Patricia Belcher

Patricia Belcher is an American film, stage and television actress, known for her roles as Mrs. 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	Helena, Montana, U.S.[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present

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Patricia Belcher IMDb photo

Life and career

Born in Helena, Montana,^[1] Belcher is 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 five games.^[3]

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 made appearances in television series, including The Norm Show (on which she had a recurring role), The Hughleys (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, and How to Get Away with Murder.

In 2001, Belcher was cast as Jezelle Gay Hartman, a psychic, in the horror film Jeepers Creepers. The film was a commercial success, making a total of $59,217,789 worldwide.^[4]

From 2006 until 2017, she recurred on Bones as attorney Caroline Julian. In 2009, she played Millie in the romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer. The film was a box office success earning over $60 million worldwide returns, far exceeding its $7.5 million budget. Also that year through 2010, she had a recurring role on Better Off Ted as Janet S. Crotum, the head of human resources of Veridian Dynamics.^{[citation needed]}

On May 13, 2010, ABC canceled the series due to low viewing figures.^[5] After the cancellation of Better Off Ted Belcher moved on and began another recurring role on the Disney Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie, playing neighbor Estelle Dabney.^[6] It ran for four seasons ending in 2014.^[7][8]

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. 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.^[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1990	Flatliners	Edna the Ward Nurse
1993	Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story	Nurse Kitty	Television film
1994	Doorways	Madge	Television film
	Clear and Present Danger	INS Officer
	Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 In. Women	Female Judge	Television film
1995	Indictment: The McMartin Trial	Juror #1	Television film
	Species	Hospital Admittance Clerk
	Body Language	Judge May	Television film
	Favorite Deadly Sins	Modesto Judge	Television film
	Dad, the Angel & Me	Christine	Television film
1996	Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace	Impatient Customer
	Eye for an Eye	Quarreling Woman
	Woman Undone	Judge	Television film
1998	You Lucky Dog	Judge Tanner	Television film
1999	Message in a Bottle	Annie
	Molly	Margaret Duffy
	The Wood	Mrs. Hughes
2000	The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood	Deacon Denise Miller	Television film
2001	Heartbreakers	Hotel Housekeeping Maid
	Follow the Stars Home	Counselor	Television film
	Jeepers Creepers	Jezelle Gay Hartman
2002	The Board Room	Stephens
2003	Dry Cycle	Abagail
	I Love Your Work	Dr. Fein
2004	Cut and Run	Roberta	Short
	Criminal	Female Bank Executive
	Reflections: A Story of Redemption	Mom	Short
2005	The Proud Family Movie	Ms. Hightower (voice)	Television film
	Edmond	Woman on Subway
2006	The Still Life	Meter Maid
	Unknown	Depot Supervisor
2007	The Number 23	Dr. Alice Mortimer
2008	Over Her Dead Body	Helen
	El Superstar: The Unlikely Rise of Juan Frances	Sister Agatha
	Lower Learning	Colette Bamboo
	Desertion	Barbara
2009	500 Days of Summer	Millie Belcher
2010	5 Star Day	Patty the Waitress
	Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer	Maybelle
2011	Shuffle	Psychiatrist
	Forever Young at Heart	Mae Belle-Jackson-Jenksins-Dubois	Short
2012	Walking the Halls	Principal Jenkins
	I Do	Gloria
	Sistaah Friend	Super Shero of Unity	Short
2013	Bad Words	Ingrid
2014	Dark House	Lee Knox
	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	Television film
2018	The Week Of	Thelma
2019	The Way We Weren't	Dr. Dietz
	I Am Evelyn Rose	Nancy	Short
2020	Kajillionaire	Althea
	Andy Richter Controls the Universe- The Reunion	Ms. Machado	Video
	Orpheus Star	Beula Davis	Short
2021	Asking for It	Nana
2022	Father Stu	Maude
	Gatlopp	Virginia
2023	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Ant-Man Fan
2024	Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F	Judge Angelic

