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Actor · age 84

Marsha Mason

Best rated: Heartbreak Ridge (6.9)

Films
17
Avg rating
6.27
Peak run
1977’90
Oscar noms
4
CompareBacon number
Every film, by TMDB rating

The career

Marsha Mason, acting career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak era
Peak 1977 to 1990, 6.525678197519801985199019952000Heartbreak Ridge 6.9Drop Dead Fred 5.8Career avg 6.27

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Marsha Mason's career barcodecoolhot
197317 films2004
Current formLast 5: 6.04 vs career 6.27 (−0.23)
  1. LDrop Dead Fred1991 · 5.8−0.5
  2. LI Love Trouble1994 · 5.5−0.8
  3. WNick of Time1995 · 6.20.0
  4. L2 Days in the Valley1996 · 6.2−0.1
  5. WBride & Prejudice2004 · 6.5+0.2
As an actor, films with 25+ votes

Marsha by the numbers

Average
6.27
12 rated films
Vote weighted
6.28
bigger films count more
Median
6.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.48
rating spread
Career
32y
1973 to 2004
Total votes
4.07K
across every film
Best
6.9
Heartbreak Ridge
Worst
5.8
Drop Dead Fred
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2004Bride & Prejudice posterBride & PrejudiceCatherine Darcy6.5421
2004BereftHelen·5
19962 Days in the Valley poster2 Days in the ValleyAudrey Hopper6.2307
1995Nick of Time posterNick of TimeGov. Eleanor Grant6.2842
1994I Love Trouble posterI Love TroubleSenator Gayle Robbins5.5235
1991Drop Dead Fred posterDrop Dead FredPolly5.8425
1990Stella posterStellaJanice Morrison5.838
1986Heartbreak Ridge posterHeartbreak RidgeAggie6.91,174
1983Max Dugan Returns posterMax Dugan ReturnsNora McPhae6.659
1981Only When I LaughGeorgia·22
1979Chapter TwoJennie MacLaine·20
1979Promises in the DarkDr. Alexandra Kendall·11
1978The Cheap Detective posterThe Cheap DetectiveGeorgia Merkle6.4110
1977The Goodbye Girl posterThe Goodbye GirlPaula McFadden7.0192
1977Audrey Rose posterAudrey RoseJanice Templeton5.7156
1973Cinderella LibertyMaggie Paul6.731
1973Blume in LoveArlene·24
Better together?

Marsha Mason's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Herbert Ross and Marsha Mason movies

Takes

On Marsha Mason

4 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

  • Best Actress · Academy Awards 1982
    Marsha Mason
    Nominated
  • Best Actress · Academy Awards 1980
    Marsha Mason
    Nominated
  • Best Actress · Academy Awards 1978
    Marsha Mason
    Nominated
  • Best Actress · Academy Awards 1974
    Marsha Mason
    Nominated

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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