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Willow Hale
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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…
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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.
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We're All Gonna Die
as Beatrice Stockholm
Daydreamer
as Ruby
The Pastor
as Nora Holloway
Nerot Shel Shabbat
as Older Woman
The Caregiver
as Rose
2025 Armageddon
as Grandma
My Apocalyptic Thanksgiving
as Doris
Seven Days
as Margaret
Eating Cars
as Bernice
Bucko & Junior
as Miriam
Guest House
as Sylvia / Wedding Guest
Skyman
as Mrs. Cummings
My Nightmare Landlord
as Helen
Wavering
as Jane
Countdown
as Elderly Patient (uncredited)
Extra Innings
as Elderly Lady Playing Cards
The Star of Eros
as Trish
Never Alone
The Ones
as Rachel Holly
Fallen Blossoms
as The mother
After School Special
as Grandma Alice
American Violence
as Beatrice
Betrothed
as Mildred Cooper
Holidays
as Meiter (segment "Mother's Day")
Babysitter
as Elderly Lady Driver
Gnome Alone
as Ms. Mae
Kimi Kabuki
Two-Bit Waltz
as Granny
I Will Follow You Into the Dark
as Ghost
Boner
as Esther
Assisted Fishing
as Luann
Pizza Man
as Patient in Hospital
Bold Native
as Marion - New Age Clerk
The Perfect Gentleman
as Jonathan's Mother
No Poster
The Binds That Tie Us
as Choir Member
Devil Girl
as Priscilla
Wise Guys
as Race Track Bettor
Ghostbusters
as Student at Columbia University (uncredited)
The Verdict
as Minor Role (uncredited)
They All Laughed
as Western Dancer in Bar (uncredited)
No Poster
Blind Love
as Woman in wheelchair