June Squibb

Biography

June Squibb (born November 6, 1929) began working in musical theatre at the St. Louis Muny and trained at the Cleveland Play House, and at the HB Studio. While at the Cleveland Play House, she performed in productions of Marseilles, The Play's the Thing, Goodbye, My Fancy, The Heiress, Detective Story, Antigone, Ladies in Retirement and Bloomer Girl. In 1958, she played Dulcie in The Boyfriend Off-Broadway. In 1959, she starred in an Off-Broadway revival of Lend an Ear with Elizabeth Allen. She made her Broadway debut in the original production of Gypsy starring Ethel Merman, taking over the role of stripper Electra in 1960. Squibb appeared in The Happy Time, which opened in 1968 and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical. In-between these periods, she did modelling work for romance novels and appeared in commercials. In 1995, she appeared in the play Sacrilege on Broadway, which starred Ellen Burstyn. Squibb played many roles in national tours, regional theatre, summer stock and off-Broadway. In 2012, she played Stella Gordon in Dividing the Estate at the Dallas Theater Center in which she received standout reviews. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Alexander Payne's film Nebraska (2013). In 2015, she was inducted into the Cleveland Play House Hall of Fame.

Known For

Grey's Anatomy

Law & Order

Law & Order

Bones

House

Shameless

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Modern Family

All Movies (47)

• Zootopia 22025 · as Gram Gram (voice)
• Lost & Found in Cleveland2025 · as Gladys Sokolowski
• Eleanor the Great2025 · as Eleanor Morgenstein
• Thelma2024 · as Thelma
• Inside Out 22024 · as Nostalgia (voice)
• Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead2024 · as Mrs. Sturak
• Family Squares2022 · as Mabel
• The Humans2021 · as Momo
• Palmer2021 · as Vivian Palmer
• Soul2020 · as Gerel (voice)
• Godmothered2020 · as Agnes
• Hubie Halloween2020 · as Hubie's Mom
• Palm Springs2020 · as Nana Schlieffen
• Toy Story 42019 · as Margaret the Store Owner (voice)
• Blow the Man Down2019 · as Susie Gallagher
• Santa's Boots2018 · as Grammy
• Ralph Breaks the Internet2018 · as Jimmy's Grandma (voice)
• Summer '032018 · as Dotty Winkle
• Father Figures2017 · as Mrs. Hunt
• Amanda & Jack Go Glamping2017 · as Jude
• Table 192017 · as Jo Flanagan
• Other People2016 · as Ruth-Anne
• A Country Called Home2016 · as Judy Edwards
• Love the Coopers2015 · as Aunt Fishy
• 7 Days in Hell2015 · as Queen Elizabeth
• I'll See You in My Dreams2015 · as Georgina
• Nebraska2013 · as Kate Grant
• Would You Rather2013 · as Linda
• The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez2012 · as Irma
• The Big Year2011 · as Old Lady
• The Perfect Family2011 · as Mrs. Punch
• Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011 · as Mrs. Hastings
• Miss This at Your Peril2010 · as Scarlett Penaranda
• Just Add Water2008 · as Mother
• Shark Swarm2008 · as Bess Wilder
• A Stranger's Heart2007 · as Aunt Cass
• Dead Write2007 · as Miss Copperfiled
• Welcome to Mooseport2004 · as Irma
• About Schmidt2002 · as Helen Schmidt
• Far from Heaven2002 · as Elderly Woman
• Meet Joe Black1998 · as Helen
• In & Out1997 · as Cousin Gretchen
• The Age of Innocence1993 · as Mingott Maid
• Scent of a Woman1992 · as Mrs. Hunsaker
• Alice1990 · as Hilda
• Back of Book— · as Elayne Croslee
• The Making of 'Jesus Diabetes'—

All TV Shows (45)

• Killer Grannies2025 · as Host
• Haha, You Clowns2025 · as Dory, Ruth (voice)
• Velma2023 · as Older Woman (voice)
• Little Ellen2021 · as Gramsy (voice)
• American Horror Stories2021 · as Grams
• Little Voice2020 · as Mrs. Finch
• Solar Opposites2020 · as Ruth (voice)
• Little America2020
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Good Girls2018 · as Marion
• No Activity2017 · as (voice)
• The Good Doctor2017 · as Ida Guelph
• Room 1042017 · as Jean
• Dream Corp LLC2016 · as Patient 54
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Clarence2014 · as Rose (voice)
• Getting On2013 · as Varla Pounder
• The Millers2013 · as Blanche
• Mom2013 · as Dottie
• Wander Over Yonder2013 · as Stella Starbella (voice)
• Devious Maids2013 · as Velma Mudge
• Shameless2011 · as Etta
• Mike & Molly2010 · as Francine
• Modern Family2009 · as Auntie Alice
• Glee2009 · as Maggie Banks
• Castle2009 · as Jamie Isaacson
• The Big Bang Theory2007 · as Connie Tucker
• The Bill Engvall Show2007
• Ghost Whisperer2005 · as Melinda's Grandma
• Bones2005 · as Barbara Baker
• Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Elsie Clatch
• The Office2005 · as Michael's Mom (voice)
• House2004 · as Ramona
• Cold Case2003 · as Annette Hicks (2008)
• Two and a Half Men2003 · as Margaret
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• The Bernie Mac Show2001 · as Nun
• Curb Your Enthusiasm2000 · as Mrs. Cone
• Judging Amy1999 · as Louise Flowers (uncredited)
• Just Shoot Me!1997 · as Mrs. Peebles
• 7th Heaven1996 · as Ms. Rusnak
• ER1994 · as Social Security Daughter
• Law & Order1990 · as Sylvia Sherman
• Law & Order1990 · as Eileen De Rose
• The Oscars1953 · as Self - Presenter