Biography
Kathleen Freeman (February 17, 1919 β 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
all 216
Movies 118
TV Shows 98
Voice 9
self 2
Self
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002)
Movie
Old Woman (voice)
Shrek (2001)
Movie
6.85
Joe Dirt's Foster Mother (uncredited)
Joe Dirt (2001)
Movie
5.82
Mrs. Gordon (voice)
As Told by Ginger (2000)
TV
7
Denise's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
Movie
6.06
Mrs. Hargrove
Seven Girlfriends (2000)
Movie
Jane King
Ready to Rumble (2000)
Movie
Miss Kisskillya
Detention (1999)
TV
Grown Ups (1999)
TV
Ma Mayhem (voice)
Batman Beyond (1999)
TV
6.55
Miss Van Gundy
Providence (1999)
TV
4.75
Tom Tom Girl Gloria
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
Movie
10
Edith / Evelyn
Becker (1998)
TV
Miss Peabody
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998)
Movie
Self
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (1998)
Movie
Maw-Maw Cranston
Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998)
TV
Cow and Chicken (1997)
TV
6
Heavyset Woman (voice)
Hercules (1997)
Movie
6.82
Clueless (1996)
TV
8.5
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996)
TV
1
Franklin's Mom (voice)
Carpool (1996)
Movie
Arliss (1996)
TV
Rhondas Grandma
Two Guys Talkin' About Girls (1995)
Movie
Rhonda's Patient
ER (1994)
TV
5.44
Party of Five (1994)
TV
6
Muriel
Naked Gun 33β : The Final Insult (1994)
Movie
5.89
Duckman (1994)
TV
6
Dave's World (1993)
TV
Phenom (1993)
TV
Miss Olin
Hocus Pocus (1993)
Movie
8.25
Mrs. Delance
Reckless Kelly (1993)
Movie
Felipe's Mother
Renegade (1992)
TV
Martin (1992)
TV
6
Melrose Place (1992)
TV
6
Edler (voice)
FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
Movie
9
Gwen
Home Improvement (1991)
TV
7
Mrs. Debusher
Herman's Head (1991)
TV
Gritzi
Dutch (1991)
Movie
6
Miss Titmarsh
The Willies (1990)
Movie
8
Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
TV
5.4
Microwave Marge
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Movie
6
Sydney (1990)
TV
Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989)
TV
5.35
Major Dad (1989)
TV
4.33
Dance Teacher (voice)
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
Movie
Mrs. Parker
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
TV
6.4
Mrs. Handy
Chances Are (1989)
Movie
5.5
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers (1989)
TV
7
Coach (1989)
TV
4.75
Landlady
TV 101 (1988)
TV
Mrs. Caldwell
Murphy Brown (1988)
TV
6
Roseanne (1988)
TV
5.63
Mrs. Magyk
Glitz (1988)
Movie
Mrs. Umney
The Canterville Ghost (1988)
Movie
Grunski's Mum
The Wrong Guys (1988)
Movie
Admissions Lady
Teen Wolf Too (1987)
Movie
5.86
Mrs. Crackshell (voice)
DuckTales (1987)
TV
7.14
Mrs. Marver
In the Mood (1987)
Movie
6
Dream Lady
Innerspace (1987)
Movie
6.75
Enid Borden
Dragnet (1987)
Movie
7
Peg's Mom (voice)
Married... with Children (1987)
TV
5.85
Loraine Bender
The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986)
Movie
Inside Out (1986)
Movie
My Sister Sam (1986)
TV
Betty Susla
ALF (1986)
TV
7.2
Joan Ackerman
L.A. Law (1986)
TV
6
Matlock (1986)
TV
6
The Hogan Family (1986)
TV
Rosie
The Best of Times (1986)
Movie
10
MacGyver (1985)
TV
5.87
Madge / Sophie / Estelle
Growing Pains (1985)
TV
5.22
Mother Superior3
The Golden Girls (1985)
TV
6
Mr. Belvedere (1985)
TV
Ann Ridley
Hunter (1984)
TV
Helicopter Pilot
Heartbeeps (1981)
Movie
Simon & Simon (1981)
TV
6
Sister Mary Stigmata
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Movie
7.2
The Facts of Life (1979)
TV
10
Old Indian woman
The Norseman (1978)
Movie
Mrs. Stetson
Soup and Me (1978)
Movie
CHiPs (1977)
TV
1
Officer Hurley
