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Willow Hale
Gulfport, Mississippi, USA
Willow Hale is an American actress and director. After graduating from The University of Texas at Austin, she was invited to act in the Summer program at PCPA in Santa Maria, CA w…
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Willow Hale is an American actress and director. After graduating from The University of Texas at Austin, she was invited to act in the Summer program at PCPA in Santa Maria, CA where she worked with a then unknown Robin Williams. She lived and acted in New York City from 1976 to 1989. Studying with Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof at the H.B. Studios and acting in new plays there at the Foundation with Bill Hickey, Barbara Coggin, Wesley Addy and Celeste Holm among others. She acted in several Horton Foote plays there too where she met Robert Armin who then made a recording of her music in January 1979 which 25 years later became her first CD...A Simple String of Wonder. During her time in New York, she opened for Dave Van Ronk at The Other End (November 1980) and acted on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre in Strider (also 1980) and acted in Ghostbusters right after running the 1983 NYC Marathon. She became a SAG actor in 1979 and after moving to Los Angeles acted in 30 something and studied with Milton Katselas. After a long time out from the movies and television, Willow started back in 2009 and has been working consistently in Two-Bit Waltz, Criminal Minds Suspect Behavior among many others and has also directed two short films.
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2025
We're All Gonna Die
Movie Beatrice Stockholm
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2024
Daydreamer
Movie Ruby
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2024
The Pastor
Movie Nora Holloway
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2024
Nerot Shel Shabbat
Movie Older Woman
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2024
The Caregiver
Movie Rose
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2023
Mrs. Davis
TV show Sister June
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2022
2025 Armageddon
Movie Grandma
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2022
My Apocalyptic Thanksgiving
Movie Doris
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2022
Seven Days
Movie Margaret
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2021
Eating Cars
Movie Bernice
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2020
Bucko & Junior
Movie Miriam
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2020
Guest House
Movie Sylvia / Wedding Guest
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2020
Skyman
Movie Mrs. Cummings
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2020
My Nightmare Landlord
Movie Helen
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2019
Wavering
Movie Jane
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2019
Countdown
Movie Elderly Patient (uncredited)
More credits
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2019
Extra Innings
Movie Elderly Lady Playing Cards
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2019
The Star of Eros
Movie Trish
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2019
Never Alone
Movie
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2017
The Ones
Movie Rachel Holly
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2017
Fallen Blossoms
Movie The mother
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2017
After School Special
Movie Grandma Alice
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2017
American Violence
Movie Beatrice
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2016
Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End
TV show Sue (hiker mother)
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2016
Betrothed
Movie Mildred Cooper
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2016
Holidays
Movie Meiter (segment "Mother's Day")
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2015
Babysitter
Movie Elderly Lady Driver
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2015
Gnome Alone
Movie Ms. Mae
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2014
Kimi Kabuki
Movie
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2014
Two-Bit Waltz
Movie Granny
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2013
Getting On
TV show Vomiting patient
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2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TV show The Seer
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2012
I Will Follow You Into the Dark
Movie Ghost
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2012
The Mindy Project
TV show Old Woman on Train
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2012
Boner
Movie Esther
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2012
Assisted Fishing
Movie Luann
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2011
Pizza Man
Movie Patient in Hospital
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2010
Bold Native
Movie Marion - New Age Clerk
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2010
The Perfect Gentleman
Movie Jonathan's Mother
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2010
Unusual Suspects
TV show Prostitute
