Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Born February 17, 1919
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.
MovieWhat a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
2002
as Self
Man and Cat
2001
as Female Cat
MovieShrek
2001
as Old Woman (voice)
MovieJoe Dirt
2001
as Joe Dirt's Foster Mother (uncredited)
TVAs Told by Ginger
2000
as Mrs. Gordon (voice)
MovieNutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000
as Denise's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
MovieSeven Girlfriends
2000
as Mrs. Hargrove
MovieReady to Rumble
2000
as Jane King
TVDetention
1999
as Miss Eugenia P. Kisskillya (voice)
Grown Ups
1999
as Mona
MovieBaby Geniuses
1999
as Lenny's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
TVBatman Beyond
1999
as Ma Mayhem (voice)
TVProvidence
1999
as Miss Van Gundy
MovieI'll Be Home for Christmas
1998
as Tom Tom Girl Gloria
TVBecker
1998
as Edith / Evelyn
MovieRichie Rich's Christmas Wish
1998
as Miss Peabody
MovieThe Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998
as Self
TVLove Boat: The Next Wave
1998
as Maw-Maw Cranston
MovieBlues Brothers 2000
1998
as Mother Mary Stigmata
TVHoney, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
1997
TVCow and Chicken
1997
as Greta (voice)
MovieHercules
1997
as Heavyset Woman (voice)
TVClueless
1996
TVThe Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
MovieCarpool
1996
as Franklin's Mom (voice)
TVArli$$
1996
as Helga Krupp
TVCaroline in the City
1995
as Grandma Duffy
Two Guys Talkin' About Girls
1995
as Rhondas Grandma
TVER
1994
as Rhonda's Patient
TVParty of Five
1994
as Mona
MovieNaked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as Muriel
TVDuckman
1994
TVDave's World
1993
as Waitress
TVPhenom
1993
MovieHocus Pocus
1993
as Miss Olin
MovieReckless Kelly
1993
as Mrs. Delance
TVRenegade
1992
as Felipe's Mother
TVMartin
1992
as Saleslady
TVMelrose Place
1992
as Madge
MovieFernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992
as Edler (voice)
MovieNickel & Dime
1992
as Judge C.C. Leichter
TVHome Improvement
1991
as Gwen
TVHerman's Head
1991
as Mrs. Debusher
MovieDutch
1991
as Gritzi
MovieThe Willies
1990
as Miss Titmarsh
TVBeverly Hills, 90210
1990
as Pawn Shop Clerk
MovieGremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
as Microwave Marge
TVSydney
1990
TVChristine Cromwell
1989
as Catherine
TVDoogie Howser, M.D.
1989
as Mrs. Mickling
TVMajor Dad
1989
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Mrs. Parker (segment "Loved to Death")
MovieSuper Ducktales
1989
as Mrs. Crackshell (voice)
MovieChances Are
1989
as Mrs. Handy
TVChip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
1989
TVCoach
1989
as Magda
MovieHollywood Chaos
1989
TVTV 101
1988
as Landlady
TVMurphy Brown
1988
as Mrs. Caldwell
TVRoseanne
1988
MovieGlitz
1988
as Mrs. Magyk
MovieThe Canterville Ghost
1988
as Mrs. Umney
MovieThe Wrong Guys
1988
as Grunski's Mum
MovieTeen Wolf Too
1987
as Admissions Lady
TVShe's the Sheriff
1987
as Aunt Bessie
TVDuckTales
1987
as Mrs. Crackshell (voice)
MovieIn the Mood
1987
as Mrs. Marver
MovieInside Out
1987
MovieInnerspace
1987
as Dream Lady
MovieDragnet
1987
as Enid Borden
TVMarried... with Children
1987
as Peg's Mom (voice)
MovieThe Malibu Bikini Shop
1986
as Loraine Bender
TVMy Sister Sam
1986
TVALF
1986
as Betty Susla
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Joan Ackerman
