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.

Filmography

• 2001Joe Dirt — Joe Dirt's Foster Mother (uncredited)
• 2001Man and Cat — Female Cat
• 2001Shrek — Old Woman (voice)
• As Told by Ginger — Mrs. Gordon (voice)
• 2000Nutty Professor II: The Klumps — Denise's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
• 2000Ready to Rumble — Jane King
• 2000Seven Girlfriends — Mrs. Hargrove
• 1999Baby Geniuses — Lenny's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
• Batman Beyond — Ma Mayhem (voice)
• Detention — Miss Eugenia P. Kisskillya (voice)
• Grown Ups — Mona
• Providence — Miss Van Gundy
• Becker — Edith / Evelyn
• 1998Blues Brothers 2000 — Mother Mary Stigmata
• 1998I'll Be Home for Christmas — Tom Tom Girl Gloria
• Love Boat: The Next Wave — Maw-Maw Cranston
• 1998Richie Rich's Christmas Wish — Miss Peabody
• Cow and Chicken — Greta (voice)
• 1997Hercules — Heavyset Woman (voice)
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
• Arli$$ — Helga Krupp
• 1996Carpool — Franklin's Mom (voice)
• Clueless
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
• Caroline in the City — Grandma Duffy
• 1995Two Guys Talkin' About Girls — Rhondas Grandma
• Duckman
• ER — Rhonda's Patient
• 1994Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult — Muriel
• Party of Five — Mona
• Dave's World — Waitress
• 1993Hocus Pocus — Miss Olin
• Phenom
• 1993Reckless Kelly — Mrs. Delance
• 1992FernGully: The Last Rainforest — Edler (voice)
• Martin — Saleslady
• Melrose Place — Madge
• 1992Nickel & Dime — Judge C.C. Leichter
• Renegade — Felipe's Mother
• 1991Dutch — Gritzi
• Herman's Head — Mrs. Debusher
• Home Improvement — Gwen
• Rugrats — Margaret (voice), Woman #8 (voice)
• Beverly Hills, 90210 — Pawn Shop Clerk
• 1990Gremlins 2: The New Batch — Microwave Marge
• Sydney
• 1990The Willies — Miss Titmarsh
• 1989Chances Are — Mrs. Handy
• Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
• Christine Cromwell — Catherine
• Coach — Magda
• Doogie Howser, M.D. — Mrs. Mickling
• 1989Hollywood Chaos
• Major Dad
• 1989Super Ducktales — Mrs. Crackshell (voice)
• Tales from the Crypt — Mrs. Parker (segment "Loved to Death")
• 1988Glitz — Mrs. Magyk, Mrs Magyk
• Murphy Brown — Mrs. Caldwell
• Roseanne
• TV 101 — Landlady
• 1988The Canterville Ghost — Mrs. Umney
• 1988The Wrong Guys — Grunski's Mum
• 1987Dragnet — Enid Borden
• DuckTales — Mrs. Crackshell (voice)
• 1987In the Mood — Mrs. Marver
• 1987Innerspace — Dream Lady
• 1987Inside Out
• Married... with Children — Peg's Mom (voice)
• She's the Sheriff — Aunt Bessie
• 1987Teen Wolf Too — Admissions Lady
• ALF — Betty Susla
• L.A. Law — Joan Ackerman
• Matlock — Lucy Lewis
• My Sister Sam
• 1986The Best of Times — Rosie
• The Hogan Family
• 1986The Malibu Bikini Shop — Loraine Bender
• Growing Pains — Madge, Sophie, Estelle
• MacGyver — Rose Magruta
• Mr. Belvedere
• The Golden Girls — Mother Superior3
• Hunter — Ann Ridley
• 1981Heartbeeps — Helicopter Pilot
• Simon & Simon — Felix's customer
• 1980The Blues Brothers — Sister Mary Stigmata
• The Facts of Life
• 1978Soup and Me — Mrs. Stetson
• 1978The Norseman — Old Indian woman
• CHiPs
• 1975The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return — Essie
• 1975The Strongest Man in the World — Officer Hurley
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker
• Police Woman
• 1974Psycho Sisters — Hilda
• 1973Hitched — Rainbow McCloud
• Kojak — Ma Wonderly
• Lotsa Luck — Iris Belmont
• 1973The Sting — Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)
• 1973Your Three Minutes Are Up — Mrs. Wilk
• 1972Call Her Mom — Woman
• 1972Stand Up and Be Counted — Sarah
• The Sandy Duncan Show
• 1972The Unholy Rollers — Karen's Mother
• 1972Where Does It Hurt? — Mrs. Manzzini, Mrs. Mazzini
• Cannon
• Funny Face
• 1971Support Your Local Gunfighter — Mrs. Perkins
• 1970But I Don't Want to Get Married! — Mrs. Borg
• 1970Myra Breckinridge — Bobby Dean Loner
• 1970The Ballad of Cable Hogue — Mrs. Jensen
• 1970Which Way to the Front? — Bland's Mother
• 1969Death of a Gunfighter — Mary Elizabeth
• 1969Hook, Line and Sinker — Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter
• Love, American Style
• 1969Support Your Local Sheriff! — Mrs. Danvers
• The Bill Cosby Show — Eloise Hardy
• 1969The Good Guys and the Bad Guys — Mrs. Stone
• Lancer
• The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
• 1968The Helicopter Spies — Mom
• The Mod Squad
• Dragnet — Mrs. Sunshine Pound
