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Phyllis Jeanne Somerville is 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).
Born
Sunday, 12 December 1943
Died
Thursday, 16 July 2020
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mare of Easttown | Betty Carroll | 2021 |
| Poms | Helen | 2019 |
| Diane | Ina | 2019 |
| Castle Rock | Leanne | 2018 |
| Our Souls at Night | Ruth | 2017 |
| Diane | Ina | 2017 |
| One Fall | Mrs. Barrows / Mrs.Barrows | 2016 |
| Detours | Annie Delaney | 2016 |
| Outsiders | Lady Ray | 2016 |
| Impastor | Ester Strumble | 2015 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mare of Easttown | Betty Carroll | 2021 |
| Poms | Helen | 2019 |
| Diane | Ina | 2019 |
| Castle Rock | Leanne | 2018 |
| Our Souls at Night | Ruth | 2017 |
| Diane | Ina | 2017 |
| One Fall | Mrs. Barrows / Mrs.Barrows | 2016 |
| Detours | Annie Delaney | 2016 |
| Outsiders | Lady Ray | 2016 |
| Impastor | Ester Strumble | 2015 |
| Stuff | Ginger | 2015 |
| 3rd Street Blackout | Susan Sussman | 2015 |
| Daredevil | Mrs. Vistain | 2015 |
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Meemaw | 2015 |
| Madam Secretary | Gloria Paley | 2014 |
| Surviving Family | Mary Giaccone | 2014 |
| The Night Shift | Marilyn Capshaw | 2014 |
| Taxi Brooklyn | Sasha Lowenthal | 2014 |
| The Double | Simon's Mother | 2014 |
| The Blacklist | Skye Kincaid | 2013 |
| Stoker | Mrs. McGarrick | 2013 |
| House of Cards | Russo's Mother | 2013 |
| Forgetting the Girl | Ruby | 2012 |
| Elementary | Miriam Berg | 2012 |
| A Bird of the Air | Ivy Campbell | 2011 |
| Unforgettable | Ruth | 2011 |
| Weakness | Lenore | 2010 |
| Blue Bloods | Beth Del Rio | 2010 |
| The Big C | Marlene | 2010 |
| Just Like the Son | Judge | 2010 |
| Capers | Connie | 2009 |
| The Mighty Macs | Sister Sister | 2009 |
| The Good Wife | Louise Nolfi | 2009 |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Grandma Fuller | 2008 |
| Life on Mars | Mrs. Raimes | 2008 |
| Fringe | Alice Merchant | 2008 |
| Restless | Sheila | 2008 |
| If I Didn't Care | Daisy | 2007 |
| Broken English | Psychic | 2007 |
| Lucky You | Pawnbroker | 2007 |
| Little Children | May McGorvey | 2006 |
| Kidnapped | Annie Phillips | 2006 |
| Messengers | Metal Detector Lady | 2004 |
| Chappelle's Show | Old Lady #2 | 2003 |
| Revolution #9 | Judge Hathaway | 2002 |
| CSI: Miami | Louise Russo | 2002 |
| Swimfan | Aunt Gretchen Christopher | 2002 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Mrs. McLeish / Louise Politano | 2001 |
| The Sleepy Time Gal | Rebecca's Adoptive Mother | 2001 |
| Bringing Out the Dead | Mrs. Burke | 1999 |
| Third Watch | Fran | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mrs. Moss | 1999 |
| Just One Time | Scratchy-voiced Woman | 1999 |
| Simply Irresistible | Ruth | 1999 |
| The Sopranos | Brenda | 1999 |
| Montana | Waitress | 1998 |
| Better Living | Nellie | 1998 |
| It All Came True | Gladys | 1998 |
| The Impostors | Woman at Bar with Pills / Woman at Bar | 1998 |
| Above Freezing | Vivian | 1998 |
| Just One Time | Scratchy-voiced Woman | 1998 |
| Sex and the City | Gertrude Morgan | 1998 |
| Trouble on the Corner | Crazy Woman | 1997 |
| New York News | Edith Schemer | 1995 |
| NYPD Blue | Dorothy Russell | 1993 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Faye Ann Ralston | 1993 |
| Leap of Faith | Dolores | 1992 |
| Law & Order | Ms. Maltese / Kristen Cameron, Head Nurse | 1990 |
| Loving | Mrs. Swan | 1983 |
| Arthur | Saleslady | 1981 |
