Phillips, Betty

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PHILLIPS, Betty

PERSONAL

Full name, Elizabeth Phillips.


Career: Actress.


CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Grandmama Addams, The New Addams Family, CanWest Global Television, YTV, and Fox Family, 1998–99.


Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Neighbor woman, Hands of a Stranger, NBC, 1987.

First juror, And the Sea Will Tell, CBS, 1991.

Marion, Legend of Earthsea (also known as Earthsea), Sci–Fi Channel, 2004.


Television Appearances; Movies:

The Haunting Passion, NBC, 1983.

Mary Whitelaw, The Three Wishes of Billy Grier, ABC, 1984.

Mrs. Gersten, Picking up the Pieces, CBS, 1985.

Chairwoman, Hero in the Family, ABC, 1986.

Mrs. Trueblood, That Secret Sunday, CBS, 1986.

Mother Superior, Nobody's Child, CBS, 1986.

Cynthia, "Return of the Shaggy Dog," The Disney Sunday Movie, ABC, 1987.

Martha, Deadly Deception, CBS, 1987.

Teacher, Body of Evidence, CBS, 1988.

Landlord, I Love You Perfect, ABC, 1989.

Norma Curtis, Shame, Lifetime, 1992.

Mary Quinn, Jack Reed: One of Our Own, NBC, 1995.

Grandmother, Murder in My Mind, CBS, 1997.

Grammy, I Was a Teenage Faust, Showtime, 2002.


Television Appearances; Specials:

Peggy, Visitors from the Unknown, CBS, 1992.


Television Appearances; Episodic:

Mom, "Get a Job," Trying Times, PBS, 1987.

Bag lady, "Runners," MacGyver, ABC, 1989.

Mrs. Delaney, "The Black Corsage," MacGyver, ABC, 1989.

Mrs. Osheroff, "Raising Arrizola," Booker, Fox, 1989.

Aunt Martha, "Trapped," The Black Stallion (also known as The Adventures of the Black Stallion), The Family Channel, 1990.

Mrs. Poe, "The Witches of Eastbridge," The Commish, ABC, 1992.

Sylvia Ziegler, "Checkpoint Eagle," The Odyssey, CBC, 1992.

Mrs. Carp, "Taking Care of Business," Madison (also known as Working It out at Madison), CanWest Global Television, 1995.

Joy Birkett, "Vantage Point," North of 60, CBC, 1996.

Abby, "Weeds," Millennium, Fox, 1997.

Celinda, "Lullaby," Poltergeist: The Legacy, Showtime and syndicated, 1997.

Elderly woman, "Stagecoach Marty," Dead Man's Gun, Showtime, 1998.

Older Lydia, "The Internment," Poltergeist: The Legacy, Showtime and syndicated, 1998.

"Jane Klosky," Cold Squad, CTV, 1998.

Sea hag, "The Tale of Long John Addams," The New Addams Family, CanWest Global Television, YTV, and Fox Family Channel, 1999.

Astrid, "Troll," So Weird, The Disney Channel, 2000.

Mrs. Walker, "Glitch," The Outer Limits, Showtime and syndicated, 2000.

Mrs. Stratton, "The Siege," The Dead Zone, USA Network, 2002.

Sarah, "Wrong Number," The Chris Isaak Show, Showtime, 2002.

Ruth, "The Old Man," The Collector, Space and CityTV, 2004.


Appeared as Beverly Schlager in an episode of Strange Luck, Fox; and in an episode of The New Adventures of Beans Baxter, Fox.


Film Appearances:

Linda, Runaway, TriStar, 1984.

Institute receptionist, The Boy Who Could Fly, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1986.

Mrs. Jardine, Housekeeping, Columbia, 1987.

Clerk, Short Time, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1990.

Abigail Spaulding, The Crush, Warner Bros., 1993.

Edwina, Intersection, Paramount, 1994.

Mysterious woman, Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (also known as Le secret de Bear Mountain), Universal, 1995.

Grandmotherly sitter, Beautiful Joe, Columbia/TriStar Home Video, 2000.

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