TVMatlock
1986
as Lucy Lewis
TVThe Hogan Family
1986
MovieThe Best of Times
1986
as Rosie
TVMacGyver
1985
as Rose Magruta
TVGrowing Pains
1985
as Madge
TVThe Golden Girls
1985
as Mother Superior3
TVMr. Belvedere
1985
TVHunter
1984
as Ann Ridley
MovieHeartbeeps
1981
as Helicopter Pilot
TVSimon & Simon
1981
MovieThe Blues Brothers
1980
as Sister Mary Stigmata
TVThe Facts of Life
1979
MovieThe Norseman
1978
as Old Indian woman
MovieSoup and Me
1978
as Mrs. Stetson
TVCHiPs
1977
MovieThe Strongest Man in the World
1975
as Officer Hurley
MovieThe Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
1975
as Essie
MoviePsycho Sisters
1974
as Hilda
TVKolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
TVPolice Woman
1974
MovieThe Sting
1973
as Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)
TVKojak
1973
as Ma Wonderly
TVLotsa Luck
1973
as Iris Belmont
MovieYour Three Minutes Are Up
1973
as Mrs. Wilk
MovieHitched
1973
as Rainbow McCloud
MovieThe Unholy Rollers
1972
as Karen's Mother
The Sandy Duncan Show
1972
MovieWhere Does It Hurt?
1972
as Mrs. Manzzini
MovieStand Up and Be Counted
1972
as Sarah
MovieCall Her Mom
1972
as Woman
TVFunny Face
1971
TVCannon
1971
MovieSupport Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Mrs. Perkins
MovieBut I Don't Want to Get Married!
1970
as Mrs. Borg
MovieWhich Way to the Front?
1970
as Bland's Mother
MovieMyra Breckinridge
1970
as Bobby Dean Loner
MovieThe Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
as Mrs. Jensen
MovieThe Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
as Mrs. Stone
TVLove, American Style
1969
TVThe Bill Cosby Show
1969
as Eloise Hardy
MovieHook, Line and Sinker
1969
as Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter
MovieDeath of a Gunfighter
1969
as Mary Elizabeth
MovieSupport Your Local Sheriff!
1969
as Mrs. Danvers
TVThe Mod Squad
1968
TVLancer
1968
TVThe Ghost & Mrs. Muir
1968
MovieThe Helicopter Spies
1968
as Mom
TVThe High Chaparral
1967
as Maude
MoviePoint Blank
1967
as First Citizen
TVIronside
1967
as Helga
TVDragnet
1967
as Mrs. Sunshine Pound
MovieThree on a Couch
1966
as Murphy
TVBatman
1966
as Rosetta Stone
MovieMarriage on the Rocks
1965
as Miss Blight
TVI Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Sally
TVHogan's Heroes
1965
TVLaredo
1965
TVPlease Don't Eat the Daisies
1965
MovieThat Funny Feeling
1965
as Woman at Phone Booth
MovieThe Rounders
1965
as Agatha Moore
MovieThe Disorderly Orderly
1964
as Nurse Higgins
TVGomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
TVDaniel Boone
1964
as Berthe
TVThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Mrs. Sparks
TVThe Bing Crosby Show
1964
MovieMail Order Bride
1964
as Sister Sue
MovieWho's Minding the Store?
1963
as Mrs. Glucksman
MovieThe Nutty Professor
1963
as Millie Lemmon
TVThe Lucy Show
1962
as Olga
TVThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Mabel Johnson
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Angela Morrow
MovieWild Harvest
1962
as Goldie
MovieThe Errand Boy
1961
as Mrs. Helen Paramutual
TVThe Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as Maid
TVBen Casey
1961
TVBus Stop
1961
TV87th Precinct
1961
MovieThe Ladies Man
1961
as Katie
MovieMadison Avenue
1961
as Miss Thelma Haley
TVMister Ed
1961
MovieNorth to Alaska
1960
as Lena Nordqvist
TVThe Case of the Dangerous Robin
1960
as Emma Stroud
TVMy Three Sons
1960
TVGuestward, Ho!
