---
name: "Elizabeth Hoffman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elizabeth-hoffman"
fi1m_id: "elizabeth-hoffman"
imdb_id: "nm0388872"
tmdb_id: 1219410
wikidata_id: "Q3051229"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 February 1926"
died: "21 August 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T00:41:55.414628+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Elizabeth Hoffman

## Identity

Elizabeth Hoffman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elizabeth-hoffman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elizabeth-hoffman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0388872
- **TMDB ID:** 1219410
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3051229
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Hoffman_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3051229, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0388872/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219410

Actor. Born 8 February 1926 in Corvallis, Oregon, USA. Died 21 August 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 February 1926, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
- **Died:** 21 August 2023
- **Also known as:** Betsy Hoffman
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Hoffman_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3051229, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0388872/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219410

## Biography

Elizabeth Hoffman was an American actress. She was born on 8 February 1926 in Corvallis, Oregon, and died on 21 August 2023 in Malibu, California.

She appeared in recurring roles on *Little House on the Prairie* (1980–1981) and *Matlock* (1989–1990). Hoffman portrayed Beatrice Reed Ventnor, the mother of the four sisters, in 127 episodes of the NBC series *Sisters* (1991–1996). She also played Eleanor Roosevelt in the miniseries *The Winds of War* (1983) and *War and Remembrance* (1988–1989).

Her film credits include *Fear No Evil* (1981), *Nuts* (1987), *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989), *The River Wild* (1994) and *Dante's Peak* (1997), in which she played Ruth. She appeared as Catherine Langford in *Stargate SG-1* (1997–1998) and as Premier Bhavani in an episode of *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1989).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dante's Peak* (1997), Fi1m 56, as Ruth — [page](https://film.one/film/dantes-peak.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Stargate SG-1* (1997), series, as Catherine Langford
- *Dante's Peak* (1997), as Ruth — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/dantes-peak.md)
- *The River Wild* (1994), as Gail's Mother
- *Sisters* (1991), series, as Beatrice 'Bea' Reed
- *The Great Pretender* (1991), as Rose Outland
- *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989), as Passerby #1 - Democratic Convention — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/born-on-the-fourth-of-july.md)
- *Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!* (1989), as Granny
- *War and Remembrance* (1988), series, as Eleanor Roosevelt
- *Nuts* (1987), as Dr. Johnson
- *thirtysomething* (1987), series, Actor
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, as Premier Bhavani — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Jeanne Rubens
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Judge Mary Russell
- *Do You Remember Love* (1985), as Lila
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as Thelma Atkins
- *Blue Thunder* (1984), series, as Mrs. Moynihan
- *The Winds of War* (1983), series, as Eleanor Roosevelt
- *The A-Team* (1983), series, as Mother Superior
- *Fear No Evil* (1981), as Mikhail / Margaret Buchanan
- *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), series, as Miss Mason

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