• Ironside — Helga
• 1967Point Blank — First Citizen
• The High Chaparral — Maude
• Batman — Rosetta Stone
• 1966Three on a Couch — Murphy
• Hogan's Heroes — Gertrude Linkmyer, Gertrude Linkmeyer
• I Dream of Jeannie — Sally, Maw
• Laredo
• 1965Marriage on the Rocks — Miss Blight
• Please Don't Eat the Daisies
• 1965That Funny Feeling — Woman at Phone Booth
• 1965The Collector — Dialogue Coach
• 1965The Rounders — Agatha Moore
• Daniel Boone — Berthe
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
• 1964Mail Order Bride — Sister Sue
• The Bing Crosby Show
• 1964The Disorderly Orderly — Nurse Higgins
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Mrs. Sparks
• 1963The Nutty Professor — Millie Lemmon
• 1963Who's Minding the Store? — Mrs. Glucksman
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Angela Morrow, Mrs. McLeod
• The Beverly Hillbillies — Mabel Johnson
• The Lucy Show — Olga, Mrs. Blake, Kathleen, Miss Putnam
• 1962Wild Harvest — Goldie
• 87th Precinct
• Ben Casey
• Bus Stop
• 1961Madison Avenue — Miss Thelma Haley
• Mister Ed
• The Dick Van Dyke Show — Maid
• 1961The Errand Boy — Mrs. Helen Paramutual
• 1961The Ladies Man — Katie
• Guestward, Ho!
• My Three Sons
• 1960North to Alaska — Lena Nordqvist
• The Case of the Dangerous Robin — Emma Stroud
• Bonanza — Ma Brinker, Miss Hibbs
• Hawaiian Eye
• Rawhide — Mrs. Beamish
• The Detectives
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
• 77 Sunset Strip
• Bronco
• 1958Houseboat — Laundromat Gossip
• 1958The Buccaneer — Tina
• The Donna Reed Show
• 1958The Fly — Emma
• 1958The Missouri Traveler — Serena Poole
• 1958Too Much, Too Soon — Miss Magruder (uncredited)
• 1957Kiss Them for Me — Nurse Wilinski (uncredited)
• O. Henry Playhouse — Maggie McCaskey
• 1957Pawnee — Mrs. Carter
• 1957The Midnight Story — Rosa Cuneo
• 1955Artists and Models — Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited)
• Matinee Theater
• 19543 Ring Circus — Custard Pie Gag Victim
• 1954Athena — Miss Seely
• 1954Battle of Rogue River — Sis Pringle
• December Bride
• Father Knows Best — Woman at Bus Station
• Lassie
• Mayor of the Town — Marilly the Housekeeper
• 1954The Far Country — Grits
• 1953A Perilous Journey — Leah
• 1953Confidentially Connie — Mother of Twins (uncredited)
• 1953Dream Wife — Hotel Maid
• Letter to Loretta — Jessie, Cousin Phemie
• 1953She's Back on Broadway — Webber's Receptionist
• 1953The Affairs of Dobie Gillis — Stella Kowalski
• 1953The Glass Wall — Zelda - Fat Woman
• 1953The Magnetic Monster — Nelly
• Topper
• 1952Kid Monk Baroni — Maria Baroni
• 1952Love Is Better Than Ever — Mrs. Kahrney
• 1952Monkey Business — Mrs. Brannigan (uncredited)
• Mr. & Mrs. North
• 1952O. Henry's Full House — Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
• 1952Singin' in the Rain — Phoebe Dinsmore (uncredited)
• 1952Talk About a Stranger — Rosa, Grocery Clerk
• 1952The Bad and the Beautiful — Miss March (uncredited)
• 1952The Greatest Show on Earth — Spectator (uncredited)
• 1952The Prisoner of Zenda
• 1951A Place in the Sun — Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness (uncredited)
• 1951Behave Yourself! — Pet Shop Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)
• 1951Cause for Alarm! — Woman
• 1951Come Fill the Cup — Lil - Newspaper Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
• 1951Cry Danger — Cigarette Clerk #2 (uncredited)
• Dragnet
• 1951Let's Make It Legal — Reporter (uncredited)
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Ripplehissian gang
• 1951Strictly Dishonorable — Organist
• 1951The Company She Keeps — Josie, Parolee with Children (uncredited)
• 1951Yes Sir, Mr. Bones — Chick Watts
• 1950A Life of Her Own — Switchboard Operator at Betsy Ross Hotel (uncredited)
• 1950Appointment with Danger — Nun
• 1950House by the River — Effie Ferguson - Party Guest
• 1950Lonely Heart Bandits — Bertha Martin
• 1950No Man of Her Own — Clara Larrimore (uncredited)
• 1950Once a Thief — Phoebe
• 1950The Reformer and the Redhead — Lily Parker
• 1950The Second Face — Shirley
• 1949Annie Was a Wonder — Annie Swenson
• 1948Behind Locked Doors — Nurse (uncredited)
• 1948The Naked City — Stout Young Woman on an Elevated Train (Uncredited)
• 1948The Saxon Charm — Reception Nurse

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2002What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' — Self
• 1998The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' — Self
• The Bob Hope Show — Self