She appeared in one episode of the 1998 TV miniseries From the Earth to the Moon as Marge Slayton, the wife of Deke Slayton. The episode is part 11 of the series and titled "The Original Wives Club". In 1999, Williams teamed with John Larroquette and Julie Benz for the CBS network situation comedy Payne. The show, which was the American television version of the hit British comedy Fawlty Towers, lasted just 10 episodes. In 2007, she joined Dexter for a four-episode arc as the serial killer's future mother-in-law, whose daughter was also played by Benz. Also, she appeared in a memorable 2009 Criminal Minds listed as Special Guest Star in the episode "Empty Planet" as Professor Ursula Kent, who helps the BAU with a bomb threat in Seattle. She has played the recurring role of Bizzy Forbes-Montgomery, mother of Kate Walsh's Addison, on ABC's Private Practice since 2009. In 2014, she appeared in the CBS science-fiction drama Extant, as Leigh Kern (season one, episode seven). Personal life She is married to TV and film director John Pasquin, with whom she worked on Jungle 2 Jungle''; they have two sons: Will and Nick; and she has a step-daughter, Sarah, from Pasquin's previous marriage. Filmography Film Television References External links 1948 births Actresses from Houston American film actresses American television actresses American television directors Pembroke College in Brown University alumni Brown University alumni Living people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses American soap opera actresses American women television directors