Actor · Acting

Kathleen Freeman

Born 1919-02-17

Died 2001-08-23

📍 Chicago, Illinois, USA

Kathleen Freeman (February 17, 1919 – August 23, 2001) was an American film, television, voice actress, and stage actress. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, she portrayed acerbic maids, secretaries, teachers, busybodies, nurses, and battle-axe neighbors and relatives, almost invariably to comic effect.

Filmography 239

What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'

as Old Woman (voice)

as Joe Dirt's Foster Mother (uncredited)

As Told by Ginger

as Mrs. Gordon (voice)

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

as Denise's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)

Seven Girlfriends

as Mrs. Hargrove

Ready to Rumble

as Miss Eugenia P. Kisskillya (voice)

as Lenny's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)

as Ma Mayhem (voice)

as Miss Van Gundy

I'll Be Home for Christmas

as Tom Tom Girl Gloria

as Edith / Evelyn

Richie Rich's Christmas Wish

as Miss Peabody

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

Love Boat: The Next Wave

as Maw-Maw Cranston

Blues Brothers 2000

as Mother Mary Stigmata

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show

Cow and Chicken

as Greta (voice)

as Heavyset Woman (voice)

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

as Franklin's Mom (voice)

Caroline in the City

as Grandma Duffy

as Rhonda's Patient

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

as Mrs. Delance

as Felipe's Mother

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

as Edler (voice)

as Judge C.C. Leichter

Home Improvement

as Mrs. Debusher

as Miss Titmarsh

Beverly Hills, 90210

as Pawn Shop Clerk

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

as Microwave Marge

Christine Cromwell

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Tales from the Crypt

as Mrs. Parker (segment "Loved to Death")

Super Ducktales

as Mrs. Crackshell (voice)

Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers

Hollywood Chaos

as Mrs. Caldwell

The Canterville Ghost

as Grunski's Mum

as Admissions Lady

She's the Sheriff

as Mrs. Crackshell (voice)

Married... with Children

as Peg's Mom (voice)

The Malibu Bikini Shop

as Loraine Bender

as Joan Ackerman

The Hogan Family

The Best of Times

as Rose Magruta

The Golden Girls

as Mother Superior3

as Helicopter Pilot

The Blues Brothers

as Sister Mary Stigmata

The Facts of Life

as Old Indian woman

as Mrs. Stetson

The Strongest Man in the World

as Officer Hurley

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)

as Iris Belmont

Your Three Minutes Are Up

as Rainbow McCloud

The Unholy Rollers

as Karen's Mother

Where Does It Hurt?

as Mrs. Manzzini

Where Does It Hurt?

as Mrs. Mazzini

Stand Up and Be Counted

Support Your Local Gunfighter

as Mrs. Perkins

But I Don't Want to Get Married!

Which Way to the Front?

as Bland's Mother

Myra Breckinridge

as Bobby Dean Loner

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

Love, American Style

The Bill Cosby Show

Hook, Line and Sinker

as Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter

Death of a Gunfighter

as Mary Elizabeth

Support Your Local Sheriff!

as Mrs. Danvers

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

The Helicopter Spies

The High Chaparral

as First Citizen

as Mrs. Sunshine Pound

Three on a Couch

as Rosetta Stone

Marriage on the Rocks

I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie

as Gertrude Linkmyer

as Gertrude Linkmeyer

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

That Funny Feeling

as Woman at Phone Booth

as Agatha Moore

The Disorderly Orderly

as Nurse Higgins

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Bing Crosby Show

Mail Order Bride

Who's Minding the Store?

as Mrs. Glucksman

The Nutty Professor

as Millie Lemmon

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Mabel Johnson

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Angela Morrow

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Mrs. Helen Paramutual

The Dick Van Dyke Show

as Miss Thelma Haley

North to Alaska

as Lena Nordqvist

The Case of the Dangerous Robin

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as Mrs. Beamish

as Laundromat Gossip

77 Sunset Strip

The Donna Reed Show

Too Much, Too Soon

as Miss Magruder (uncredited)

The Missouri Traveler

as Serena Poole

Kiss Them for Me

as Nurse Wilinski (uncredited)

The Midnight Story

Artists and Models

as Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited)

Matinee Theater

The Seven Year Itch

as Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)

as Custard Pie Gag Victim

Father Knows Best

as Woman at Bus Station

Battle of Rogue River

The Far Country

Mayor of the Town

as Marilly the Housekeeper

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta

as Cousin Phemie

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

as Stella Kowalski

A Perilous Journey

as Zelda - Fat Woman

She's Back on Broadway

as Webber's Receptionist

Confidentially Connie

as Mother of Twins (uncredited)

The Magnetic Monster

The Bad and the Beautiful

as Miss March (uncredited)

The Prisoner of Zenda

Mr. & Mrs. North

Monkey Business

as Mrs. Brannigan (uncredited)

O. Henry's Full House

as Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

Kid Monk Baroni

as Maria Baroni

Talk About a Stranger

as Rosa, Grocery Clerk

Singin' in the Rain

as Phoebe Dinsmore (uncredited)

Love Is Better Than Ever

as Mrs. Kahrney

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Spectator (uncredited)

Let's Make It Legal

as Reporter (uncredited)

Come Fill the Cup

as Lil - Newspaper Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Ripplehissian gang

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Behave Yourself!

as Pet Shop Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)

Yes Sir, Mr. Bones

Strictly Dishonorable

A Place in the Sun

as Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness (uncredited)

Cause for Alarm!

as Cigarette Clerk #2 (uncredited)

The Company She Keeps

as Josie, Parolee with Children (uncredited)

The Second Face

A Life of Her Own

as Switchboard Operator at Betsy Ross Hotel (uncredited)

Lonely Heart Bandits

as Bertha Martin

The Reformer and the Redhead

Appointment with Danger

House by the River

as Effie Ferguson - Party Guest

No Man of Her Own

as Clara Larrimore (uncredited)

Annie Was a Wonder

as Annie Swenson

The Saxon Charm

as Reception Nurse

Behind Locked Doors

as Nurse (uncredited)

as Stout Young Woman on an Elevated Train (Uncredited)