Willow Hale is an American actress and director. After graduating from The University of Texas at Austin, she was invited to act in the Summer program at PCPA in Santa Maria, CA where she worked with a then unknown Robin Williams. She lived and acted in New York City from 1976 to 1989. Studying with Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof at the H.B. Studios and acting in new plays there at the Foundation with Bill Hickey, Barbara Coggin, Wesley Addy and Celeste Holm among others. She acted in several Horton Foote plays there too where she met Robert Armin who then made a recording of her music in January 1979 which 25 years later became her first CD...A Simple String of Wonder. During her time in New York, she opened for Dave Van Ronk at The Other End (November 1980) and acted on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre in Strider (also 1980) and acted in Ghostbusters right after running the 1983 NYC Marathon. She became a SAG actor in 1979 and after moving to Los Angeles acted in 30 something and studied with Milton Katselas. After a long time out from the movies and television, Willow started back in 2009 and has been working consistently in Two-Bit Waltz, Criminal Minds Suspect Behavior among many others and has also directed two short films.
2024
as Nora Holloway
2024
as Rose
2024
as Beatrice Stockholm
2023
as Sister June
2022
as Grandma
2022
as Doris
2022
as Margaret
2021
as Bernice
2020
as Sylvia / Wedding Guest
2020
as Mrs. Cummings
2020
as Helen
2019
as Elderly Patient (uncredited)
2019
as Elderly Lady Playing Cards
2019
2017
as Rachel Holly
2017
as The mother
2017
as Grandma Alice
2017
as Beatrice
2016
as Sue (hiker mother)
2016
as Mildred Cooper
2016
as Meiter (segment "Mother's Day")
2015
as Elderly Lady Driver
2015
as Ms. Mae
2014
2014
as Granny
2013
as The Seer
2012
as Ghost Woman
2012
as Old Woman on Train
2012
as Luann
2010
as Marion - New Age Clerk
2010
as Jonathan's Mother
2010
as Prostitute
2010
as Choir Member
2009
as Secretary
2007
as Priscilla
1986
as Race Track Bettor
1984
as Student at Columbia University (uncredited)
1981
as Western Dancer in Bar (uncredited)
as Woman in wheelchair
as Mildred