Kathleen Freeman

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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.

Known For

Shrek

Old Woman (voice)

Hercules

Heavyset Woman (voice)

The Blues Brothers

Sister Mary Stigmata

Singin' in the Rain

Phoebe Dinsmore (uncredited)

Hocus Pocus

Miss Olin

The Sting

Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Microwave Marge

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Muriel

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Year	Title	Role
2002	What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' MOVIE	Self
2001	Man and Cat MOVIE	Female Cat
2001	Shrek MOVIE	Old Woman (voice)
2001	Joe Dirt MOVIE	Joe Dirt's Foster Mother (uncredited)
2000	As Told by Ginger TV	Mrs. Gordon (voice)
2000	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps MOVIE	Denise's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
2000	Seven Girlfriends MOVIE	Mrs. Hargrove
2000	Ready to Rumble MOVIE	Jane King
1999	Detention TV	Miss Eugenia P. Kisskillya (voice)
1999	Grown Ups TV	Self
1999	Baby Geniuses MOVIE	Lenny's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
1999	Batman Beyond TV	Ma Mayhem (voice)
1999	Providence TV	Miss Van Gundy
1998	I'll Be Home for Christmas MOVIE	Tom Tom Girl Gloria
1998	Becker TV	Edith / Evelyn
1998	Richie Rich's Christmas Wish MOVIE	Miss Peabody
1998	The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' MOVIE	Self
1998	Love Boat: The Next Wave TV	Maw-Maw Cranston
1998	Blues Brothers 2000 MOVIE	Mother Mary Stigmata
1997	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show TV	Self
1997	Hercules MOVIE	Heavyset Woman (voice)
1996	Clueless TV	Self
1996	The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest TV	Self
1996	Carpool MOVIE	Franklin's Mom (voice)
1996	Arli$$ TV	Helga Krupp
1995	Caroline in the City TV	Grandma Duffy
1995	Two Guys Talkin' About Girls MOVIE	Rhondas Grandma
1994	ER TV	Rhonda's Patient
1994	Party of Five TV	Mona
1994	Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult MOVIE	Muriel
1994	Duckman TV	Self
1993	Dave's World TV	Waitress
1993	Phenom TV	Self
1993	Hocus Pocus MOVIE	Miss Olin
1993	Reckless Kelly MOVIE	Mrs. Delance
1992	Renegade TV	Felipe's Mother
1992	Martin TV	Saleslady
1992	Melrose Place TV	Madge
1992	FernGully: The Last Rainforest MOVIE	Edler (voice)
1992	Nickel & Dime MOVIE	Judge C.C. Leichter
1991	Home Improvement TV	Gwen
1991	Herman's Head TV	Mrs. Debusher
1991	Dutch MOVIE	Gritzi
1990	The Willies MOVIE	Miss Titmarsh
1990	Beverly Hills, 90210 TV	Pawn Shop Clerk
1990	Gremlins 2: The New Batch MOVIE	Microwave Marge
1990	Sydney TV	Self
1989	Christine Cromwell TV	Catherine
1989	Doogie Howser, M.D. TV	Self
1989	Major Dad TV	Self
1989	Tales from the Crypt TV	Mrs. Parker (segment "Loved to Death")
1989	Super Ducktales MOVIE	Mrs. Crackshell (voice)
1989	Chances Are MOVIE	Mrs. Handy
1989	Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers TV	Self
1989	Coach TV	Magda
1989	Hollywood Chaos MOVIE	Self
1988	TV 101 TV	Landlady
1988	Murphy Brown TV	Mrs. Caldwell
1988	Roseanne TV	Self
1988	Glitz MOVIE	Mrs. Magyk
1988	Glitz MOVIE	Mrs Magyk
1988	The Canterville Ghost MOVIE	Mrs. Umney
1988	The Wrong Guys MOVIE	Grunski's Mum
1987	Teen Wolf Too MOVIE	Admissions Lady
1987	She's the Sheriff TV	Aunt Bessie
1987	DuckTales TV	Mrs. Crackshell (voice)
1987	In the Mood MOVIE	Mrs. Marver
1987	Inside Out MOVIE	Self
1987	Innerspace MOVIE	Dream Lady
1987	Dragnet MOVIE	Enid Borden
1987	Married... with Children TV	Peg's Mom (voice)
1986	The Malibu Bikini Shop MOVIE	Loraine Bender
