Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Trouble with Harry, TheThe Trouble with Harry | Jennifer Rogers | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress |
| 1955 | Artists and Models | Bessie Sparrowbrush | |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | Princess Aouda | |
| 1958 | Some Came Running | Ginnie Moorehead | Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1958 | Sheepman, TheThe Sheepman | Dell Payton | |
| 1958 | Hot Spell | Virginia Duval | |
| 1958 | Matchmaker, TheThe Matchmaker | Irene Molloy | |
| 1958 | Ask Any Girl | Meg Wheeler | BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress Silver Bear for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1959 | Career | Sharon Kensington | |
| 1960 | Ocean's 11 | Tipsy girl | uncredited cameo |
| 1960 | Can-Can | Simone Pistache | |
| 1960 | Apartment, TheThe Apartment | Fran Kubelik | BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Volpi Cup Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress |
| 1961 | Children's Hour, TheThe Children's Hour | Martha Dobie | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1961 | All in a Night's Work | Katie Robbins | |
| 1961 | Two Loves | Anna Vorontosov | |
| 1962 | Two for the Seesaw | Gittel Mosca | |
| 1962 | My Geisha | Lucy Dell/Yoko Mori | |
| 1963 | Irma la Douce | Irma la Douce | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress |
| 1964 | Yellow Rolls-Royce, TheThe Yellow Rolls-Royce | Mae Jenkins | |
| 1964 | What a Way to Go! | Louisa May Foster | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home | Jenny Erichson | |
| 1966 | Gambit | Nicole Chang | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1967 | Woman Times Seven | Paulette/Maria Teresa/Linda/Edith/Eve Minou/Marie/Jeanne | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1968 | Bliss of Mrs. Blossom, TheThe Bliss of Mrs. Blossom | Harriet Blossom | |
| 1969 | Sweet Charity | Charity Hope Valentine | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1970 | Two Mules for Sister Sara | Sara | |
| 1971 | Desperate Characters | Sophie Bentwood | Silver Bear for Best Actress |
| 1972 | Possession of Joel Delaney, TheThe Possession of Joel Delaney | Norah Benson | |
| 1975 | Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir, TheThe Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir | Herself | Documentary; writer, co-director, producer Nominated — Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary |
| 1977 | Turning Point, TheThe Turning Point | Deedee Rodgers | Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress |
| 1979 | Being There | Eve Rand | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1980 | Change of Seasons, AA Change of Seasons | Karyn Evans | |
| 1980 | Loving Couples | Evelyn | |
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment | Aurora Greenway | Academy Award for Best Actress David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role |
| 1984 | Cannonball Run II | Veronica | |
| 1987 | Out on a Limb | Herself | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1988 | Madame Sousatzka | Madame Yuvline Sousatzka | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (tied with Jodie Foster and Sigourney Weaver) Volpi Cup |
| 1989 | Steel Magnolias | Ouiser Boudreaux | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Doris Mann | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture |
| 1990 | Waiting for the Light | Aunt Zena | |
| 1991 | Defending Your Life | "Past Lives Pavilion" host | |
| 1992 | Used People | Pearl Berman | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1993 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | Helen Cooney | |
| 1994 | Guarding Tess | Tess Carlisle | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1995 | West Side Waltz, TheThe West Side Waltz | Margaret Mary Elderdice | |
| 1996 | Evening Star, TheThe Evening Star | Aurora Greenway | |
| 1996 | Mrs. Winterbourne | Grace Winterbourne | Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1997 | Smile Like Yours, AA Smile Like Yours | Martha | uncredited |
| 1999 | Joan of Arc | Madame de Beaurevoir | |
| 2000 | Bruno | Helen | Directed by Shirley MacLaine |
| 2001 | These Old Broads | Kate Westbourne | |
| 2002 | Salem Witch Trials | Rebecca Nurse | |
| 2002 | Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay | Mary Kay | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2003 | Carolina | Grandma Millicent Mirabeau | |
| 2005 | Rumor Has It… | Katharine Richelieu | |
| 2005 | Bewitched | Iris Smythson/Endora | |
| 2005 | In Her Shoes | Ella Hirsch | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture |
| 2007 | Closing the Ring | Ethel Ann | |
| 2008 | Coco Chanel | Coco Chanel | Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| 2008 | Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Amelia Thomas | |
| 2010 | Valentine's Day | Estelle Paddington | |
| 2011 | Bernie | Marjorie Nugent | |
| 2012 | "Downton Abbey" | Martha Levinson |
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