Desperate Hours

Desperate Hours

1990

as Brenda Chandler

5.4
Acting

An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.

Communion

Communion

1989

as Anne Strieber

5.4
Acting

A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.

Brave Irene

Brave Irene

1989

as Narrator

3.0
Acting

Irene summons up all her courage in the face of a fierce snowstorm when her mother falls ill and Irene must deliver a ball gown to the duchess.

Lemon Sky

Lemon Sky

1988

as Ronnie

7.4
Acting

An out of high school teen from the midwest moves to San Diego, California in the 1950s to live with his estranged father and new family. Escaping his...

House of Games

House of Games

1987

as Dr. Margaret Ford

6.8
Acting

A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams,...

I Want To Go Home

1985

as Louise Sanders

Acting

Brother and sister go on the run with their divorced mom, not realizing until later that their mom has kidnapped them from their dad.

Places in the Heart

Places in the Heart

1984

as Margaret Lomax

7.2
Acting

In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - ...

Iceman

Iceman

1984

as Dr. Diane Brady

6.1
Acting

A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to befrie...

Daniel

Daniel

1983

as Rochelle Isaacson

6.6
Acting

The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New...

Krull

Krull

1983

as Princess Lyssa (voice) (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.

The Verdict

The Verdict

1982

as Kaitlin Costello

7.4
Acting

Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a m...

Kennedy's Children

Kennedy's Children

1982

as Rona

Acting

In 1974, five former activists from the 1960s meet in a bar, but do not relate. Each is lost in his or her own memories of more hopeful, revolutionary...

Summer Solstice

Summer Solstice

1981

as Maggie

5.5
Acting

An old man lives out the final years of his half-century marriage by living and remembering.

Prince of the City

Prince of the City

1981

as Carla Ciello

7.0
Acting

New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as lo...

Paul's Case

Paul's Case

1980

as First Actress

3.3
Acting

Captures the essence of Willa Cather's haunting story of Pittsburgh circa 1900. Lost in a world of fantasy, young working-class Paul dreams of escapin...

Between the Lines

Between the Lines

1977

as Abbie

5.3
Acting

The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of...

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

1977

5.1
Acting

The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.

Slap Shot

Slap Shot

1977

as Lily Braden

6.8
Acting

To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging playe...

The Tenth Level

The Tenth Level

1976

as Karen

5.1
Acting

Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis...

All the President's Men

All the President's Men

1976

as Kay Eddy

7.6
Acting

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from...

Force of Evil

N/A

as Narrator

Acting

This Emmy Award-winning documentary traces the rise of Nazism in general and the career of Adolf Eichmann in particular by documenting the small incre...