Kelly McGillis
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Newport Beach, California, USA
Actress Kelly McGillis claims to have been a lonely, overweight adolescent who found an escape from her misery through acting. She studied at Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts and Julliard, making an impressive film debut as the erstwhile lady friend/"savior" of drunken poet Tom Conti in 1983's Reuben, Reuben. McGillis spent considerable time with an Amish family to prepare for her next important film role as a young Amish widow in 1985's Witness; the family wasn't happy in retrospect, claiming that Kelly misrepresented her interest in their lifestyle. The actress's best role since Witness has been as the attorney defending rape victim Jodie Foster in The Accused (1988); during production, McGillis made public the story of her own earlier rape, and became a militant advocate for assault victim' rights. In 1992, McGillis was second-billed in The Babe (1992) as Claire Hodgson, the no-nonsense second wife of baseball great Babe Ruth (John Goodman). She subtly spoofed her breakout role in Witness in the comedy North, and went on to appear in a variety of projects including We the Jury, Perfect Prey, The Settlement, and At First Sight, After appearing in The Monkey's Mask in 200, she disappeared from screens (outside of voiceover work) until 2010's Skate Land, and having a major role in 2011's The Innkeepers.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | An Uncommon Grace |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | Love Finds You in Sugarcreek |
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— | 2014 |
86% | We Are What We Are |
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$54.9k | 2013 |
29% | Tio Papi |
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— | 2013 |
79% | The Innkeepers |
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$78k | 2012 |
74% | Stake Land |
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$19k | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 1 a Minute |
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— | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Supergator |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Black Widower |
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— | 2006 |
43% | The Monkey's Mask |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No One Can Hear You |
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— | 2001 |
32% | At First Sight |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | The Settlement |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Morgan's Ferry |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Wicked Wicked West |
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— | 1998 |
40% | Ground Control |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Perfect Prey |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Ken Follett's 'The Third Twin' |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Remember Me |
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— | 1995 |
14% | North |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Out of Ireland |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Bonds of Love |
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— | 1993 |
47% | The Babe |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Grand Isle |
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— | 1992 |
11% | Winter People |
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— | 1989 |
40% | Cat Chaser |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Santa Bear's First Christmas |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Thumbelina |
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— | 1989 |
91% | The Accused |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | Unsettled Land |
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— | 1988 |
67% | The House on Carroll Street |
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— | 1988 |
50% | Made in Heaven |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Santabear's Highflying Adventure |
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— | 1987 |
59% | Top Gun |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Private Sessions |
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— | 1985 |
93% | Witness |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Sweet Revenge |
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— | 1984 |
100% | Reuben, Reuben |
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— | 1983 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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57% |
The L Word
2004-2009
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No Score Yet |
The Outer Limits
1995-2002
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No Score Yet |
The Wild Thornberrys
1998-2004
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No Score Yet |
Journey to Planet Earth
1999-2014
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Quotes from Kelly McGillis' Characters
Rachel: | We're all very happy that your going to live, John Book. We didn't know what we were going to do with you if you died. |
Sarah Tobias: | No deals. |
Kathryn Murphy: | No deals. |
Jennie Adamson: | When there's something you've adapted to,accepted, you go and change that without knowing the consequences? |
Jennie Adamson: | When there's something you've adapted to, accepted, you go and change that without knowing the consequences? |