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Patricia Belcher is an American film, stage and television actress, known for her roles as Ms. Dabney in the Disney Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie, and as United States Attorney Caroline Julian in the FOX crime procedural comedy-drama series Bones. In film, she is known for starring in Jeepers Creepers (2001), 500 Days of Summer (2009), Bad Words (2013), Kajillionaire (2020), and Gatlopp (2022).

Patricia Belcher
Born	1954 [1] Helena, Montana, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present

Life and career

Belcher was born in Helena, Montana. She is partly of African-American descent.[2] Prior to becoming an actress, Belcher was a contestant on Jeopardy! losing to then attorney Ron Black in one of his 5 games.[3] She studied acting under the guidance of many drama teachers, including the Oscar-nominated actress, Beah Richards.^{[citation needed]}

Belcher is known for playing judges, doctors, nurses, government officials, and other authority figures, often to comic effect. She has made many appearances in films and television series including The Number 23, Unknown, Jeepers Creepers, Heartbreakers and (500) Days of Summer. She also has made appearances in television series, including The Norm Show (on which she had a recurring role), Everybody Loves Raymond, Boston Legal, The Jake Effect, Twins, The Proud Family, Seinfeld, Sister, Sister, In Plain Sight, The Middle, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Still Sitting down, Beverly Hills, 90210, Bones, and How to Get Away with Murder. She is also one of the most active actors appearing in commercials. Products include GEICO, Staples, Time Warner, American Cancer Society and Wells Fargo.

In 2001, Belcher was cast as Jezelle Gay Hartman, a psychic, in the horror film Jeepers Creepers. The film received mixed reviews from critics, however received positive awards from audiences.[4][5] The film was a commercial success, opening in 2,944 theaters and took in a domestic gross of $37,904,175; it later made $21,313,614 internationally, making a total of $59,217,789 worldwide.[6]

From 2006 until 2017, she recurred on Bones as attorney Caroline Julian. Belcher produced her 2008 role in the film Lower Learning as Colette.

In 2009, she played Millie in the romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer. The film received positive reviews from critics upon its release. Based on over 214 professional reviews, it obtained a "Certified Fresh" seal on Rotten Tomatoes with an approval rating of 86% and an average score of 7.6 out of 10. The film was a box office success as well, becoming a "sleeper hit" and earning over $60 million in worldwide returns, far exceeding its $7.5 million budget. Also that year through 2010, Belcher had a recurring role on Better Off Ted as Janet S. Crotum, the head of human resources of Veridian Dynamics. On May 13, 2010, ABC officially canceled the series due to low viewing figures.[7] After the cancellation of Better Off Ted Belcher moved on and began another recurring role on the Disney Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie, playing the strict and easily annoyed neighbor, Estelle Dabney.[8] It ran for four seasons ending in 2014.[9][10]

In 2013, she appeared as Ingrid in Bad Words, and she voiced Chimamanda Lobo in the video game Dead Island: Riptide. Later that year Belcher again teamed with Jeepers Creepers writer and director Victor Salva for his horror film Dark House. As well as appearing on The Millers, and Partners.

In 2015, she appeared in the GEICO commercial with the band Europe. She was Grandmother in Wells Fargo's 2017 commercial "Lost Debit Card". She also appeared in 2 other GEICO commercials, once as a DMV picture taker and a waitress in a 24 hour diner.

