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
Class Rank (2017)
as Barbara – The Editor in Chief
The Laramie Project (2002)
as Anonymous Female Rancher
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009)
as Mrs. Stieglitz
The People Speak (2009)
as Self
Lackawanna Blues (2005)
as Mrs. Carmichael
Bob Roberts (1992)
as Constance Roberts
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
as Ethel Harlan
Company Man (2000)
as Mother Quimp
A Price Above Rubies (1998)
as Beggar Woman
Miss Firecracker (1989)
as Miss Lilly
Side Streets (1998)
as Nanda
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (2011)
as Herself
Out of the Rain (1991)
as Ruth
First Born (2007)
as Mrs. Kasperian
A Death in the Family (2002)
as Aunt Hannah
Five Corners (1987)
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
Turning Blue (2024)
as Clara
My America (2014)
Actor
Where to Land (2025)
as Elizabeth
The Pornographer: A Love Story (2004)
as Mom
They Shall Not Perish (2017)
as Mabel Elliot
Dangerous Music (1991)
as Therapist
The Courtroom (2022)
as Judge Easterbrook
A Dream of Flying (2013)
as Old Woman
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway (1993)
Actor
2BPerfectlyHonest (2004)
as Female Customer
The Last New Yorker (2010)
as Mimi
500 Calories (2020)
as Ms. Evangeline
Isn't It Delicious (2013)
as Joan Weldon
Welcome to This House (2015)
as Elizabeth Bishop
QM, I Think I'll Call Her QM (1998)
as Dr. Ruth Fielding
MURDER and murder (1996)
as Mildred
David Searching (1997)
as Grandmother
Ambition's Debt (2017)
as Soothsayer
Book of Kings (2002)
as Nina