Television

Year	TV	Role	Notes
1991	Beverly Hills, 90210	Nun	Episode: "A Walsh Family Christmas"
1992	Who's the Boss?	Nurse	Episode: "Allergic to Love"
	Reasonable Doubts	Vivian Morgan	Episode: "Mercury in Retrograde"
1993	Civil Wars	Jury Foreperson	Episode: "Alien Aided Affection"
	Sisters	Receptionist	Episode: "Different"
	Homefront	Customer #2	Episode: "The Lacemakers"
	NYPD Blue	Detective	Episode: "Brown Appetit"
1994	Thea	Mrs. Brown	Episode: "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow"
	Seinfeld	Woman #1	Episode: "The Pie"
	Dream On	Nurse	Episode: "A Face Worse Than Death"
1995	Cybill	Nurse	Episode: "As the World Turns to Crap"
	Martin	Inez	Episode: "Wedding Bell Blues"
	Coach	Neighbor #1	Episode: "Is It Hot in Here, or Is It Me?: Part 2"
	ER	Ward Nurse	Episode: "What Life?"
	Step by Step	Mrs. Sawyer	Episode: "Hello, Mister Chips"
1996	Murder One	Mrs. Harris	Episode: "Chapter Eleven"
	Touched by an Angel	Ms. Raphael	Episode: "Dear God"
	Life's Work	Gloria	Episode: "Pilot"
	Married... with Children	Eunetta	Episode: "A Bundy Thanksgiving"
	Sister, Sister	Selma	Episode: "When a Man Loves Two Women"
1997	The Single Guy	Newsweek Interviewer	Episode: "Starting Over"
	The Practice	The Foreperson	Episode: "Pilot"
	Everybody Loves Raymond	Ruth	Episode: "Neighbors"
	Good News	Lorraine Hudson	Episode: "Pilot"
	Brooklyn South	Regina Hopkins	Episode: "Pilot"
	Living Single	Florence Jacobs	Episode: "Mother Inferior" & "Reconcilable Differences"
	Chicago Hope	Stephanie Plummer	Episode: "White Trash"
	Players	Tante Florence	Episode: "Three of a Con"
	The Parent 'Hood	Principal Bobbit/Judge	Episode: "When Robert Met Jerri" & "House Arrest"
	Sparks	Judge Carol Barlow	Episode: "Silent Night"
1997– 1998	Sister, Sister	Councilwoman Martha Hicks	Guest: season 5, recurring cast: season 6
1998– 1999	Tracey Takes On...	Ida	Recurring cast: season 3, guest: season 4
1998– 2000	The Hughleys	Jessie Mae	Recurring cast: season 1-2, guest: season 3
1999	Maggie Winters	Ruth	Episode: "Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut"
	Rude Awakening	Dr. Lloyd	Episode: "The Grateful Living"
	The Drew Carey Show	Judge Holloway	Episode: "Drew and the Gang Law"
	The Parent 'Hood	Mrs. Griffith	Episode: "Wedding Bells Blues"
1999– 2001	The Norm Show	Landlady	Recurring cast: season 2-3
2000– 2001	The Trouble with Normal	Lila	Recurring cast
2001	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Professor Hutchins	Episode: "Do You See What I See?"
	The Practice	Candace Levy	Episode: "The Candidate"
	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"
	Girlfriends	Iva Dent	Episode: "Willie or Won't He II: The Last Chapter?"
	Leap of Faith	Nurse #2	Episode: "The Baby Snugglers"
	Ally McBeal	Marsha Forrester	Episode: "Love Is All Around: Part 2"
2002– 2003	Andy Richter Controls the Universe	Ms. Machado	Episode: "We're All The Same, Only Different" & "Duh Dog"
2002– 2004	Still Standing	Miss Wanda Bodin	Recurring cast: season 1, guest: season 2
2003	The Proud Family	Ms. Hightower (voice)	Recurring cast: season 2
2004	Malcolm in the Middle	Dr. Lucille Armstrong	Episode: "Reese's Apartment"
