Gwen Van Dam

Gwen Van Dam

Acting

November 5, 1928 — December 19, 2024

Known for

Modern Family

Modern Family

2009

Shameless

Shameless

2011

Burlesque

Burlesque

2010

New Girl

New Girl

2011

The Orville

The Orville

2017

Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls

2000

ER

1994

The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk

1977

Stir Crazy

Stir Crazy

1980

Wilfred

Wilfred

2011

Acting72

Christmas at Mistletoe Manor

Christmas at Mistletoe Manor

2025

Hortense Pollard

No Tears in Hell

No Tears in Hell

2025

Mother

Blood Star

2024

Ma

Interior Chinatown

Interior Chinatown

2024

Hazel Carrey

You're Doing Great

You're Doing Great

2024

Elderly Woman

Diamond in the Rough

Diamond in the Rough

2022

Elderly Lady

Home

Home

2021

Nancy

Me You Madness

Me You Madness

2021

Grandma Betty

Good Mourning

Good Mourning

2020

Grandma Leanne

Big Boy Pants

Big Boy Pants

2019

Stella

Storm

Storm

2019

Woman at Restaurant

Pocket

Pocket

2019

Grandma

Homecoming

Homecoming

2018

Mrs. Trotter

Dead Night

Dead Night

2018

Crone

Sleepwalk

Sleepwalk

2018

Lady at the House

The Ugly Christmas Sweater

The Ugly Christmas Sweater

2017

Edna

Mercy Christmas

Mercy Christmas

2017

The Orville

The Orville

2017

Grandmother

Insecure

Insecure

2016

Old Lady

Angie Tribeca

Angie Tribeca

2016

Kindly Old Woman

Grace and Frankie

Grace and Frankie

2015

Marie

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

2012

Great Aunt Agnes

New Girl

New Girl

2011

Docent

Wilfred

Wilfred

2011

Patient #2

Workaholics

Workaholics

2011

Cassidy

Shameless

Shameless

2011

Erma

Burlesque

Burlesque

2010

Curler Woman at Grundy Bus Stop

The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It

The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It

2010

80 Year Old Woman

Flexing with Monty

Flexing with Monty

2010

Granny

The League

The League

2009

Margaret

Modern Family

Modern Family

2009

Grams

Still Waiting...

Still Waiting...

2009

Senile Woman

Fall of Hyperion

Fall of Hyperion

2008

Elderly Woman

Matters of Life and Death

Matters of Life and Death

2007

Grandma Barbara

Long Lost Son

Long Lost Son

2006

Travel Agent

Joey

Joey

2004

Grandma

Without a Trace

Without a Trace

2002

Emma

Legion of the Dead

Legion of the Dead

2001

Old Woman

Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls

2000

Mrs. Van Wyck

Big Bad BeetleBorgs

Big Bad BeetleBorgs

1996

Norma Desdoom

ER

1994

Etta

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Doogie Howser, M.D.

1989

Woman

Take My Daughters, Please

Take My Daughters, Please

1988

Margaret

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

1987

Mrs. Feldman

The Ladies Club

The Ladies Club

1986

Woman No. 1

Shadow Chasers

Shadow Chasers

1985

Moonlighting

Moonlighting

1985

Waitress

A Touch of Scandal

A Touch of Scandal

1984

White Woman

The Awakening of Candra

The Awakening of Candra

1983

Mrs. Stern

Second Thoughts

Second Thoughts

1983

Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain

Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain

1982

Nurse

T. J. Hooker

T. J. Hooker

1982

Woman Hostage

Help Wanted: Male

Help Wanted: Male

1982

Dr. Quinn

The Two Lives of Carol Letner

The Two Lives of Carol Letner

1981

Matron

True Confessions

True Confessions

1981

Mrs. Fazenda

Stand by Your Man

Stand by Your Man

1981

Mrs. Sims

The Best Little Girl in the World

The Best Little Girl in the World

1981

O.R. Nurse

Second-Hand Hearts

Second-Hand Hearts

1981

Waitress at Frankie's

Stir Crazy

Stir Crazy

1980

Mrs. Beatty

The Jayne Mansfield Story

The Jayne Mansfield Story

1980

Vivian

Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet

1980

Mrs. Lawrence

Knots Landing

Knots Landing

1979

Sales Clerk

The French Atlantic Affair

The French Atlantic Affair

1979

Barney's Wife

Joni

Joni

1979

Nurse Pauline

Terror Out of the Sky

Terror Out of the Sky

1978

Ms. Logan

Lassie: The New Beginning

Lassie: The New Beginning

1978

Mrs. Waldrup

Having Babies III

Having Babies III

1978

Molly

Coming Home

Coming Home

1978

Mrs. Harris

The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk

1977

Mayor Claire Murphy

Teenage Seductress

Teenage Seductress

1975

Emily Nelson

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

1971

Madame Suburbia

Husbands

Husbands

1970

Gwen