In 2022, she made a brief appearance in the film Father Stu playing the role of a meat and seafood grocery store clerk. She also began recurring on another Disney Channel sitcom, The Villains of Valley View.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1990	Flatliners	Edna the Ward Nurse
1993	Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story	Nurse Kitty	TV Movie
1994	Doorways	Madge	TV Movie
1994	Clear and Present Danger	INS Officer
1994	Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 In. Women	Female Judge	TV Movie
1995	Indictment: The McMartin Trial	Juror #1	TV Movie
1995	Species	Hospital Admittance Clerk
1995	Body Language	Judge May	TV Movie
1995	Favorite Deadly Sins	Modesto Judge	TV Movie
1995	Dad, the Angel & Me	Christine	TV Movie
1996	Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace	Impatient Customer
1996	Eye for an Eye	Quarreling Woman
1996	Woman Undone	Judge	TV Movie
1997	Van Helsing Chronicles	Nurse	TV Movie
1998	You Lucky Dog	Judge Tanner	TV Movie
1999	Message in a Bottle	Annie
1999	The Wood	Mrs. Hughes
1999	Molly	Margaret Duffy
2000	The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood	Deacon Denise Miller	TV Movie
2001	Heartbreakers	Hotel Housekeeping Maid
2001	Follow the Stars Home	Counselor	TV Movie
2001	Jeepers Creepers	Jezelle Gay Hartman
2002	The Board Room	Stephens
2003	Dry Cycle	Abagail
2003	I Love Your Work	Dr. Fein
2004	Cut and Run	Roberta	Short
2004	Criminal	Female Bank Executive
2004	Reflections: A Story of Redemption	Mom	Short
2005	The Proud Family Movie	Ms. Hightower (voice)	TV Movie
2005	Edmond	Woman on Subway
2006	The Still Life	Meter Maid
2006	Unknown	Depot Supervisor
2007	The Number 23	Dr. Alice Mortimer
2008	Over Her Dead Body	Helen
2008	El Superstar: The Unlikely Rise of Juan Frances	Sister Agatha
2008	Lower Learning	Colette Bamboo
2008	Desertion	Barbara
2009	500 Days of Summer	Millie Belcher
2010	5 Star Day	Patty the Waitress
2010	Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer	Maybelle
2011	Shuffle	Psychiatrist
2011	Forever Young at Heart	Mae Belle-Jackson-Jenksins-Dubois	Short
2012	Walking the Halls	Principal Jenkins
2012	I Do	Gloria
2012	Sistaah Friend	Super Shero of Unity	Short
2013	Bad Words	Ingrid
2014	Dark House	Lee Knox
2014	Sister	Miss Thompson
2015	I'll See You in My Dreams	Shelter Worker
2016	The Tiger Hunter	Sandy Maxwell - HR Officer
2017	The New V.I.P.'s	Myrtle	TV Movie
2018	The Week Of	Thelma
2019	The Way We Weren't	Dr. Dietz
2019	I Am Evelyn Rose	Nancy	Short
2020	Kajillionaire	Althea
2021	Asking for It	Nana
2022	Gatlopp	Virginia
2022	Orpheus Star	Beula Davis
2022	The O Clan	Mama Reese
2022	Father Stu	Maude

