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Patricia Belcher
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Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Helena, Montana, U.S.
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1989–present |
Patricia Belcher (born 1954) is an American film, stage and television actress, known for her roles as Ms. Dabney in the Disney Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie, and as United States Attorney Caroline Julian in the FOX crime procedural comedy-drama series Bones. In film, she is known for starring in Jeepers Creepers (2001), 500 Days of Summer (2009), Bad Words (2013), Kajillionaire (2020), and Gatlopp (2022).
Life and career
Belcher was born in Helena, Montana. She is partly of African-American descent. Prior to becoming an actress, Belcher was a contestant on Jeopardy! losing to then attorney Ron Black in one of his 5 games. She studied acting under the guidance of many drama teachers, including the Oscar-nominated actress, Beah Richards.
Belcher is known for playing judges, doctors, nurses, government officials, and other authority figures, often to comic effect. She has made many appearances in films and television series including The Number 23, Unknown, Jeepers Creepers, Heartbreakers and (500) Days of Summer. She also has made appearances in television series, including The Norm Show (on which she had a recurring role), Everybody Loves Raymond, Boston Legal, The Jake Effect, Twins, The Proud Family, Seinfeld, Sister, Sister, In Plain Sight, The Middle, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Still Sitting down, Beverly Hills, 90210, Bones, and How to Get Away with Murder. She is also one of the most active actors appearing in commercials. Products include GEICO, Staples, Time Warner, American Cancer Society and Wells Fargo.
In 2001, Belcher was cast as Jezelle Gay Hartman, a psychic, in the horror film Jeepers Creepers. The film received mixed reviews from critics, however received positive awards from audiences. The film was a commercial success, opening in 2,944 theaters and took in a domestic gross of $37,904,175; it later made $21,313,614 internationally, making a total of $59,217,789 worldwide.
From 2006 until 2017, she recurred on Bones as attorney Caroline Julian. Belcher produced her 2008 role in the film Lower Learning as Colette.
In 2009, she played Millie in the romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer. The film received positive reviews from critics upon its release. Based on over 214 professional reviews, it obtained a "Certified Fresh" seal on Rotten Tomatoes with an approval rating of 86% and an average score of 7.6 out of 10. The film was a box office success as well, becoming a "sleeper hit" and earning over $60 million in worldwide returns, far exceeding its $7.5 million budget. Also that year through 2010, Belcher had a recurring role on Better Off Ted as Janet S. Crotum, the head of human resources of Veridian Dynamics. On May 13, 2010, ABC officially canceled the series due to low viewing figures. After the cancellation of Better Off Ted Belcher moved on and began another recurring role on the Disney Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie, playing the strict and easily annoyed neighbor, Estelle Dabney. It ran for four seasons ending in 2014.
In 2013, she appeared as Ingrid in Bad Words, and she voiced Chimamanda Lobo in the video game Dead Island: Riptide. Later that year Belcher again teamed with Jeepers Creepers writer and director Victor Salva for his horror film Dark House. As well as appearing on The Millers, and Partners.
In 2015, she appeared in the GEICO commercial with the band Europe. She was Grandmother in Wells Fargo's 2017 commercial "Lost Debit Card". She also appeared in 2 other GEICO commercials, once as a DMV picture taker and a waitress in a 24 hour diner.
In 2022, she made a brief appearance in the film Father Stu playing the role of a meat and seafood grocery store clerk. She also began recurring on another Disney Channel sitcom, The Villains of Valley View.
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Flatliners | Edna the Ward Nurse | |
1993 | Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story | Nurse Kitty | TV Movie |
1994 | Doorways | Madge | TV Movie |
Clear and Present Danger | INS Officer | ||
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 In. Women | Female Judge | TV Movie | |
1995 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Juror #1 | TV Movie |
Species | Hospital Admittance Clerk | ||
Body Language | Judge May | TV Movie | |
Favorite Deadly Sins | Modesto Judge | TV Movie | |
