Kathryn Joosten was born in Chicago. Her first career was as a psychiatric nurse at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, living in nearby Lake Forest, Illinois, where she married a psychiatrist and raised two sons. Following her 1980 divorce, she began acting in community theater in 1982, at age 42.

Filmography

• 2014Wish Wizard — Mrs. Inkwell
• Harry's Law — Maisie Joyce
• 2011Mega Python vs. Gatoroid — Angie
• 2009Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel — Aunt Jackie
• The Cleveland Show — Hazel (voice)
• 2008Bedtime Stories — Mrs. Dixon
• The Mentalist — Gloria Williams
• 2007Jane Doe: Ties That Bind — Cara Goodman
• 2007Rails & Ties — Mrs. Brown
• 2007The TV Set — Lois
• 2006Dark Mind — Nurse
• 2005Cheaper by the Dozen 2 — Theatre Patron
• 2005Fathers and Sons — Gene's Mom (uncredited)
• Grey's Anatomy — Stephanie Drake
• 2005Hostage — Louise
• Love, Inc. — Doris
• My Name Is Earl — Donny's Mom
• The Closer — Nurse Townsend
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody — Marilyn
• 2005Wedding Crashers — Chazz's Mom
• 2004Breaking Dawn — Neighbor
• 2004Combustion — Miss Knight
• Desperate Housewives — Karen McCluskey
• Father of the Pride — (voice)
• 10-8: Officers on Duty — Mrs Unterberger
• Hope & Faith — Funeral Guest
• Joan of Arcadia — Old Lady God
• Las Vegas — Robby
• 2003Red Roses and Petrol — Nurse
• 2003Secret Santa — Winifred
• 2003Wasabi Tuna — Erma
• 2002Cojones — Old Lady
• Everwood — Mrs. Hammerhill
• Less than Perfect — Old Lady
• Life with Bonnie — Phyllis
• Monk — Neysa Gordon, Nurse Stampel
• Raising Dad — Mrs. Paultis
• Reba — Director
• Scrubs — Mrs. Tanner
• The Division — Constance 'Connie ' Langtry
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Jenny
• Even Stevens — Edna Manning
• Gilmore Girls — Maisy Fortner
• 2000Hellraiser: Inferno — Mother
• Malcolm in the Middle — Claire
• Strong Medicine — Mrs. Nolan
• Titus — Betty
• Judging Amy — Judge Drabowsky
• 1999Kiss Toledo Goodbye — Wheelchair Lady
• Providence — Miss O'Meara, Mrs. Nielsen
• Thanks
• The West Wing — Dolores Landingham
• Becker — Mrs. Goldsmith
• 1998Phoenix — Esther
• The King of Queens — Maureen
• Will & Grace — Felicia
• Ally McBeal — Sister Alice
• 1997Best Men — Edie
• Brooklyn South — Mariah Westbrook
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Genevive Holt
• Dharma & Greg — Claire
• Just Shoot Me! — Mrs. Pierce
• 3rd Rock from the Sun — Cafeteria Lady
• Arli$$ — Kirby's Mother
• Boston Common — Mrs. Schuster
• Men Behaving Badly — Saleswoman
• Profiler — Morganna Styles
• Spin City — Sister Agnes
• 1996The Making of a Hollywood Madam — Mrs. Oshatz
• The Drew Carey Show — Ruth, Natalie
• 1995The Stranger Beside Me — Judge
• Chicago Hope — Cleaning woman (uncredited)
• ER — Lois
• Frasier — Vera
• NYPD Blue — Mrs. Prows
• The Nanny — Ward Nurse
• The X-Files — Agent Edie Boal
• Home Improvement — Thelma McCready
• Family Matters — Grocery Checker
• Seinfeld — Betsy
• 1989The Package — Waitress
• Murphy Brown — Secretary #83
• Roseanne
• 1984Grandview, U.S.A. — Mrs. Clark

Appearances as themselves (4)

• The Talk — Self
• 2009Annul Victory — Self
• The Bonnie Hunt Show — Self
• The Greg Behrendt Show — Self