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Beverly Hills, 90210	Nun	Episode: "A Walsh Family Christmas"
1992	Who's the Boss?	Nurse	Episode: "Allergic to Love"
1992	Reasonable Doubts	Vivian Jones	Episode: "Mercury in Retrograde"
1993	Civil Wars	Jury Foreperson	Episode: "Alien Aided Affection"
1993	Sisters	Receptionist	Episode: "Different"
1993	Crime & Punishment	Baggage Agent
1993	Homefront	Customer #2	Episode: "The Lacemakers"
1993	NYPD Blue	Detective	Episode: "Brown Appetit"
1994	Thea	Mrs. Brown	Episode: "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow"
1994	Seinfeld	Woman #1	Episode: "The Pie"
1994	Dream On	Nurse	Episode: "A Face Worse Than Death"
1994	The Martin Short Show	Audience Member #3
1995	Cybill	Nurse	Episode: "As the World Turns to Crap"
1995	Martin	Inez	Episode: "Wedding Bell Blues"
1995	Coach	Neighbor #1	Episode: "Is It Hot in Here, or Is It Me?: Part 2"
1995	ER	Ward Nurse	Episode: "What Life?"
1995	Step by Step	Mrs. Sawyer	Episode: "Hello, Mister Chips"
1996	Murder One	Mrs. Harris	Episode: "Chapter Eleven"
1996	Touched by an Angel	Ms. Raphael	Episode: "Dear God"
1996	Life's Work	Gloria	Episode: "Pilot"
1996	Married... with Children	Eunetta	Episode: "A Bundy Thanksgiving"
1996	Sister, Sister	Selma	Episode: "When a Man Loves Two Women"
1996	Lush Life	Evelyn
1997	The Single Guy	Newsweek Interviewer	Episode: "Starting Over"
1997-2000	Everybody Loves Raymond	Ruth	Episode: "Neighbors" & The Wallpaper
1997	Good News	Lorraine Hudson	Episode: "Pilot"
1997	Brooklyn South	Regina Hopkins	Episode: "Pilot"
1997	Living Single	Florence Jacobs	Episode: "Mother Inferior" & "Reconcilable Differences"
1997	Chicago Hope	Stephanie Plummer	Episode: "White Trash"
1997	Players	Tante Florence	Episode: "Three of a Con"
1997	The Practice	The Foreperson	Episode: "Pilot"
1997	Sparks	Judge	Episode: Silent Night
1997	The Parent 'Hood	Principal Bobbit/Judge	Episode: "When Robert Met Jerri" & "House Arrest"
1997–1998	Sister, Sister	Councilwoman Martha Hicks	Recurring role (season 5); guest (season 6)
1998–1999	Tracey Takes On...	Ida	Recurring role (season 3); guest (season 4)
1998–2000	The Hughleys	Jessie Mae	Recurring role (seasons 1-3)
1999	Maggie Winters	Ruth	Episode: "Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut"
1999	Rude Awakening	Dr. Lloyd	Episode: "The Grateful Living"
1999	The Drew Carey Show	Judge Holloway	Episode: "Drew and the Gang Law"
1999	The Parent 'Hood	Mrs. Griffith	Episode: "Wedding Bells Blues"
1999–2001	The Norm Show	Landlady	Recurring role (seasons 2-3)
2000	Battle of the Sitcoms	Renee	TV Series
2000–2001	The Trouble with Normal	Lila	Recurring Cast
2001	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Professor Hutchins	Episode: "Do You See What I See?"
2001	The Practice	Candace Levy	Episode: "The Candidate"
2001	Family Law	Judge Wilhelmina Chais	Episode: "Sex, Lies, and Internet"
2001–2002	One on One	Dr. Gilkes	Recurring Cast: Season 1
2002	Yes, Dear	Bernice	Episode: "You're Out... of Dreams"
2002	Girlfriends	Iva Dent	Episode: "Willie or Won't He II: The Last Chapter?"
2002	Leap of Faith	Nurse #2	Episode: "The Baby Snugglers"
2002	Ally McBeal	Marsha Forrester	Episode: "Love Is All Around: Part 2"
2002–2003	Andy Richter Controls the Universe	Ms. Machado	Recurring role (season 2)
2002–2004	Still Standing	Miss Wanda Bodin	3 episodes
2003	The Proud Family	Ms. Hightower (voice)	Recurring role (season 2)
2003	The Big House	Patsy
2004	Malcolm in the Middle	Dr. Lucille Armstrong	Episode: "Reese's Apartment"
2004	Without a Trace	Georgia Reston	Episode: "Upstairs Downstairs"
2004–2007	Boston Legal	Judge Leslie Bishop	3 episodes
2005	Close to Home	Judge Riker	Episode: "Suburban Prostitution" & "Double Life Wife"
2005	Hot Properties	Nurse Gracie	Episode: "Killer Bodies"
2005–2006	Twins	Dolly	Recurring Cast
2005–2017	Bones	Caroline Julian	Recurring role (seasons 1-12)
2006	My Name Is Earl	Receptionist	Episode: "Stole P's HD Cart"
2006	Rodney	Renette	Episode: "A Tisket, a Casket"