The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
Movie
3.44
Essie
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (1975)
Movie
Hilda
Psycho Sisters (1974)
Movie
Police Woman (1974)
TV
5.55
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
TV
5.33
Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)
The Sting (1973)
Movie
3.83
Ma Wonderly
Kojak (1973)
TV
6
Iris Belmont
Lotsa Luck (1973)
TV
Mrs. Wilk
Your Three Minutes Are Up (1973)
Movie
Karen's Mother
The Unholy Rollers (1972)
Movie
The Sandy Duncan Show (1972)
TV
Mrs. Manzzini
Where Does It Hurt? (1972)
Movie
Sarah
Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
Movie
Woman
Call Her Mom (1972)
Movie
Kate
Funny Face (1971)
TV
Cannon (1971)
TV
6
Mrs. Perkins
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
Movie
1
Rainbow McCloud
Hitched (1971)
Movie
Mrs. Borg
But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970)
Movie
Bland's Mother
Which Way to the Front? (1970)
Movie
Bobby Dean Loner
Myra Breckinridge (1970)
Movie
Mrs. Jensen
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Movie
6
Mrs. Stone
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
Movie
Love, American Style (1969)
TV
Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter
Hook, Line and Sinker (1969)
Movie
Mary Elizabeth
Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
Movie
Mrs. Danvers
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
Movie
The Mod Squad (1968)
TV
6
Lancer (1968)
TV
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968)
TV
6
Mom
The Helicopter Spies (1968)
Movie
6.6
Maude
The High Chaparral (1967)
TV
6
First Citizen
Point Blank (1967)
Movie
3.5
Helga
Ironside (1967)
TV
6
Murphy
Three on a Couch (1966)
Movie
Rosetta Stone
Batman (1966)
TV
5
Miss Blight
Marriage on the Rocks (1965)
Movie
Maw / Sally
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
TV
6.11
Gertrude Linkmyer / Gertrude Linkmeyer
Hogan's Heroes (1965)
TV
Laredo (1965)
TV
6
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965)
TV
4.33
Woman at Phone Booth
That Funny Feeling (1965)
Movie
Agatha Moore
The Rounders (1965)
Movie
Nurse Higgins
The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
Movie
Actress
Harris Against the World (1964)
TV
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
TV
Berthe
Daniel Boone (1964)
TV
5.75
The Bing Crosby Show (1964)
TV
Sister Sue
Mail Order Bride (1964)
Movie
Mrs. Glucksman
Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
Movie
Millie Lemmon
The Nutty Professor (1963)
Movie
Kathleen / Miss Putnam / Olga / Mrs. Blake
The Lucy Show (1962)
TV
Mabel Johnson
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
TV
6
Angela Morrow / Mrs. McLeod
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
TV
5
Mrs. Dassel
Pericles on 31st Street (1962)
Movie
Goldie
Wild Harvest (1962)
Movie
Mrs. Helen Paramutual
The Errand Boy (1961)
Movie
Mrs Campbell
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
TV
5.8
Ben Casey (1961)
TV
4.75
Bus Stop (1961)
TV
87th Precinct (1961)
TV
Katie
The Ladies Man (1961)
Movie
Miss Thelma Haley
Madison Avenue (1961)
Movie
Mister Ed (1961)
TV
5.59
Lena Nordqvist
North to Alaska (1960)
Movie
Emma Stroud
The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960)
TV
Guestward, Ho! (1960)
TV
My Three Sons (1960)
TV
6
The Detectives (1959)
TV
Hawaiian Eye (1959)
TV
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959)
TV
6
Ma Brinker
Bonanza (1959)
TV
1
Mrs. Beamish
Rawhide (1959)
TV
4
Tina
The Buccaneer (1958)
Movie
Laundromat Gossip / Laundromat Gossip (uncredited)
Houseboat (1958)
Movie
2
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
