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Margo Martindale

Margo Martindale

6 films · 557 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19952019

Born 18 July 1951 · Jacksonville, Texas, USA

Margo Martindale is an American film, stage, and television actress. In 2011, she won an Emmy Award for her role as Mags Bennett on Justified. She has played supporting roles in several films, including The Hours, Million Dollar Baby as Hilary Swank's character's mother, The Firm, Lorenzo's Oil, Marvin's Room, The Savages, and Paris, je t'aime. She was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in 2004.

Margo Martindale was born July 18, 1951, in Jacksonville, Texas, to parents William Everett and Margaret (Pruitt) Martindale.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 6 films · 557 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19952019

  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series2016
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series2015
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series2011

How their films are shot

Measured across 557 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Margo takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 6 films we hold, 52% of their frames are day, 59% natural — the look of the work Margo takes.

Time of day

Day52%
Night32%
Interior9%

Lighting

Natural59%
Low key22%
High key18%

Shot size

Medium60%
Closeup19%
Wide12%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level91%
High angle5%

Mood

Neutral74%
Tense11%
Lonely6%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 557 frames from Margo Martindale's 6 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.