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Kathleen Freeman

Acting

Born February 17, 1919 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died August 23, 2001

Biography

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Theatre World Award · 2001

Filmography50+ titles

Batman Beyond

1999as Ma Mayhem (voice)

Singin' in the Rain

1952as Phoebe Dinsmore (uncredited)

Tales from the Crypt

1989as Mrs. Parker (segment "Loved to Death")

The Sting

1973as Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)

Shrek

2001as Old Woman (voice)

ER

1994as Rhonda's Patient

I Dream of Jeannie

1965as Maw

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Angela Morrow

DuckTales

1987as Mrs. Crackshell (voice)

Married... with Children

1987as Peg's Mom (voice)

MacGyver

1985as Rose Magruta

The Blues Brothers

1980as Sister Mary Stigmata

Martin

1992as Saleslady

Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers

1989

ALF

1986as Betty Susla

The Golden Girls

1985as Mother Superior3

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

1974

Hogan's Heroes

1965as Gertrude Linkmeyer

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961as Maid

Hercules

1997as Heavyset Woman (voice)

Bonanza

1959as Miss Hibbs

Home Improvement

1991as Gwen

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990as Pawn Shop Clerk

Batman

1966as Rosetta Stone

The Collector

1965Dialogue Coach

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952as Miss March (uncredited)

A Place in the Sun

1951as Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness (uncredited)

Becker

1998as Edith / Evelyn

Kojak

1973as Ma Wonderly

Rawhide

1959as Mrs. Beamish

The Naked City

1948as Stout Young Woman on an Elevated Train (Uncredited)

Cow and Chicken

1997as Greta (voice)

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

1996

L.A. Law

1986as Joan Ackerman

Matlock

1986as Lucy Lewis

Hunter

1984as Ann Ridley

The Facts of Life

1979

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as Mrs. Sparks

The Lucy Show

1962as Kathleen

Party of Five

1994as Mona

Hocus Pocus

1993as Miss Olin

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970as Mrs. Jensen

Support Your Local Sheriff!

1969as Mrs. Danvers

Point Blank

1967as First Citizen

Dragnet 1967

1967as Mrs. Sunshine Pound

Mail Order Bride

1964as Sister Sue

Daniel Boone

1964as Berthe

The Fly

1958as Emma

The Seven Year Itch

1955as Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)

Detention

as Miss Eugenia P. Kisskillya (voice)