Willow Hale

Willow Hale

Birthdate
August 21, 1951 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Gulfport, Mississippi, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
August 21, 1951 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Gulfport, Mississippi, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

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.

Willow Hale's LGBTQ+ Titles

Eating Cars
Eating Cars
Bernice

Acting (40)

Blind Love as Woman in wheelchair
There are Plenty More Fish in the Sea as Mildred
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 (2 episodes)
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
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) (1 episode)
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
2014
Two-Bit Waltz as Granny
2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as The Seer (2 episodes)
2012
I Will Follow You Into the Dark as Ghost Woman
2012
The Mindy Project as Old Woman on Train (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
2010
The Binds That Tie Us as Choir Member
2009
The Forgotten as Secretary (1 episode)
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)

Directing (1)

2017
The Ones • Director
• Director

Production (1)

2017
The Ones • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer

Writing (1)

2017
The Ones • Writer
• Writer