Dad, the Angel & Me | Christine | TV Movie | |
1996 | Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace | Impatient Customer | |
Eye for an Eye | Quarreling Woman | ||
Woman Undone | Judge | TV Movie | |
1998 | You Lucky Dog | Judge Tanner | TV Movie |
1999 | Message in a Bottle | Annie | |
Molly | Margaret Duffy | ||
The Wood | Mrs. Hughes | ||
2000 | The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood | Deacon Denise Miller | TV Movie |
2001 | Heartbreakers | Hotel Housekeeping Maid | |
Follow the Stars Home | Counselor | TV Movie | |
Jeepers Creepers | Jezelle Gay Hartman | ||
2002 | The Board Room | Stephens | |
2003 | Dry Cycle | Abagail | |
I Love Your Work | Dr. Fein | ||
2004 | Cut and Run | Roberta | Short |
Criminal | Female Bank Executive | ||
Reflections: A Story of Redemption | Mom | Short | |
2005 | The Proud Family Movie | Ms. Hightower (voice) | TV Movie |
Edmond | Woman on Subway | ||
2006 | The Still Life | Meter Maid | |
Unknown | Depot Supervisor | ||
2007 | The Number 23 | Dr. Alice Mortimer | |
2008 | Over Her Dead Body | Helen | |
El Superstar: The Unlikely Rise of Juan Frances | Sister Agatha | ||
Lower Learning | Colette Bamboo | ||
Desertion | Barbara | ||
2009 | 500 Days of Summer | Millie Belcher | |
2010 | 5 Star Day | Patty the Waitress | |
Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer | Maybelle | ||
2011 | Shuffle | Psychiatrist | |
Forever Young at Heart | Mae Belle-Jackson-Jenksins-Dubois | Short | |
2012 | Walking the Halls | Principal Jenkins | |
I Do | Gloria | ||
Sistaah Friend | Super Shero of Unity | Short | |
2013 | Bad Words | Ingrid | |
2014 | Dark House | Lee Knox | |
Sister | Miss Thompson | ||
2015 | I'll See You in My Dreams | Shelter Worker | |
2016 | The Tiger Hunter | Sandy Maxwell - HR Officer | |
2017 | The New V.I.P.'s | Myrtle | TV Movie |
2018 | The Week Of | Thelma | |
2019 | The Way We Weren't | Dr. Dietz | |
I Am Evelyn Rose | Nancy | Short | |
2020 | Kajillionaire | Althea | |
Andy Richter Controls the Universe- The Reunion | Ms. Machado | Video | |
Orpheus Star | Beula Davis | Short | |
2021 | Asking for It | Nana | |
2022 | Father Stu | Maude | |
Gatlopp | Virginia |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Nun | Episode: "A Walsh Family Christmas" |
1992 | Who's the Boss? | Nurse | Episode: "Allergic to Love" |
Reasonable Doubts | Vivian Jones | Episode: "Mercury in Retrograde" | |
1993 | Civil Wars | Jury Foreperson | Episode: "Alien Aided Affection" |
Sisters | Receptionist | Episode: "Different" | |
Homefront | Customer #2 | Episode: "The Lacemakers" | |
NYPD Blue | Detective | Episode: "Brown Appetit" | |
1994 | Thea | Mrs. Brown | Episode: "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow" |
Seinfeld | Woman #1 | Episode: "The Pie" | |
Dream On | Nurse | Episode: "A Face Worse Than Death" | |
1995 | Cybill | Nurse | 1 episode |
Martin | Inez | Episode: "Wedding Bell Blues" | |
Coach | Neighbor #1 | Episode: "Is It Hot in Here, or Is It Me?: Part 2" | |
ER | Ward Nurse | Episode: "What Life?" | |
Step by Step | Mrs. Sawyer | Episode: "Hello, Mister Chips" | |
1996 | Murder One | Mrs. Harris | Episode: "Chapter Eleven" |
Touched by an Angel | Ms. Raphael | Episode: "Dear God" | |
Life's Work | Gloria | Episode: "Pilot" | |
Married... with Children | Eunetta | Episode: "A Bundy Thanksgiving" | |
Sister, Sister | Selma | Episode: "When a Man Loves Two Women" | |
1997 | The Single Guy | Newsweek Interviewer | Episode: "Starting Over" |
Everybody Loves Raymond | Ruth | Episode: "Neighbors" | |
Good News | Lorraine Hudson | Episode: "Pilot" | |
Brooklyn South | Regina Hopkins | Episode: "Pilot" | |
Living Single | Florence Jacobs | Episode: "Mother Inferior" & "Reconcilable Differences" | |
Chicago Hope | Stephanie Plummer | Episode: "White Trash" | |
Players | Tante Florence | Episode: "Three of a Con" | |
The Practice | The Foreperson | Episode: "Pilot" | |
The Parent 'Hood | Principal Bobbit/Judge | Episode: "When Robert Met Jerri" & "House Arrest" | |
1997–98 | Sister, Sister | Councilwoman Martha Hicks | Guest: Season 5, Recurring Cast: Season 6 |
1998–99 | Tracey Takes On... | Ida | Recurring Cast: Season 3, Guest: Season 4 |
1998–00 | The Hughleys | Jessie Mae | Recurring Cast: Season 1-2, Guest: Season 3 |
1999 | Maggie Winters | Ruth | Episode: "Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut" |
Rude Awakening | Dr. Lloyd | Episode: "The Grateful Living" | |
The Drew Carey Show | Judge Holloway | Episode: "Drew and the Gang Law" | |
The Parent 'Hood | Mrs. Griffith | Episode: "Wedding Bells Blues" | |
1999–01 | The Norm Show | Landlady | Recurring Cast: Season 2-3 |
2000–01 | The Trouble with Normal | Lila | Recurring Cast |