1986	My Sister Sam TV	Self
1986	ALF TV	Betty Susla
1986	L.A. Law TV	Joan Ackerman
1986	Matlock TV	Lucy Lewis
1986	The Hogan Family TV	Self
1986	The Best of Times MOVIE	Rosie
1985	MacGyver TV	Rose Magruta
1985	Growing Pains TV	Madge
1985	Growing Pains TV	Sophie
1985	Growing Pains TV	Estelle
1985	The Golden Girls TV	Mother Superior3
1985	Mr. Belvedere TV	Self
1984	Hunter TV	Ann Ridley
1981	Heartbeeps MOVIE	Helicopter Pilot
1981	Simon & Simon TV	Self
1980	The Blues Brothers MOVIE	Sister Mary Stigmata
1979	The Facts of Life TV	Self
1978	The Norseman MOVIE	Old Indian woman
1978	Soup and Me MOVIE	Mrs. Stetson
1977	CHiPs TV	Self
1975	The Strongest Man in the World MOVIE	Officer Hurley
1975	The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return MOVIE	Essie
1974	Psycho Sisters MOVIE	Hilda
1974	Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV	Self
1974	Police Woman TV	Self
1973	The Sting MOVIE	Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)
1973	Kojak TV	Ma Wonderly
1973	Lotsa Luck TV	Iris Belmont
1973	Your Three Minutes Are Up MOVIE	Mrs. Wilk
1973	Hitched MOVIE	Rainbow McCloud
1972	The Unholy Rollers MOVIE	Karen's Mother
1972	The Sandy Duncan Show TV	Self
1972	Where Does It Hurt? MOVIE	Mrs. Manzzini
1972	Stand Up and Be Counted MOVIE	Sarah
1972	Call Her Mom MOVIE	Woman
1971	Funny Face TV	Self
1971	Cannon TV	Self
1971	Support Your Local Gunfighter MOVIE	Mrs. Perkins
1970	But I Don't Want to Get Married! MOVIE	Mrs. Borg
1970	Which Way to the Front? MOVIE	Bland's Mother
1970	Myra Breckinridge MOVIE	Bobby Dean Loner
1970	The Ballad of Cable Hogue MOVIE	Mrs. Jensen
1969	The Good Guys and the Bad Guys MOVIE	Mrs. Stone
1969	Love, American Style TV	Self
1969	The Bill Cosby Show TV	Self
1969	Hook, Line and Sinker MOVIE	Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter
1969	Death of a Gunfighter MOVIE	Mary Elizabeth
1969	Support Your Local Sheriff! MOVIE	Mrs. Danvers
1968	The Mod Squad TV	Self
1968	Lancer TV	Self
1968	The Ghost & Mrs. Muir TV	Self
1968	The Helicopter Spies MOVIE	Mom
1967	The High Chaparral TV	Maude
1967	Point Blank MOVIE	First Citizen
1967	Ironside TV	Helga
1967	Dragnet TV	Mrs. Sunshine Pound
1966	Three on a Couch MOVIE	Murphy
1966	Batman TV	Rosetta Stone
1965	Marriage on the Rocks MOVIE	Miss Blight
1965	I Dream of Jeannie TV	Sally
1965	I Dream of Jeannie TV	Maw
1965	Hogan's Heroes TV	Self
1965	Hogan's Heroes TV	Gertrude Linkmyer
1965	Hogan's Heroes TV	Gertrude Linkmeyer
1965	Laredo TV	Self
1965	Please Don't Eat the Daisies TV	Self
1965	That Funny Feeling MOVIE	Woman at Phone Booth
1965	The Rounders MOVIE	Agatha Moore
1964	The Disorderly Orderly MOVIE	Nurse Higgins
1964	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV	Self
1964	Daniel Boone TV	Berthe
1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV	Mrs. Sparks
1964	The Bing Crosby Show TV	Self
1964	Mail Order Bride MOVIE	Sister Sue
1963	Who's Minding the Store? MOVIE	Mrs. Glucksman
1963	The Nutty Professor MOVIE	Millie Lemmon
1962	The Lucy Show TV	Olga
1962	The Lucy Show TV	Kathleen
1962	The Lucy Show TV	Mrs. Blake
1962	The Lucy Show TV	Miss Putnam
1962	The Beverly Hillbillies TV	Mabel Johnson
1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV	Angela Morrow
1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV	Mrs. McLeod
1962	Wild Harvest MOVIE	Goldie
1961	The Errand Boy MOVIE	Mrs. Helen Paramutual
1961	The Dick Van Dyke Show TV	Maid
1961	Ben Casey TV	Self
1961	Bus Stop TV	Self
1961	87th Precinct TV	Self
1961	The Ladies Man MOVIE	Katie
