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Kathleen Freeman

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1919-02-17

Died: 2001-08-23

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Naked City	Stout Young Woman on an Elevated Train (Uncredited)	72
2	1948	Behind Locked Doors	Nurse (uncredited)	62
3	1948	The Saxon Charm	Reception Nurse	43
4	1949	Annie Was a Wonder	Annie Swenson	41
5	1950	No Man of Her Own	Clara Larrimore (uncredited)	69
6	1950	House by the River	Effie Ferguson - Party Guest	67
7	1950	Appointment with Danger	Nun	56
8	1950	The Reformer and the Redhead	Lily Parker	63
9	1950	Once a Thief	Phoebe	50
10	1950	Lonely Heart Bandits	Bertha Martin	65
11	1950	A Life of Her Own	Switchboard Operator at Betsy Ross Hotel (uncredited)	53
12	1950	The Second Face	Shirley	68
13	1951	The Company She Keeps	Jessie - Parolee with Child (uncredited)	59
14	1951	Cry Danger	Cigarette Clerk #2 (uncredited)	67
15	1951	Cry Danger		67
16	1951	Cause for Alarm!	Woman	59
17	1951	A Place in the Sun	Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness (uncredited)	73
18	1951	Strictly Dishonorable	Organist	52
19	1951	Yes Sir, Mr. Bones	Chick Watts	43
20	1951	Behave Yourself!	Pet Shop Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)	60
21	1951	Let's Make It Legal	Reporter (uncredited)	63
22	1952	The Greatest Show on Earth	Spectator (uncredited)	63
23	1952	Love Is Better Than Ever	Mrs. Kahrney	61
24	1952	Singin' in the Rain	Phoebe Dinsmore (uncredited)	81
25	1952	Talk About a Stranger	Rosa, Grocery Clerk	61
26	1952	Kid Monk Baroni	Maria Baroni	62
27	1952	O. Henry's Full House	Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)	65
28	1952	Monkey Business	Mrs. Brannigan - Neighbor (uncredited)	67
29	1952	The Prisoner of Zenda		68
30	1952	The Bad and the Beautiful	Miss March (uncredited)	73
31	1953	The Magnetic Monster	Nelly	56
32	1953	Confidentially Connie	Mother of Twins (uncredited)	53
33	1953	She's Back on Broadway	Webber's Receptionist	57
34	1953	The Glass Wall	Zelda - Fat Woman	53
35	1953	A Perilous Journey	Leah	40
36	1953	Dream Wife	Hotel Maid	55
37	1953	The Affairs of Dobie Gillis	Stella Kowalski	55
38	1954	The Far Country	Grits	69
39	1954	Battle of Rogue River	Sis Pringle	57
40	1954	Athena	Miss Seely	56
41	1954	3 Ring Circus	Custard Pie Gag Victim	55
42	1955	The Seven Year Itch	Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)	71
43	1955	Artists and Models	Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited)	66
44	1957	The Midnight Story	Rosa Cuneo	61
45	1957	Pawnee	Mrs. Carter	63
46	1957	Kiss Them for Me	Nurse Wilinski (uncredited)	55
47	1958	The Missouri Traveler	Serena Poole	64
48	1958	Too Much, Too Soon	Miss Magruder (uncredited)	49
49	1958	The Fly	Emma	70
50	1958	Houseboat	Laundromat Gossip	64
51	1958	The Buccaneer	Tina	64
52	1960	North to Alaska	Lena Nordqvist	65
53	1961	Madison Avenue	Miss Thelma Haley	60
54	1961	The Ladies Man	Katie	63
55	1961	The Errand Boy	Mrs. Helen Paramutual	61
56	1962	Wild Harvest	Goldie	37
57	1963	The Nutty Professor	Millie Lemmon	65
58	1963	Who's Minding the Store?	Mrs. Glucksman	69
59	1964	Mail Order Bride	Sister Sue	66
60	1964	The Disorderly Orderly	Nurse Higgins	63
61	1965	The Rounders	Agatha Moore	56
62	1965	That Funny Feeling	Woman at Phone Booth	59
63	1965	Marriage on the Rocks	Miss Blight	56
64	1966	Three on a Couch	Murphy	54
65	1967	Point Blank	First Citizen	70
66	1968	The Helicopter Spies	Mom	50