TV
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
TV
6
Bronco (1958)
TV
Emma
The Fly (1958)
Movie
5.95
Miss Magruder (uncredited)
Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
Movie
Serena Poole
The Missouri Traveler (1958)
Movie
Nurse Wilinski (uncredited)
Kiss Them for Me (1957)
Movie
Mrs. Carter
Pawnee (1957)
Movie
Rosa Cuneo
The Midnight Story (1957)
Movie
Maggie McCaskey
O. Henry Playhouse (1957)
TV
Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited)
Artists and Models (1955)
Movie
Matinee Theater (1955)
TV
Mrs. Johnson
It's Always Jan (1955)
TV
Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Movie
6.3
Custard Pie Gag Victim
3 Ring Circus (1954)
Movie
Miss Seely
Athena (1954)
Movie
December Bride (1954)
TV
Lassie (1954)
TV
8
Sis Pringle
Battle of Rogue River (1954)
Movie
Grits
The Far Country (1954)
Movie
Marilly the Housekeeper
Mayor of the Town (1954)
TV
Katie
Topper (1953)
TV
Jessie / Cousin Phemie
Letter to Loretta (1953)
TV
Stella Kowalski
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
Movie
Hotel Maid
Dream Wife (1953)
Movie
Leah
A Perilous Journey (1953)
Movie
Zelda - Fat Woman
The Glass Wall (1953)
Movie
Webber's Receptionist
She's Back on Broadway (1953)
Movie
Mother of Twins (uncredited)
Confidentially Connie (1953)
Movie
Nelly
The Magnetic Monster (1953)
Movie
Miss March (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Movie
7
Mr. & Mrs. North (1952)
TV
Mrs. Brannigan - Neighbor (uncredited)
Monkey Business (1952)
Movie
1
Mrs. Dorset (segment 'The Ransom of Red Chief') (uncredited)
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Movie
6.75
Maria Baroni
Kid Monk Baroni (1952)
Movie
Rosa, Grocery Clerk
Talk About a Stranger (1952)
Movie
6.91
Phoebe Dinsmore (uncredited)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Movie
6
Mrs. Kahrney
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
Movie
Spectator (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Movie
Dragnet (1951)
TV
7
Reporter (uncredited)
Let's Make It Legal (1951)
Movie
Ripplehissian gang
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
TV
Pet Shop Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)
Behave Yourself! (1951)
Movie
Chick Watts
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones (1951)
Movie
Organist
Strictly Dishonorable (1951)
Movie
Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Movie
5.67
Woman
Cause for Alarm! (1951)
Movie
6
Cigarette Clerk #2 (uncredited)
Cry Danger (1951)
Movie
6
Jessie - Parolee with Child (uncredited)
The Company She Keeps (1951)
Movie
Shirley
The Second Face (1950)
Movie
Switchboard Operator at Betsy Ross Hotel (uncredited)
A Life of Her Own (1950)
Movie
Bertha Martin
Lonely Heart Bandits (1950)
Movie
Phoebe
Once a Thief (1950)
Movie
Lily Parker
The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
Movie
Nun
Appointment with Danger (1950)
Movie
Effie Ferguson - Party Guest
House by the River (1950)
Movie
Clara Larrimore (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own (1950)
Movie
Annie Swenson
Annie Was a Wonder (1949)
Movie
Nurse (uncredited)
Behind Locked Doors (1948)
Movie
Stout Young Woman on an Elevated Train (Uncredited)
The Naked City (1948)
Movie
6
Ratings
Average 6.16
Based on 3.79 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1948
1958
1969
1958
2002
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1919-02-17
Deathday2001-08-23 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceChicago, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsTheatre World Award
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