Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Carnegie Hall | Dancing Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | |
| 1955 | Kiss Me Deadly | Christina Bailey | |
| 1956 | The Rack | Caroline | |
| 1962 | The Chapman Report | Miss Selby | |
| 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Agnes | |
| 1970 | WUSA | Philomene | |
| The People Next Door | Tina Hoffman | ||
| Lovers and Other Strangers | Bernice Henderson | ||
| 1971 | The Steagle | Rita Weiss | |
| The Last Picture Show | Ruth Popper | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture |
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| 1972 | Charley and the Angel | Nettie Appleby | Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| Dillinger | Anna Sage | ||
| Happy Mother's Day, Love George | Ronda | ||
| 1974 | Daisy Miller | Mrs. Ezra Miller | |
| Young Frankenstein | Frau Blücher | Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | |
| Death Sentence | Susan Davies | ||
| 1975 | Crazy Mama | Melba | |
| 1977 | The Mouse and His Child | Euterpe | (voice) |
| High Anxiety | Nurse Diesel | ||
| 1979 | The North Avenue Irregulars | Claire Porter | |
| The Muppet Movie | Lord's Secretary | ||
| Scavenger Hunt' | Mildred Carruthers | ||
| 1980 | Herbie Goes Bananas | Aunt Louise | |
| Foolin' Around | Samantha | ||
| 1981 | Yesterday | Mrs.Kramer | Nominated - Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress |
| History of the World, Part I | Madame Defarge | ||
| 1986 | My Little Pony: The Movie | Hydia | (voice) |
| Castle in the Sky | Dola | (voice in 2003 English-dubbed version) | |
| 1987 | Hansel and Gretel | Griselda | |
| Walk Like a Man | Margaret Shand | ||
| 1988 | Going to the Chapel | Mrs. Haldane | |
| 1989 | Prancer | Mrs. McFarland | |
| 1990 | Texasville | Ruth Popper | |
| 1991 | Love Hurts | Ruth Weaver | |
| The Giant of Thunder Mountain | Narrator/The Elder Amy | ||
| Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas | (documentary) | ||
| 1993 | Double, Double, Toil and Trouble | Aunt Agatha/Aunt Sofia | TV Movie |
| My Boyfriend's Back | Maggie The Zombie Expert | ||
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Granny | ||
| Mrs. Doubtfire | Cleo | ||
| 1994 | A Troll in Central Park | Gnorga | (voice) |
| 1995 | Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West | (documentary) | |
| Now and Then | Grandma Albertson | ||
| 1996 | Beavis and Butt-head Do America | Old Woman on Plane and Bus | (voice) |
| 1997 | Never Too Late | Olive | |
| 1999 | Gen¹³ (1999) | Helga | (voice) (unreleased) |
| The Iron Giant | Mrs. Tensedge | (voice) | |
| Music of the Heart | Assunta Guaspari | ||
| 2000 | Hanging Up | Pat Mozell | |
| 2001 | The Amati Girls | Dolly Amati | |
| 2002 | Manna from Heaven | Helen | |
| 2003 | Alex & Emma | Grandmother | |
| Bad Santa | Grandma | (uncredited) | |
| 2004 | Spanglish | Evelyn Wright | Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role |
| 2005 | Buzz | (documentary) | |
| The Longest Yard | Lynette | ||
| Sky High | Nurse Spex | ||
| The Californians | Eileen Boatwright | ||
| 2006 | Scary Movie 4 | Mrs. Norris | |
| Beerfest | Great Gam Gam | ||
| 2007 | Lake Placid 2 | Sadie Bickerman | (TV movie) |
| Love Takes Wing | Hattie Clarence | (TV movie) | |
| 2008 | The Women | Maggie | |
| 2009 | American Cowslip | Sandy | |
| Ponyo | Noriko | (voice) | |
| Inglourious Basterds | (scenes cut) | ||
| New York, I Love You | Mitzie (segment "Joshua Marston") | ||
| 2010 | Expecting Mary | Annie | |
| You Again | Helen | (uncredited) | |
| 2011 | The Fields | ||
| 2011 | Adventure Time | Farmworld Marceline | |
| 2011 | Lemonade Mouth | Mrs. Anne Bomley | |
| 2012 | Adult World | Mary Anne | |
| The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure | Dottie Rounder |
Short Subjects:
- My Strange Uncle (1981)
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