67	1969	Support Your Local Sheriff!	Mrs. Danvers	70
68	1969	Death of a Gunfighter	Mary Elizabeth	64
69	1969	Hook, Line and Sinker	Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter	41
70	1969	The Good Guys and the Bad Guys	Mrs. Stone	55
71	1970	The Ballad of Cable Hogue	Mrs. Jensen	70
72	1970	Myra Breckinridge	Bobby Dean Loner	45
73	1970	Which Way to the Front?	Bland's Mother	48
74	1970	But I Don't Want to Get Married!	Mrs. Borg	0
75	1971	Hitched	Rainbow McCloud	60
76	1971	Support Your Local Gunfighter	Mrs. Perkins	66
77	1972	Call Her Mom	Woman	40
78	1972	Stand Up and Be Counted	Sarah	70
79	1972	Where Does It Hurt?	Mrs. Manzzini	51
80	1972	The Unholy Rollers	Karen's Mother	54
81	1973	Your Three Minutes Are Up	Mrs. Wilk	48
82	1973	The Sting	Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)	80
83	1974	Psycho Sisters	Hilda	0
84	1975	The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return	Essie	55
85	1975	The Strongest Man in the World	Officer Hurley	61
86	1978	Soup and Me	Mrs. Stetson	40
87	1978	The Norseman	Old Indian woman	32
88	1980	The Blues Brothers	Sister Mary Stigmata	77
89	1981	Heartbeeps	Helicopter Pilot	40
90	1986	The Best of Times	Rosie	56
91	1986	The Malibu Bikini Shop	Loraine Bender	41
92	1987	Dragnet	Enid Borden	60
93	1987	Innerspace	Dream Lady	68
94	1987	Inside Out		63
95	1987	In the Mood	Mrs. Marver	55
96	1987	Teen Wolf Too	Admissions Lady	41
97	1988	The Wrong Guys	Grunski's Mum	56
98	1988	The Canterville Ghost	Mrs. Umney	40
99	1988	Glitz	Mrs. Magyk	43
100	1988	Glitz	Mrs Magyk	43
101	1989	Hollywood Chaos		0
102	1989	Chances Are	Mrs. Handy	66
103	1989	Super Ducktales	Mrs. Crackshell (voice)	80
104	1989	Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland	Dance Teacher (voice)	69
105	1990	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	Microwave Marge	65
106	1990	The Willies	Miss Titmarsh	55
107	1991	Dutch	Gritzi	64
108	1992	Nickel & Dime	Judge C.C. Leichter	0
109	1992	FernGully: The Last Rainforest	Edler (voice)	64
110	1993	Reckless Kelly	Mrs. Delance	43
111	1993	Hocus Pocus	Miss Olin	70
112	1994	Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult	Muriel	65
113	1995	Two Guys Talkin' About Girls	Rhondas Grandma	25
114	1996	Carpool	Franklin's Mom (voice)	51
115	1997	Hercules	Heavyset Woman (voice)	75
116	1998	The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'	Self	50
117	1998	Richie Rich's Christmas Wish	Miss Peabody	47
118	1998	I'll Be Home for Christmas	Tom Tom Girl Gloria	60
119	2000	Ready to Rumble	Jane King	52
120	2000	Seven Girlfriends	Mrs. Hargrove	42
121	2000	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Denise's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)	50
122	2001	Joe Dirt	Joe Dirt's Foster Mother (uncredited)	56
123	2001	Shrek	Old Woman (voice)	78
124	2001	Man and Cat	Female Cat	70
125	2002	What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Ripplehissian gang	73
2	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		73
3	1951	Dragnet		64
4	1952	Mr. & Mrs. North		43
5	1953	Letter to Loretta	Jessie	65
6	1953	Letter to Loretta	Cousin Phemie	65
7	1953	Topper		60
8	1954	Mayor of the Town	Marilly the Housekeeper	0
9	1954	Lassie		61
10	1954	Father Knows Best	Woman at Bus Station	65
11	1954	December Bride		55
12	1955	Matinee Theater		50
13	1957	O. Henry Playhouse	Maggie McCaskey	60
14	1958	Bronco		52
15	1958	The Donna Reed Show		62
16	1958	77 Sunset Strip		67
17	1959	Rawhide	Mrs. Beamish	72
18	1959	Bonanza	Ma Brinker	75
