The Resume

(May 17, 1941- )
Acted in ‘Norma Rae (1979),’ ‘East of Eden (1981),’ ‘An Officer and a Gentleman (1982),’ ‘The Burning Bed (1984),’ ‘Hill Street Blues (1986),’ ‘The Big Easy (1987),’ ‘Leonard Part 6 (1987),’ ‘The Ryan White Story (1989),’ ‘Drugstore Cowboy (1989),’ ‘Twin Peaks (1990-1991),’ ‘David Lynch’s Wild at Heart (1990),’ ‘Child’s Play 2 (1990),’ ‘Tales from the Crypt (1990),’ ‘Dean R. Koontz’s The Servants of Twilight (1991),’ ‘My Own Private Idaho (1991),’ ‘Fried Green Tomatoes (1991),’ ‘Fern Gully (1992),’ ‘Seinfeld (1992-1998),’ ‘Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993),’ ‘The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995),’ ‘Bastard Out of Carolina (1996),’ ‘Armageddon (1998),’ ‘Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)’ and ‘The Grudge (2004)’

Why she might be annoying:

She is typecast as old hags.
Her nickname is ‘Amazing Grace.’
She acted in the infamous Bill Cosby flop ‘Leonard Part 6.’
For some reason, she calls lamps ‘sculptures with light.’
She is scrawny and brittle-looking.
She looks like somebody threw Colleen Dewhurst in a food dehydrator.

Why she might not be annoying:

She’s been an active character actress for more than 25 years.
She’s had bit parts in dozens of memorable films.
She had an amusing recurring role as Susan’s alcoholic mother on ‘Seinfeld.’
She’s an accomplished poet.
She makes art boxes in her spare time.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5171941)
• Child's Play [Film Series]
• David Lynch Films
• Hoarse Raspy Voices
• I Married in 1983
• Look at the Time
• Poets
• Profiles 14001-14250 (Ranked: 14098)
• Seinfeld - Guest Stars
• Stars of Horror Films
• Twin Peaks
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 5]
• Women With Deep Voices

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 77 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 29 Votes: 44.83% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 26 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 41.94% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 106 Votes: 45.28% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 137 Votes: 51.09% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 150 Votes: 51.33% Annoying