Gwen Van Dam: movies and TV shows
Gwen Van Dam has 72 credits in the archive: 46 films and 26 TV series, from 1970 to 2025. Highest rated: Shameless (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1970 – 2025 · busiest year: 1981 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No Tears in Hell | Mother | Film | 7.6 | 96 |
| 2025 | Christmas at Mistletoe Manor | Hortense Pollard | Film | 7.0 | 96 |
| 2024 | Interior Chinatown | Hazel Carrey | TV | 7.2 | 95 |
| 2024 | Blood Star | Ma | Film | 5.6 | 95 |
| 2024 | You're Doing Great | Elderly Woman | Film | — | 95 |
| 2022 | Diamond in the Rough | Elderly Lady | Film | 4.8 | 93 |
| 2021 | Home | Nancy | Film | 6.7 | 92 |
| 2021 | Me You Madness | Grandma Betty | Film | 5.1 | 92 |
| 2020 | Good Mourning | Grandma Leanne | Film | — | 91 |
| 2019 | Storm | Woman at Restaurant | Film | 6.0 | 90 |
| 2019 | Big Boy Pants | Stella | Film | — | 90 |
| 2019 | Grandma | Film | 6.0 | 90 | |
| 2018 | Homecoming | Mrs. Trotter | TV | 7.0 | 89 |
| 2018 | Dead Night | Crone | Film | 4.6 | 89 |
| 2018 | Sleepwalk | Lady at the House | Film | 7.5 | 89 |
| 2017 | The Orville | Grandmother | TV | 7.6 | 88 |
| 2017 | Mercy Christmas | Film | 4.8 | 88 | |
| 2017 | The Ugly Christmas Sweater | Edna | Film | 3.3 | 88 |
| 2016 | Insecure | Old Lady | TV | 7.1 | 87 |
| 2016 | Angie Tribeca | Kindly Old Woman | TV | 6.4 | 87 |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie | Marie | TV | 7.7 | 86 |
| 2012 | Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 | Great Aunt Agnes | TV | 6.7 | 83 |
| 2011 | Shameless | Erma | TV | 8.2 | 82 |
| 2011 | New Girl | Docent | TV | 7.4 | 82 |
| 2011 | Workaholics | Cassidy | TV | 7.4 | 82 |
| 2011 | Wilfred | Patient #2 | TV | 7.5 | 82 |
| 2010 | Burlesque | Curler Woman at Grundy Bus Stop | Film | 7.2 | 81 |
| 2010 | The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It | 80 Year Old Woman | Film | 3.9 | 81 |
| 2010 | Flexing with Monty | Granny | Film | 3.8 | 81 |
| 2009 | Modern Family | Grams | TV | 7.9 | 80 |
| 2009 | The League | Margaret | TV | 7.3 | 80 |
| 2009 | Still Waiting... | Senile Woman | Film | 4.9 | 80 |
| 2008 | Fall of Hyperion | Elderly Woman | Film | 4.3 | 79 |
| 2007 | Matters of Life and Death | Grandma Barbara | Film | 9.0 | 78 |
| 2006 | Long Lost Son | Travel Agent | Film | 5.9 | 77 |
| 2004 | Joey | Grandma | TV | 6.3 | 75 |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Emma | TV | 7.2 | 73 |
| 2001 | Legion of the Dead | Old Woman | Film | 4.8 | 72 |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls | Mrs. Van Wyck | TV | 7.9 | 71 |
| 1996 | Big Bad BeetleBorgs | Norma Desdoom | TV | 6.6 | 67 |
| 1994 | ER | Etta | TV | 7.8 | 65 |
| 1989 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Woman | TV | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1988 | Take My Daughters, Please | Margaret | Film | 9.0 | 59 |
| 1987 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Mrs. Feldman | TV | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1986 | The Ladies Club | Woman No. 1 | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | Waitress | TV | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1985 | Shadow Chasers | TV | 7.7 | 56 | |
| 1984 | A Touch of Scandal | White Woman | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1983 | The Awakening of Candra | Mrs. Stern | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1983 | Second Thoughts | Film | 4.0 | 54 | |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Woman Hostage | TV | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1982 | Help Wanted: Male | Dr. Quinn | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1982 | Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain | Nurse | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1981 | True Confessions | Mrs. Fazenda | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1981 | Second-Hand Hearts | Waitress at Frankie's | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1981 | The Best Little Girl in the World | O.R. Nurse | Film | 5.6 | 52 |
| 1981 | The Two Lives of Carol Letner | Matron | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1981 | Stand by Your Man | Mrs. Sims | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1980 | Stir Crazy | Mrs. Beatty | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1980 | The Jayne Mansfield Story | Vivian | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1980 | Gideon's Trumpet | Mrs. Lawrence | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | Sales Clerk | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1979 | The French Atlantic Affair | Barney's Wife | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1979 | Joni | Nurse Pauline | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1978 | Coming Home | Mrs. Harris | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1978 | Lassie: The New Beginning | Mrs. Waldrup | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1978 | Terror Out of the Sky | Ms. Logan | Film | 5.4 | 49 |
| 1978 | Having Babies III | Molly | Film | 4.8 | 49 |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | Mayor Claire Murphy | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1975 | Teenage Seductress | Emily Nelson | Film | 4.1 | 46 |
| 1971 | Pinocchio | Madame Suburbia | Film | 4.7 | 42 |
| 1970 | Husbands | Gwen | Film | 6.7 | 41 |