19	1959	Bonanza	Miss Hibbs	75
20	1959	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis		58
21	1959	Hawaiian Eye		52
22	1959	The Detectives		56
23	1960	My Three Sons		65
24	1960	Guestward, Ho!		40
25	1960	The Case of the Dangerous Robin	Emma Stroud	0
26	1961	Mister Ed		68
27	1961	87th Precinct		75
28	1961	Bus Stop		0
29	1961	Ben Casey		56
30	1961	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Maid	75
31	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Angela Morrow	78
32	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Mrs. McLeod	78
33	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies	Mabel Johnson	69
34	1962	The Lucy Show	Olga	70
35	1962	The Lucy Show	Mrs. Blake	70
36	1962	The Lucy Show	Kathleen	70
37	1962	The Lucy Show	Miss Putnam	70
38	1964	The Bing Crosby Show		50
39	1964	Daniel Boone	Berthe	69
40	1964	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.		71
41	1965	Please Don't Eat the Daisies		66
42	1965	Laredo		63
43	1965	Hogan's Heroes		75
44	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Gertrude Linkmyer	75
45	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Gertrude Linkmeyer	75
46	1965	I Dream of Jeannie	Sally	78
47	1965	I Dream of Jeannie	Maw	78
48	1966	Batman	Rosetta Stone	73
49	1967	Ironside	Helga	68
50	1967	The High Chaparral	Maude	65
51	1968	The Ghost & Mrs. Muir		64
52	1968	The Mod Squad		63
53	1968	Lancer		47
54	1969	The Bill Cosby Show		54
55	1969	Love, American Style		61
56	1971	Cannon		65
57	1971	Funny Face		50
58	1972	The Sandy Duncan Show		0
59	1973	Lotsa Luck	Iris Belmont	64
60	1973	Kojak	Ma Wonderly	70
61	1974	Kolchak: The Night Stalker		76
62	1974	Police Woman		63
63	1977	CHiPs		68
64	1979	The Facts of Life		70
65	1981	Simon & Simon		67
66	1984	Hunter	Ann Ridley	72
67	1985	Mr. Belvedere		69
68	1985	The Golden Girls	Mother Superior3	75
69	1985	Growing Pains	Madge	65
70	1985	Growing Pains	Sophie	65
71	1985	Growing Pains	Estelle	65
72	1985	MacGyver	Rose Magruta	77
73	1986	The Hogan Family		68
74	1986	Matlock		71
75	1986	L.A. Law	Joan Ackerman	71
76	1986	ALF	Betty Susla	77
77	1986	My Sister Sam		62
78	1987	Married... with Children	Peg's Mom (voice)	77
79	1987	DuckTales	Mrs. Crackshell (voice)	76
80	1988	Roseanne		68
81	1988	Murphy Brown	Mrs. Caldwell	65
82	1988	TV 101	Landlady	50
83	1989	Coach	Magda	68
84	1989	Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers		75
85	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Mrs. Parker (segment "Loved to Death")	80
86	1989	Major Dad		66
87	1989	Doogie Howser, M.D.		66
88	1989	Christine Cromwell	Catherine	73
89	1990	Sydney		70
90	1990	Beverly Hills, 90210		74
91	1991	Herman's Head	Mrs. Debusher	66
92	1991	Home Improvement	Gwen	74
93	1992	Melrose Place	Madge	59
94	1992	Martin		76
95	1992	Renegade	Felipe's Mother	67
96	1993	Phenom		48
97	1993	Dave's World	Waitress	64
98	1994	Duckman		72
99	1994	Party of Five		70
100	1994	ER	Rhonda's Patient	78
101	1995	Caroline in the City	Grandma Duffy	64
102	1996	Arliss		67
103	1996	The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest		72
104	1996	Clueless		62
105	1997	Cow and Chicken		71
106	1997	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show		56
107	1998	Love Boat: The Next Wave	Maw-Maw Cranston	50
108	1998	Becker	Edith / Evelyn	72
109	1999	Providence	Miss Van Gundy	65
110	1999	Batman Beyond	Ma Mayhem (voice)	81
111	1999	Grown Ups		52
112	1999	Detention	Miss Eugenia P. Kisskillya (voice)	50
113	2000	As Told by Ginger	Mrs. Gordon (voice)	66