1960
TVThe Detectives
1959
TVHawaiian Eye
1959
TVThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
TVBonanza
1959
as Ma Brinker
TVRawhide
1959
as Mrs. Beamish
MovieThe Buccaneer
1958
as Tina
MovieHouseboat
1958
as Laundromat Gossip
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
TVThe Donna Reed Show
1958
TVBronco
1958
MovieThe Fly
1958
as Emma
MovieToo Much, Too Soon
1958
as Miss Magruder (uncredited)
MovieThe Missouri Traveler
1958
as Serena Poole
MovieKiss Them for Me
1957
as Nurse Wilinski (uncredited)
MoviePawnee
1957
as Mrs. Carter
MovieThe Midnight Story
1957
as Rosa Cuneo
O. Henry Playhouse
1957
as Maggie McCaskey
MovieArtists and Models
1955
as Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited)
TVMatinee Theater
1955
MovieThe Seven Year Itch
1955
as Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
Movie3 Ring Circus
1954
as Custard Pie Gag Victim
MovieAthena
1954
as Miss Seely
TVDecember Bride
1954
TVFather Knows Best
1954
as Woman at Bus Station
TVLassie
1954
MovieBattle of Rogue River
1954
as Sis Pringle
MovieThe Far Country
1954
as Grits
TVMayor of the Town
1954
as Marilly the Housekeeper
TVTopper
1953
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Jessie
MovieThe Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
as Stella Kowalski
MovieDream Wife
1953
as Hotel Maid
MovieA Perilous Journey
1953
as Leah
MovieThe Glass Wall
1953
as Zelda - Fat Woman
MovieShe's Back on Broadway
1953
as Webber's Receptionist
MovieConfidentially Connie
1953
as Mother of Twins (uncredited)
MovieThe Magnetic Monster
1953
as Nelly
MovieThe Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Miss March (uncredited)
MovieThe Prisoner of Zenda
1952
TVMr. & Mrs. North
1952
MovieO. Henry's Full House
1952
as Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
MovieMonkey Business
1952
as Mrs. Brannigan (uncredited)
MovieKid Monk Baroni
1952
as Maria Baroni
MovieTalk About a Stranger
1952
as Rosa, Grocery Clerk
MovieSingin' in the Rain
1952
as Phoebe Dinsmore (uncredited)
MovieLove Is Better Than Ever
1952
as Mrs. Kahrney
MovieThe Greatest Show on Earth
1952
as Spectator (uncredited)
TVDragnet
1951
MovieLet's Make It Legal
1951
as Reporter (uncredited)
MovieCome Fill the Cup
1951
as Lil - Newspaper Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Ripplehissian gang
MovieBehave Yourself!
1951
as Pet Shop Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)
MovieYes Sir, Mr. Bones
1951
as Chick Watts
MovieStrictly Dishonorable
1951
as Organist
MovieA Place in the Sun
1951
as Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness (uncredited)
MovieCause for Alarm!
1951
as Woman
MovieCry Danger
1951
as Cigarette Clerk #2 (uncredited)
MovieThe Company She Keeps
1951
as Josie, Parolee with Children (uncredited)
MovieThe Second Face
1950
as Shirley
MovieA Life of Her Own
1950
as Switchboard Operator at Betsy Ross Hotel (uncredited)
MovieLonely Heart Bandits
1950
as Bertha Martin
MovieOnce a Thief
1950
as Phoebe
MovieThe Reformer and the Redhead
1950
as Lily Parker
MovieAppointment with Danger
1950
as Nun
MovieHouse by the River
1950
as Effie Ferguson - Party Guest
MovieNo Man of Her Own
1950
as Clara Larrimore (uncredited)
MovieAnnie Was a Wonder
1949
as Annie Swenson
MovieThe Saxon Charm
1948
as Reception Nurse
MovieBehind Locked Doors
1948
as Nurse (uncredited)
MovieThe Naked City
1948
as Stout Young Woman on an Elevated Train (Uncredited)
