Phyllis Somerville

Acting

Born December 12, 1943, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

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).

Filmography

• Mare of Easttown — Betty Carroll, In Memory Of
• 2019Diane — Ina
• 2019Poms — Helen
• 2017Our Souls at Night — Ruth
• 2016Detours — Annie Delaney
• 2016One Fall — Mrs.Barrows
• 20153rd Street Blackout — Susan Sussman
• Impastor — Ester Strumble
• Marvel's Daredevil — Mrs. Vistain
• 2015Stuff — Ginger
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — Meemaw
• 2014Surviving Family — Mary Giaccone
• 2014The Double — Simon's Mother
• 2013Stoker — Mrs. McGarrick
• The Blacklist — Skye Kincaid
• Elementary — Miriam Berg
• 2012Forgetting the Girl — Ruby
• 2011A Bird of the Air — Ivy Campbell
• 2011The Mighty Macs — Sister Sister
• Unforgettable — Ruth
• Blue Bloods — Beth Del Rio
• The Big C — Marlene
• 2010Weakness — Lenore
• 2009The Brooklyn Heist — Connie
• The Good Wife — Louise Nolfi
• 2008Dead*Line — Edie
• Fringe — Alice Merchant
• Life on Mars — Mrs. Raimes
• 2008Restless — Sheila
• 2008The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Grandma Fuller
• 2007Broken English — Psychic
• 2007Lucky You — Pawnbroker
• 2006Just Like the Son — Judge
• 2006Little Children — May McGorvey
• 2004Messengers — Metal Detector Lady
• Chappelle's Show — Old Lady #2
• CSI: Miami — Louise Russo
• 2002Revolution #9 — Judge Hathaway
• 2002Swimfan — Aunt Gretchen Christopher
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Louise Politano, Mrs. McLeish
• 2001The Sleepy Time Gal — Rebecca's Adoptive Mother
• 1999Bringing Out the Dead — Mrs. Burke
• 1999Just One Time — Scratchy-voiced Woman
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Mrs. Moss
• 1999Simply Irresistible — Ruth
• The Sopranos — Brenda
• Third Watch — Fran
• 1998Above Freezing — Vivian
• 1998Better Living — Nellie
• 1998Curtain Call — Gladys
• 1998Montana — Waitress
• Sex and the City — Gertrude Morgan
• 1998The Impostors — Woman at Bar with Pills
• 1997Trouble on the Corner — Crazy Woman
• New York News — Edith Schemer
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Faye Ann Ralston
• 1992Leap of Faith — Dolores
• Law & Order — Ms. Maltese, Kristen Cameron
• 1981Arthur — Saleslady