Biography JoBeth Williams will be forever iconic to horror fans and '80s pop culture fanatics alike for her unforgettable turn as sexy suburban mom turned inter-dimensional daughter-rescuer Diane Freeling in producer Steven Spielberg and director Tobe Hooper's era-defining fright film phenomenon, Poltergeist 1982.
In 2009 she began serving as president of the ; she is President Emeritus of the foundation.
In October 2011, she appeared with , , , and in the bird-watching comedy for Twentieth Century Fox.
High-profile co-starring roles in 1984 with , 1986 with , with 1988 , and 's 1991 with followed.