Kathleen Chalfant
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Kathleen Chalfant (b. 1945, San Francisco) is an American actress, primarily a stage performer. She earned a Tony nomination for Angels in America (1993) and won multiple awards for Wit (1998), including a Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Obie. She received the Obie for Lifetime Achievement in 2018. On screen, her highlights include Old (2021) and Familiar Touch (2024), the latter earning her the Venice Orizzonti Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. She is married to photographer Henry Chalfant.
Known for
Credits
Old (2021)
as Agnes
Perfect Stranger (2007)
as Elizabeth Clayton
Duplicity (2009)
as Pam Frailes
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
as Dean (segment ‘Lot 249’)
Junior (1994)
as Casitas Madres Receptionist
The Last Days of Disco (1998)
as Zenia
Familiar Touch (2025)
as Ruth
Kinsey (2004)
as Barbara Merkle
Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1991)
as Mom
The Laramie Project (2002)
as Anonymous Female Rancher
The People Speak (2009)
as Self
Lackawanna Blues (2005)
as Mrs. Carmichael
A Price Above Rubies (1998)
as Beggar Woman
Bob Roberts (1992)
as Constance Roberts
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
as Ethel Harlan
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009)
as Mrs. Stieglitz
Company Man (2000)
as Mother Quimp
Class Rank (2017)
as Barbara – The Editor in Chief
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (2011)
as Herself
Turning Blue (2024)
as Clara
They Shall Not Perish (2017)
as Mabel Elliot
2BPerfectlyHonest (2004)
as Female Customer
Miss Firecracker (1989)
as Miss Lilly
Side Streets (1998)
as Nanda
First Born (2007)
as Mrs. Kasperian
Out of the Rain (1991)
as Ruth
The Courtroom (2022)
as Judge Easterbrook
Dangerous Music (1991)
as Therapist
Five Corners (1987)
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway (1993)
Actor
A Death in the Family (2002)
as Aunt Hannah
Where to Land (2025)
as Elizabeth
The Last New Yorker (2010)
as Mimi
A Dream of Flying (2013)
as Old Woman
The Pornographer: A Love Story (2004)
as Mom
My America (2014)
Actor
Welcome to This House (2015)
as Elizabeth Bishop
500 Calories (2020)
as Ms. Evangeline
Isn't It Delicious (2013)
as Joan Weldon
QM, I Think I'll Call Her QM (1998)
as Dr. Ruth Fielding
David Searching (1997)
as Grandmother
MURDER and murder (1996)
as Mildred
Ambition's Debt (2017)
as Soothsayer
Book of Kings (2002)
as Nina