JoBeth Williams

About

She played a fearless mother in the classic film Poltergeist and portrayed Meredith in Stir Crazy. In 1983, she played a role in The Big Chill.

Before Fame

She wanted to become a child psychologist and enrolled at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

Trivia

Her first on-screen role was in the children's television show Jabberwocky, playing a girl conveniently named Jobeth.

Family Life

She married John Pasquin in 1982.

Associated With

She played the love interest of Sylvester Stallone in the 1992 comedy Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.