2001 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Professor Hutchins | Episode: "Do You See What I See?" |
The Practice | Candace Levy | Episode: "The Candidate" | |
Family Law | Judge Wilhelmina Chais | 1 episode | |
2001–02 | One on One | Dr. Gilkes | Recurring Cast: Season 1 |
2002 | Yes, Dear | Bernice | Episode: "You're Out... of Dreams" |
Girlfriends | Iva Dent | Episode: "Willie or Won't He II: The Last Chapter?" | |
Leap of Faith | Nurse #2 | Episode: "The Baby Snugglers" | |
Ally McBeal | Marsha Forrester | Episode: "Love Is All Around: Part 2" | |
2002–03 | Andy Richter Controls the Universe | Ms. Machado | Episode: "We're All The Same, Only Different" & "Duh Dog" |
2002–04 | Still Standing | Miss Wanda Bodin | Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2 |
2003 | The Proud Family | Ms. Hightower (voice) | Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
2004 | Malcolm in the Middle | Dr. Lucille Armstrong | Episode: "Reese's Apartment" |
Without a Trace | Georgia Reston | Episode: "Upstairs Downstairs" | |
2004–07 | Boston Legal | Judge Leslie Bishop | Guest Cast: Season 1-2 & 4 |
2005 | Close to Home | Judge Riker | 1 episode |
Hot Properties | Nurse Gracie | 1 episode | |
2005–06 | Twins | Dolly | Recurring Cast |
2006 | My Name Is Earl | Receptionist | Episode: "Stole P's HD Cart" |
Rodney | Renette | Episode: "A Tisket, a Casket" | |
The Jake Effect | Vice Principal Curtis | Main Cast | |
How I Met Your Mother | Receptionist | Episode: "Atlantic City" | |
2006–17 | Bones | Caroline Julian | Guest: Season 1, Recurring Cast: Season 2-12 |
2007 | The Loop | Pat Swanson | Episode: "Stride" |
Weeds | Miriam Walters | Episode: "The Brick Dance" | |
2008 | Las Vegas | Thelma Cannon | Episode: "Three Weddings and a Funeral: Part 2" |
Out of Jimmy's Head | Lunchlady Edna | Episode: "Lunch Tables" | |
The Cleaner | Sister Alma | Episode: "Rag Dolls" | |
Cold Case | Margaret Trudlow '08 | Episode: "True Calling" | |
2009 | United States of Tara | Gloria | Episode: "Snow" |
According to Jim | Mrs. Kretzer | Episode: "I Hate the High Road" | |
Community | Cafeteria Lady | Episode: "Pilot" | |
The Middle | Mrs. Rettig | Episode: "Pilot" | |
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Judge | Episode: "The World Series Defense" | |
2009–10 | Better Off Ted | Janet S. Crotum | Recurring Cast |
2010–14 | Good Luck Charlie | Mrs. Estelle Dabney | Recurring Cast |
2011 | In Plain Sight | Mrs. Anders | Episode: "Girls, Interrupted" & "A Womb with a View" |
2012 | Emily Owens M.D. | Dolores | Episode: "Emily and... the Question of Faith" |
2014 | The Millers | Sunni | Episode: "Cancellation Fee" |
Partners | Judge Reiss | Episode: "Paralegal Activity" | |
2015 | Mike & Molly | Rose | Episode: "Molly's Neverending Story" |
I Didn't Do It | Candy | Episode: "The Doctor Is In" | |
2016 | How to Get Away with Murder | Corrine Stefano | Episode: "She Hates Us" |
2017 | Santa Clarita Diet | Roberta | Episode: "So Then a Bat or a Monkey" |
Trial & Error | Judge Horsedich | Recurring Cast: Season 1 | |
Mom | Gloria | Episode: "An Epi-Pen and a Security Cat" | |
2017–18 | The Guest Book | Bernice Dooley | Episode: "Story Six" & "Counting Problems" |
2018 | Code Black | Gloria | Episode: "Home Stays Home" |
Forever | Ellen | Episode: "June" | |
2018–19 | Teachers | Mavis | Recurring Cast: Season 3 |
2018–21 | A.P. Bio | Superintendent Marsha Green | Guest Cast: Season 1-2 & 4 |
2019 | No Good Nick | Ingrid | Episode: "The Man in the Middle Attack" |
Young Sheldon | Clara | Episode: "An Entrepreneurialist and a Swat on the Bottom" | |
Will & Grace | Ellie | Episode: "Eat, Pray, Love, Phone, ***" | |
2020 | Single Parents | Vice Principal Sara Yarble | Episode: "Welcome to Hilltop!" |
911 | The Wallaces' Neighbor | Episode: "Fools" | |
American Dad! | Citizenship and Immigration Services Clerk (voice) | Episode: "One Fish, Two Fish" | |
2021 | The Neighborhood | Sister Sabrina | Episode: "Welcome to the Turnaround" |
Lucifer | Loretta | Episode: "A Lot Dirtier Than That" | |
The Rookie | Mrs. Crouch | Episode: "A.C.H." | |
2022 | The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder | Principal Hightower (voice) | Recurring Cast |
Bob Hearts Abishola | Esther | Episode: "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" & "Who Raised You" | |
That Girl Lay Lay | Grandma Flo | Episode: "Fami-Lay-Lay-Reunion" | |
Call Me Kat | Barbara | Episode: "Call Me Thor" | |
The Villains of Valley View | Celia | Recurring Cast |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Dead Island: Riptide | Chimamanda | Uncredited Voice Role |
See also
In Spanish: Patricia Belcher para niños