D'entre a suya filmografía, se puet destacar a suya interpretación en bellas cintas como Badlands (1973, Terrence Malick), Carrie (1976, Brian De Palma), 3 Women (1977, Robert Altman), Coal Miner's Daughter (1980, Michael Apted), Raggedy Man (1981, Jack Fisk), Missing (1982, Costa-Gavras), The River (1984, Mark Rydell), Crimes of the Heart (1986, Bruce Beresford), The Straight Story (1999, David Lynch), In the Bedroom (2001, Todd Field), Last Call (2002, Henry Bromell), Nine Lives (2005, Rodrigo García), u Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007, Tony Bill).