Kathleen Freeman
Biography
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.
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Acting History
2002
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' as Self
2001Man and Cat as Female Cat
2001Shrek as Old Woman (voice)
2001Joe Dirt as Joe Dirt's Foster Mother (uncredited)
2000As Told by Ginger as Mrs. Gordon (voice)
2000Nutty Professor II: The Klumps as Denise's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
2000Seven Girlfriends as Mrs. Hargrove
2000Ready to Rumble as Jane King
1999Detention as Miss Eugenia P. Kisskillya (voice)
1999Grown Ups
1999Baby Geniuses as Lenny's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
1999Batman Beyond as Ma Mayhem (voice)
1999Providence as Miss Van Gundy
1998I'll Be Home for Christmas as Tom Tom Girl Gloria
1998Becker as Edith / Evelyn
1998Richie Rich's Christmas Wish as Miss Peabody
1998The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' as Self
1998Love Boat: The Next Wave as Maw-Maw Cranston
1998Blues Brothers 2000 as Mother Mary Stigmata
1997Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
1997Cow and Chicken
1997Hercules as Heavyset Woman (voice)
1996Clueless
1996The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996Carpool as Franklin's Mom (voice)
1996Arli$$
1995Caroline in the City as Grandma Duffy
1995Two Guys Talkin' About Girls as Rhondas Grandma
1994ER as Rhonda's Patient
1994Party of Five as Mona
1994Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as Muriel
1994Duckman
1993Dave's World as Waitress
1993Phenom
1993Hocus Pocus as Miss Olin
1993Reckless Kelly as Mrs. Delance
1992Renegade as Felipe's Mother
1992Martin as Saleslady
1992Melrose Place as Madge
1992FernGully: The Last Rainforest as Edler (voice)
1992Nickel & Dime as Judge C.C. Leichter
1991Home Improvement as Gwen
1991Herman's Head as Mrs. Debusher
1991Dutch as Gritzi
1990The Willies as Miss Titmarsh
1990Beverly Hills, 90210 as Pawn Shop Clerk
1990Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Microwave Marge
1990Sydney
1989Christine Cromwell as Catherine
1989Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989Major Dad
1989Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland as Dance Teacher (voice)
1989Tales from the Crypt as Mrs. Parker (segment "Loved to Death")
1989Super Ducktales as Mrs. Crackshell (voice)
1989Chances Are as Mrs. Handy
1989Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
1989Coach as Magda
1989Hollywood Chaos
1988TV 101 as Landlady
1988Murphy Brown as Mrs. Caldwell
1988Roseanne
1988Glitz as Mrs. Magyk
1988Glitz as Mrs Magyk
1988The Canterville Ghost as Mrs. Umney
1988The Wrong Guys as Grunski's Mum
1987Teen Wolf Too as Admissions Lady
1987She's the Sheriff as Aunt Bessie
1987DuckTales as Mrs. Crackshell (voice)
1987In the Mood as Mrs. Marver
1987Inside Out
1987Innerspace as Dream Lady
1987Dragnet as Enid Borden
1987Married... with Children as Peg's Mom (voice)
1986The Malibu Bikini Shop as Loraine Bender
1986My Sister Sam
1986ALF as Betty Susla
1986L.A. Law as Joan Ackerman
1986Matlock as Lucy Lewis
1986The Hogan Family
1986The Best of Times as Rosie
1985MacGyver as Rose Magruta
1985Growing Pains as Madge
1985Growing Pains as Estelle
1985Growing Pains as Sophie
1985The Golden Girls as Mother Superior3
1985Mr. Belvedere
1984Hunter as Ann Ridley
1981Heartbeeps as Helicopter Pilot
1981Simon & Simon
1980The Blues Brothers as Sister Mary Stigmata
1979The Facts of Life
1978The Norseman as Old Indian woman
1978Soup and Me as Mrs. Stetson
1977CHiPs
1975The Strongest Man in the World as Officer Hurley
1975The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return as Essie
1974Psycho Sisters as Hilda
1974Police Woman
1974Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1973The Sting as Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)
1973Kojak as Ma Wonderly
1973Lotsa Luck as Iris Belmont
1973Your Three Minutes Are Up as Mrs. Wilk
1973Hitched as Rainbow McCloud
1972The Unholy Rollers as Karen's Mother
1972The Sandy Duncan Show
1972Where Does It Hurt? as Mrs. Manzzini
1972Stand Up and Be Counted as Sarah
1972Call Her Mom as Woman
1971Funny Face
1971Cannon
1971Support Your Local Gunfighter as Mrs. Perkins
1970But I Don't Want to Get Married! as Mrs. Borg
1970Which Way to the Front? as Bland's Mother
1970Myra Breckinridge as Bobby Dean Loner
1970The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Mrs. Jensen
1969The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Mrs. Stone
1969Love, American Style
1969The Bill Cosby Show
1969Hook, Line and Sinker as Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter
1969Death of a Gunfighter as Mary Elizabeth
1969Support Your Local Sheriff! as Mrs. Danvers
