Willow Hale
Willow Hale is an American actress and director. After graduating from The University of Texas at Austin, she was invited to act in the Summer program at PCPA in Santa Maria, CA where she worked with a then unknown Robin Williams. She lived and acted in New York City from 1976 to 1989. Studying with Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof at the H.B. Studios and acting in new plays there at the Foundation with Bill Hickey, Barbara Coggin, Wesley Addy and Celeste Holm among others. She acted in several Horton Foote plays there too where she met Robert Armin who then made a recording of her music in January 1979 which 25 years later became her first CD...A Simple String of Wonder. During her time in New York, she opened for Dave Van Ronk at The Other End (November 1980) and acted on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre in Strider (also 1980) and acted in Ghostbusters right after running the 1983 NYC Marathon. She became a SAG actor in 1979 and after moving to Los Angeles acted in 30 something and studied with Milton Katselas. After a long time out from the movies and television, Willow started back in 2009 and has been working consistently in Two-Bit Waltz, Criminal Minds Suspect Behavior among many others and has also directed two short films.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · The Pastor as Nora Holloway
- 2024 · The Caregiver as Rose
- 2024 · We're All Gonna Die as Beatrice Stockholm
- 2023 · Mrs. Davis as Sister June
- 2022 · 2025 Armageddon as Grandma
- 2022 · My Apocalyptic Thanksgiving as Doris
- 2022 · Seven Days as Margaret
- 2021 · Eating Cars as Bernice
- 2020 · Guest House as Sylvia / Wedding Guest
- 2020 · Skyman as Mrs. Cummings
- 2020 · My Nightmare Landlord as Helen
- 2019 · Countdown as Elderly Patient (uncredited)
- 2019 · Extra Innings as Elderly Lady Playing Cards
- 2019 · Never Alone as
- 2017 · The Ones as Rachel Holly
- 2017 · Fallen Blossoms as The mother
- 2017 · After School Special as Grandma Alice
- 2017 · American Violence as Beatrice
- 2016 · Doomsday: 10 Ways the World Will End as Sue (hiker mother)
- 2016 · Betrothed as Mildred Cooper
- 2016 · Holidays as Meiter (segment "Mother's Day")
- 2015 · Babysitter as Elderly Lady Driver
- 2015 · Gnome Alone as Ms. Mae
- 2014 · Kimi Kabuki as
- 2014 · Two-Bit Waltz as Granny
- 2013 · Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as The Seer
- 2012 · I Will Follow You Into the Dark as Ghost Woman
- 2012 · The Mindy Project as Old Woman on Train
- 2012 · Assisted Fishing as Luann
- 2010 · Bold Native as Marion - New Age Clerk
- 2010 · The Perfect Gentleman as Jonathan's Mother
- 2010 · Unusual Suspects as Prostitute
- 2010 · The Binds That Tie Us as Choir Member
- 2009 · The Forgotten as Secretary
- 2007 · Devil Girl as Priscilla
- 1986 · Wise Guys as Race Track Bettor
- 1984 · Ghostbusters as Student at Columbia University (uncredited)
- 1981 · They All Laughed as Western Dancer in Bar (uncredited)
- 2024 · Blind Love as Woman in wheelchair
- 2024 · There are Plenty More Fish in the Sea as Mildred