Person
Gwen Van Dam
Acting · 1928–2024
Known for
Shameless
Erma
Modern Family
Grams
ER
Etta
Gilmore Girls
Mrs. Van Wyck
Without a Trace
Emma
New Girl
Docent
Knots Landing
Sales Clerk
The Orville
Grandmother
T. J. Hooker
Woman Hostage
Moonlighting
Waitress
Filmography
- 2025Christmas at Mistletoe ManorHortense Pollard
- 2025No Tears in HellMother
- 2024Blood StarMa
- 2024Interior ChinatownHazel Carrey
- 2024You're Doing GreatElderly Woman
- 2022Diamond in the RoughElderly Lady
- 2021HomeNancy
- 2021Me You MadnessGrandma Betty
- 2020Good MourningGrandma Leanne
- 2019Big Boy PantsStella
- 2019StormWoman at Restaurant
- 2019PocketGrandma
- 2018HomecomingMrs. Trotter
- 2018Dead NightCrone
- 2018SleepwalkLady at the House
- 2017The Ugly Christmas SweaterEdna
- 2017Mercy Christmas
- 2017The OrvilleGrandmother
- 2016InsecureOld Lady
- 2016Angie TribecaKindly Old Woman
- 2015Grace and FrankieMarie
- 2012Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23Great Aunt Agnes
- 2011New GirlDocent
- 2011WilfredPatient #2
- 2011WorkaholicsCassidy
- 2011ShamelessErma
- 2010BurlesqueCurler Woman at Grundy Bus Stop
- 2010The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It80 Year Old Woman
- 2010Flexing with MontyGranny
- 2009The LeagueMargaret
- 2009Modern FamilyGrams
- 2009Still Waiting...Senile Woman
- 2008Fall of HyperionElderly Woman
- 2007Matters of Life and DeathGrandma Barbara
- 2006Long Lost SonTravel Agent
- 2004JoeyGrandma
- 2002Without a TraceEmma
- 2001Legion of the DeadOld Woman
- 2000Gilmore GirlsMrs. Van Wyck
- 1996Big Bad BeetleBorgsNorma Desdoom
- 1994EREtta
- 1989Doogie Howser, M.D.Woman
- 1988Take My Daughters, PleaseMargaret
- 1987The Days and Nights of Molly DoddMrs. Feldman
- 1986The Ladies ClubWoman No. 1
- 1985Shadow Chasers
- 1985MoonlightingWaitress
- 1984A Touch of ScandalWhite Woman
- 1983The Awakening of CandraMrs. Stern
- 1983Second Thoughts
- 1982Mother's Day on Waltons MountainNurse
- 1982T. J. HookerWoman Hostage
- 1982Help Wanted: MaleDr. Quinn
- 1981The Two Lives of Carol LetnerMatron
- 1981True ConfessionsMrs. Fazenda
- 1981Stand by Your ManMrs. Sims
- 1981The Best Little Girl in the WorldO.R. Nurse
- 1981Second-Hand HeartsWaitress at Frankie's
- 1980Stir CrazyMrs. Beatty
- 1980The Jayne Mansfield StoryVivian
- 1980Gideon's TrumpetMrs. Lawrence
- 1979Knots LandingSales Clerk
- 1979The French Atlantic AffairBarney's Wife
- 1979JoniNurse Pauline
- 1978Terror Out of the SkyMs. Logan
- 1978Lassie: The New BeginningMrs. Waldrup
- 1978Having Babies IIIMolly
- 1978Coming HomeMrs. Harris
- 1977The Incredible HulkMayor Claire Murphy
- 1975Teenage SeductressEmily Nelson
- 1971PinocchioMadame Suburbia
- 1970HusbandsGwen
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