1968Lancer
1968The Mod Squad
1968The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
1968The Helicopter Spies as Mom
1967The High Chaparral as Maude
1967Point Blank as First Citizen
1967Ironside as Helga
1967Dragnet as Mrs. Sunshine Pound
1966Three on a Couch as Murphy
1966Batman as Rosetta Stone
1965Marriage on the Rocks as Miss Blight
1965I Dream of Jeannie as Sally
1965I Dream of Jeannie as Maw
1965Hogan's Heroes
1965Hogan's Heroes as Gertrude Linkmyer
1965Hogan's Heroes as Gertrude Linkmeyer
1965Laredo
1965Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965That Funny Feeling as Woman at Phone Booth
1965The Rounders as Agatha Moore
1964The Disorderly Orderly as Nurse Higgins
1964Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964Daniel Boone as Berthe
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Mrs. Sparks
1964The Bing Crosby Show
1964Mail Order Bride as Sister Sue
1963Who's Minding the Store? as Mrs. Glucksman
1963The Nutty Professor as Millie Lemmon
1962The Lucy Show as Olga
1962The Lucy Show as Mrs. Blake
1962The Lucy Show as Kathleen
1962The Lucy Show as Miss Putnam
1962The Beverly Hillbillies as Mabel Johnson
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Angela Morrow
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Mrs. McLeod
1962Wild Harvest as Goldie
1961The Errand Boy as Mrs. Helen Paramutual
1961The Dick Van Dyke Show as Maid
1961Ben Casey
1961Bus Stop
196187th Precinct
1961The Ladies Man as Katie
1961Madison Avenue as Miss Thelma Haley
1961Mister Ed
1960North to Alaska as Lena Nordqvist
1960The Case of the Dangerous Robin as Emma Stroud
1960My Three Sons
1960Guestward, Ho!
1959The Detectives
1959Hawaiian Eye
1959The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959Bonanza as Ma Brinker
1959Bonanza as Miss Hibbs
1959Rawhide as Mrs. Beamish
1958The Buccaneer as Tina
1958Houseboat as Laundromat Gossip
195877 Sunset Strip
1958The Donna Reed Show
1958Bronco
1958The Fly as Emma
1958Too Much, Too Soon as Miss Magruder (uncredited)
1958The Missouri Traveler as Serena Poole
1957Kiss Them for Me as Nurse Wilinski (uncredited)
1957Pawnee as Mrs. Carter
1957The Midnight Story as Rosa Cuneo
1957O. Henry Playhouse as Maggie McCaskey
1955Artists and Models as Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited)
1955Matinee Theater
1955The Seven Year Itch as Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
19543 Ring Circus as Custard Pie Gag Victim
1954Athena as Miss Seely
1954December Bride
1954Father Knows Best as Woman at Bus Station
1954Lassie
1954Battle of Rogue River as Sis Pringle
1954The Far Country as Grits
1954Mayor of the Town as Marilly the Housekeeper
1953Topper
1953Letter to Loretta as Jessie
1953Letter to Loretta as Cousin Phemie
1953The Affairs of Dobie Gillis as Stella Kowalski
1953Dream Wife as Hotel Maid
1953A Perilous Journey as Leah
1953The Glass Wall as Zelda - Fat Woman
1953She's Back on Broadway as Webber's Receptionist
1953Confidentially Connie as Mother of Twins (uncredited)
1953The Magnetic Monster as Nelly
1952The Bad and the Beautiful as Miss March (uncredited)
1952The Prisoner of Zenda
1952Mr. & Mrs. North
1952Monkey Business as Mrs. Brannigan (uncredited)
1952O. Henry's Full House as Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
1952Kid Monk Baroni as Maria Baroni
1952Talk About a Stranger as Rosa, Grocery Clerk
1952Singin' in the Rain as Phoebe Dinsmore (uncredited)
1952Love Is Better Than Ever as Mrs. Kahrney
1952The Greatest Show on Earth as Spectator (uncredited)
1951Dragnet
1951Let's Make It Legal as Reporter (uncredited)
1951Come Fill the Cup as Lil - Newspaper Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Ripplehissian gang
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951Behave Yourself! as Pet Shop Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)
1951Yes Sir, Mr. Bones as Chick Watts
1951Strictly Dishonorable as Organist
1951A Place in the Sun as Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness (uncredited)
1951Cause for Alarm! as Woman
1951Cry Danger as Cigarette Clerk #2 (uncredited)
1951Cry Danger
1951The Company She Keeps as Josie, Parolee with Children (uncredited)
1950The Second Face as Shirley
1950A Life of Her Own as Switchboard Operator at Betsy Ross Hotel (uncredited)
1950Lonely Heart Bandits as Bertha Martin
1950Once a Thief as Phoebe
1950The Reformer and the Redhead as Lily Parker
1950Appointment with Danger as Nun
1950House by the River as Effie Ferguson - Party Guest
1950No Man of Her Own as Clara Larrimore (uncredited)
1949Annie Was a Wonder as Annie Swenson
1948The Saxon Charm as Reception Nurse
1948Behind Locked Doors as Nurse (uncredited)
1948The Naked City as Stout Young Woman on an Elevated Train (Uncredited)