2006	The Jake Effect	Vice Principal Curtis	Main Cast
2006	Keke & Jamal	Mrs. Calloway	Pilot
2006	How I Met Your Mother	Receptionist	Episode: "Atlantic City"
2007	The Loop	Pat Swanson	Episode: "Stride"
2007	Weeds	Miriam Walters	Episode: "The Brick Dance"
2008	Las Vegas	Thelma Cannon	Episode: "Three Weddings and a Funeral: Part 2"
2008	Out of Jimmy's Head	Lunchlady Edna	Episode: "Lunch Tables"
2008	The Cleaner	Sister Alma	Episode: "Rag Dolls"
2008	Cold Case	Margaret Trudlow '08	Episode: "True Calling"
2009	United States of Tara	Gloria	Episode: "Snow"
2009	According to Jim	Mrs. Kretzer	Episode: "I Hate the High Road"
2009	Community	Cafeteria Lady	Episode: "Pilot"
2009	The Middle	Mrs. Rettig	Episode: "Pilot"
2009	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Judge	Episode: "The World Series Defense"
2009–2010	Better Off Ted	Janet S. Crotum	Recurring Cast
2010–2014	Good Luck Charlie	Mrs. Estelle Dabney	Recurring Cast
2011	In Plain Sight	Mrs. Anders	Episode: "Girls, Interrupted" & "A Womb with a View"
2012	Emily Owens M.D.	Dolores	Episode: "Emily and... the Question of Faith"
2014	The Millers	Sunni	Episode: "Cancellation Fee"
2014	Partners	Judge Reiss	Episode: "Paralegal Activity"
2015	Mike & Molly	Rose	Episode: "Molly's Neverending Story"
2015	I Didn't Do It	Candy	Episode: "The Doctor Is In"
2016	How to Get Away with Murder	Corrine Stefano	Episode: "She Hates Us"
2017	Santa Clarita Diet	Roberta	Episode: "So Then a Bat or a Monkey"
2017	Trial & Error	Judge Horsedich	Recurring Cast: Season 1
2017	Mom	Gloria	Episode: "An Epi-Pen and a Security Cat"
2017–2018	The Guest Book	Bernice Dooley	Episode: "Story Six" & "Counting Problems"
2018	Code Black	Gloria	Episode: "Home Stays Home"
2018	Forever	Ellen	Episode: "June"
2018–2019, 2021	A.P. Bio	Superintendent Marsha Green	Recurring role (seasons 1–2, 4)
2018–2019	Teachers	Mavis	Recurring role (season 3)
2019	No Good Nick	Ingrid	Episode: "The Man in the Middle Attack"
2019	Young Sheldon	Clara	Episode: "An Entrepreneurialist and a Swat on the Bottom"
2019	Will & Grace	Ellie	Episode: "Eat, Pray, Love, Phone, Sex"
2020	Single Parents	Vice Principal Sara Yarble	Episode: "Welcome to Hilltop!"
2020	911	The Wallaces' Neighbor	Episode: "Fools"
2020	American Dad!	Citizenship and Immigration Services Clerk (voice)	Episode: "One Fish, Two Fish"
2021	Lucifer	Loretta	Episode: "A Lot Dirtier Than That"
2021	The Rookie	Mrs. Crouch	Episode: "A.C.H."
2022	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder	Ms. Hightower (voice)
2022	Bob Hearts Abishola	Esther	2 episodes
2022	The Villains of Valley View	Celia	Recurring role
2022	Call Me Kat	Barbara	Episode: "Call Me Thor"
2022	That Girl Lay Lay	Grandma Flo	Episode: "Fami-Lay-Lay-Reunion"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Dead Island: Riptide	Chimamanda	Uncredited Voice Role

References

External links

• Patricia Belcher at IMDb
• TVGuide PROfilE
• https://web.archive.org/web/20150426140707/http://www.jeopardy.com/minisites/tocyearbook/#1985

На других языках

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[de] Patricia Belcher

Patricia Belcher (* 1954 in Helena, Montana) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin. Bekannt wurde sie durch den Horrorfilm Jeepers Creepers – Es ist angerichtet als Jezelle Hartman. In der Fernsehserie Bones spielt sie die Rolle der Staatsanwältin Caroline Julian.

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- [en] Patricia Belcher

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[es] Patricia Belcher

Patricia Belcher (Helena, Montana, 7 de abril de 1954) es una actriz de televisión estadounidense, conocida por su rol como la estricta Estelle Dabney en la sitcom de Disney Channel Original Series Good Luck Charlie y como la fiscal Caroline Julian en la serie Bones.

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[ru] Белчер, Патриция

Патриция Белчер (англ. Patricia Belcher) — американская телевизионная и киноактриса.

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