 Spacek showed a lighter side by voicing the brain in the Steve Martin comedy "The Man with Two Brains" (1983).She had a supporting role as the wife of Jim Garrison (played by Kevin Costner) in Oliver Stone's "JFK" (1991) and made a number of comedies, TV movies, and the occasional film.Most notable of her appearances during these years was her turn as the evil Verena Talbo in the ensemble piece "The Grass Harp" (1995), which reunited her with both Piper Laurie and Jack Lemmon, as well as a supporting performance as the waitress Margie Fogg in Paul Schrader's father-son psychodrama "Affliction" (1997).