Kathleen Freeman
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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.
Known for
Credits
Shrek (2001)
as Old Woman (voice)
Hercules (1997)
as Heavyset Woman (voice)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
as Phoebe Dinsmore (uncredited)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
as Muriel
Hocus Pocus (1993)
as Miss Olin
The Blues Brothers (1980)
as Sister Mary Stigmata
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
as Microwave Marge
The Sting (1973)
as Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)
Joe Dirt (2001)
as Joe Dirt's Foster Mother (uncredited)
Innerspace (1987)
as Dream Lady
FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
as Edler (voice)
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
as Denise's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
as Mother Mary Stigmata
The Fly (1958)
as Emma
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
as Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
Mail Order Bride (1964)
as Sister Sue
The Nutty Professor (1963)
as Millie Lemmon
Point Blank (1967)
as First Citizen
Dragnet (1987)
as Enid Borden
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
as Mrs. Jensen
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
as Spectator (uncredited)
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998)
as Miss Peabody
Chances Are (1989)
as Mrs. Handy
Teen Wolf Too (1987)
as Admissions Lady
Baby Geniuses (1999)
as Lenny's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
The Naked City (1948)
as Stout Young Woman on an Elevated Train (Uncredited)
Artists and Models (1955)
as Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
as Miss March (uncredited)
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
as Mrs. Danvers
Monkey Business (1952)
as Mrs. Brannigan (uncredited)
Houseboat (1958)
as Laundromat Gossip
A Place in the Sun (1951)
as Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness (uncredited)
The Unholy Rollers (1972)
as Karen's Mother
Dutch (1991)
as Gritzi
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
Actor
Psycho Sisters (1974)
as Hilda
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
as Mrs. Stone
Athena (1954)
as Miss Seely
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
as Tom Tom Girl Gloria
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
as Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986)
as Loraine Bender
Ready to Rumble (2000)
as Jane King
The Far Country (1954)
as Grits
The Helicopter Spies (1968)
as Mom
The Buccaneer (1958)
as Tina
Myra Breckinridge (1970)
as Bobby Dean Loner
Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
as Mrs. Glucksman
North to Alaska (1960)
as Lena Nordqvist
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
as Mrs. Perkins
The Ladies Man (1961)
as Katie
Nickel & Dime (1992)
as Judge C.C. Leichter
Marriage on the Rocks (1965)
as Miss Blight
Hook, Line and Sinker (1969)
as Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter
The Rounders (1965)
as Agatha Moore
Where Does It Hurt? (1972)
as Mrs. Manzzini
The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
as Nurse Higgins
Appointment with Danger (1950)
as Nun
Cause for Alarm! (1951)
as Woman
House by the River (1950)
as Effie Ferguson - Party Guest
The Company She Keeps (1951)
as Josie, Parolee with Children (uncredited)
Which Way to the Front? (1970)
as Bland's Mother
Heartbeeps (1981)
as Helicopter Pilot
The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
as Lily Parker
The Magnetic Monster (1953)
as Nelly
Confidentially Connie (1953)
as Mother of Twins (uncredited)
Kiss Them for Me (1957)
as Nurse Wilinski (uncredited)
Let's Make It Legal (1951)
as Reporter (uncredited)
3 Ring Circus (1954)
as Custard Pie Gag Victim
The Errand Boy (1961)
as Mrs. Helen Paramutual
Dream Wife (1953)
as Hotel Maid
In the Mood (1987)
as Mrs. Marver
The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
as Officer Hurley
The Norseman (1978)
as Old Indian woman
The Midnight Story (1957)
as Rosa Cuneo
Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
as Mary Elizabeth
Seven Girlfriends (2000)
as Mrs. Hargrove
Carpool (1996)
as Franklin's Mom (voice)
Three on a Couch (1966)
as Murphy
No Man of Her Own (1950)
as Clara Larrimore (uncredited)
Reckless Kelly (1993)
as Mrs. Delance
Behave Yourself! (1951)
as Pet Shop Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)
The Willies (1990)
as Miss Titmarsh
Kid Monk Baroni (1952)
as Maria Baroni
That Funny Feeling (1965)
as Woman at Phone Booth
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
as Mrs. Kahrney
The Glass Wall (1953)
as Zelda - Fat Woman
Call Her Mom (1972)
as Woman
The Missouri Traveler (1958)
as Serena Poole
The Wrong Guys (1988)
as Grunski's Mum
Inside Out (1987)
Actor
Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
as Sarah
Come Fill the Cup (1951)
as Lil - Newspaper Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Madison Avenue (1961)
as Miss Thelma Haley
Cry Danger (1951)
as Cigarette Clerk #2 (uncredited)
The Saxon Charm (1948)
as Reception Nurse
Talk About a Stranger (1952)
as Rosa, Grocery Clerk
Two Guys Talkin' About Girls (1995)
as Rhondas Grandma
Battle of Rogue River (1954)
as Sis Pringle
Pawnee (1957)
as Mrs. Carter
The Canterville Ghost (1988)
as Mrs. Umney
A Life of Her Own (1950)
as Switchboard Operator at Betsy Ross Hotel (uncredited)
The Best of Times (1986)
as Rosie
A Perilous Journey (1953)
as Leah
Super Ducktales (1989)
as Mrs. Crackshell (voice)
Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
as Miss Magruder (uncredited)
Behind Locked Doors (1948)
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Second Face (1950)
as Shirley
Your Three Minutes Are Up (1973)
as Mrs. Wilk
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (1975)
as Essie
Strictly Dishonorable (1951)
as Organist
Lonely Heart Bandits (1950)
as Bertha Martin
Once a Thief (1950)
as Phoebe
Man and Cat (2001)
as Female Cat
She's Back on Broadway (1953)
as Webber's Receptionist
But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970)
as Mrs. Borg
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002)
as Self
Soup and Me (1978)
as Mrs. Stetson
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (1998)
as Self
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
as Stella Kowalski
Glitz (1988)
as Mrs. Magyk
Hitched (1973)
as Rainbow McCloud
Hollywood Chaos (1989)
Actor
Annie Was a Wonder (1949)
as Annie Swenson
Wild Harvest (1962)
as Goldie
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones (1951)
as Chick Watts