	Without a Trace	Georgia Reston	Episode: "Upstairs Downstairs"
2004– 2007	Boston Legal	Judge Leslie Bishop	Guest Cast: season 1-2 & 4
2005	Close to Home	Judge Riker	Episode: "Suburban Prostitution" & "Double Life Wife"
	Hot Properties	Nurse Gracie	Episode: "Killer Bodies"
2005– 2006	Twins	Dolly	Recurring cast
2006	My Name Is Earl	Receptionist	Episode: "Stole P's HD Cart"
	Rodney	Renette	Episode: "A Tisket, a Casket"
	The Jake Effect	Vice Principal Curtis	Main cast
	How I Met Your Mother	Receptionist	Episode: "Atlantic City"
2006– 2017	Bones	Caroline Julian	Guest: season 1, recurring cast: season 2-12, 55 episodes
2007	The Loop	Pat Swanson	Episode: "Stride"
	Weeds	Miriam Walters	Episode: "The Brick Dance"
2008	Las Vegas	Thelma Cannon	Episode: "Three Weddings and a Funeral: Part 2"
	Out of Jimmy's Head	Lunchlady Edna	Episode: "Lunch Tables"
	The Cleaner	Sister Alma	Episode: "Rag Dolls"
	Cold Case	Margaret Trudlow '08	Episode: "True Calling"
2009	United States of Tara	Gloria	Episode: "Snow"
	According to Jim	Mrs. Kretzer	Episode: "I Hate the High Road"
	Community	Cafeteria Lady	Episode: "Pilot"
	The Middle	Mrs. Rettig	Episode: "Pilot"
	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Judge Fishburn	Episode: "The World Series Defense"
2009– 2010	Better Off Ted	Janet S. Crotum	Recurring
2010– 2014	Good Luck Charlie	Mrs. Estelle Dabney	Recurring; 24 episodes
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"
	Partners	Judge Reiss	Episode: "Paralegal Activity"
2015	Mike & Molly	Rose	Episode: "Molly's Neverending Story"
	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"
	Trial & Error	Judge Horsedich	Recurring: season 1
	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"
	Forever	Ellen	Episode: "June"
2018– 2019	Teachers	Mavis	Recurring: season 3
2018– 2021	A.P. Bio	Superintendent Marsha Green	Guest: season 1-2 & 4
2019	No Good Nick	Ingrid	Episode: "The Man in the Middle Attack"
	Young Sheldon	Clara	Episode: "An Entrepreneurialist and a Swat on the Bottom"
	Will & Grace	Ellie	Episode: "Eat, Pray, Love, Phone, Sex"
2020	Single Parents	Vice Principal Sara Yarble	Episode: "Welcome to Hilltop!"
	911	The Wallaces' Neighbor	Episode: "Fools"
	American Dad!	Citizenship and Immigration Services Clerk (voice)	Episode: "One Fish, Two Fish"
2021	The Neighborhood	Sister Sabrina	Episode: "Welcome to the Turnaround"
	Lucifer	Loretta	Episode: "A Lot Dirtier Than That"
	The Rookie	Mrs. Crouch	Episode: "A.C.H."
2022–2023	The Villains of Valley View	Celia	Recurring; 23 episodes
2022	Bob Hearts Abishola	Esther	Episode: "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" & "Who Raised You"
	That Girl Lay Lay	Grandma Flo	Episode: "Fami-Lay-Lay-Reunion"
	Call Me Kat	Barbara	Episode: "Call Me Thor"
2022–present	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder	Principal Hightower (voice)	Recurring
2024–present	Matlock	Mrs. Belvin "Mrs. B"	Recurring
2025	Eyes of Wakanda	Akeya (voice)	Episode: "Into the Lion's Den"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Dead Island: Riptide	Chimamanda[10]	Uncredited Voice Role