1961	Madison Avenue MOVIE	Miss Thelma Haley
1961	Mister Ed TV	Self
1960	North to Alaska MOVIE	Lena Nordqvist
1960	The Case of the Dangerous Robin TV	Emma Stroud
1960	My Three Sons TV	Self
1960	Guestward, Ho! TV	Self
1959	The Detectives TV	Self
1959	Hawaiian Eye TV	Self
1959	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis TV	Self
1959	Bonanza TV	Ma Brinker
1959	Bonanza TV	Miss Hibbs
1959	Rawhide TV	Mrs. Beamish
1958	The Buccaneer MOVIE	Tina
1958	Houseboat MOVIE	Laundromat Gossip
1958	77 Sunset Strip TV	Self
1958	The Donna Reed Show TV	Self
1958	Bronco TV	Self
1958	The Fly MOVIE	Emma
1958	Too Much, Too Soon MOVIE	Miss Magruder (uncredited)
1958	The Missouri Traveler MOVIE	Serena Poole
1957	Kiss Them for Me MOVIE	Nurse Wilinski (uncredited)
1957	Pawnee MOVIE	Mrs. Carter
1957	The Midnight Story MOVIE	Rosa Cuneo
1957	O. Henry Playhouse TV	Maggie McCaskey
1955	Artists and Models MOVIE	Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited)
1955	Matinee Theater TV	Self
1955	The Seven Year Itch MOVIE	Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
1954	3 Ring Circus MOVIE	Custard Pie Gag Victim
1954	Athena MOVIE	Miss Seely
1954	December Bride TV	Self
1954	Father Knows Best TV	Woman at Bus Station
1954	Lassie TV	Self
1954	Battle of Rogue River MOVIE	Sis Pringle
1954	The Far Country MOVIE	Grits
1954	Mayor of the Town TV	Marilly the Housekeeper
1953	Topper TV	Self
1953	Letter to Loretta TV	Jessie
1953	Letter to Loretta TV	Cousin Phemie
1953	The Affairs of Dobie Gillis MOVIE	Stella Kowalski
1953	Dream Wife MOVIE	Hotel Maid
1953	A Perilous Journey MOVIE	Leah
1953	The Glass Wall MOVIE	Zelda - Fat Woman
1953	She's Back on Broadway MOVIE	Webber's Receptionist
1953	Confidentially Connie MOVIE	Mother of Twins (uncredited)
1953	The Magnetic Monster MOVIE	Nelly
1952	The Bad and the Beautiful MOVIE	Miss March (uncredited)
1952	The Prisoner of Zenda MOVIE	Self
1952	Mr. & Mrs. North TV	Self
1952	Monkey Business MOVIE	Mrs. Brannigan (uncredited)
1952	O. Henry's Full House MOVIE	Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
1952	Kid Monk Baroni MOVIE	Maria Baroni
1952	Talk About a Stranger MOVIE	Rosa, Grocery Clerk
1952	Singin' in the Rain MOVIE	Phoebe Dinsmore (uncredited)
1952	Love Is Better Than Ever MOVIE	Mrs. Kahrney
1952	The Greatest Show on Earth MOVIE	Spectator (uncredited)
1951	Dragnet TV	Self
1951	Let's Make It Legal MOVIE	Reporter (uncredited)
1951	Come Fill the Cup MOVIE	Lil - Newspaper Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV	Ripplehissian gang
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV	Self
1951	Behave Yourself! MOVIE	Pet Shop Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)
1951	Yes Sir, Mr. Bones MOVIE	Chick Watts
1951	Strictly Dishonorable MOVIE	Organist
1951	A Place in the Sun MOVIE	Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness (uncredited)
1951	Cause for Alarm! MOVIE	Woman
1951	Cry Danger MOVIE	Cigarette Clerk #2 (uncredited)
1951	Cry Danger MOVIE	Self
1951	The Company She Keeps MOVIE	Josie, Parolee with Children (uncredited)
1950	The Second Face MOVIE	Shirley
1950	A Life of Her Own MOVIE	Switchboard Operator at Betsy Ross Hotel (uncredited)
1950	Lonely Heart Bandits MOVIE	Bertha Martin
1950	Once a Thief MOVIE	Phoebe
1950	The Reformer and the Redhead MOVIE	Lily Parker
1950	Appointment with Danger MOVIE	Nun
1950	House by the River MOVIE	Effie Ferguson - Party Guest
1950	No Man of Her Own MOVIE	Clara Larrimore (uncredited)
1949	Annie Was a Wonder MOVIE	Annie Swenson
1948	The Saxon Charm MOVIE	Reception Nurse
1948	Behind Locked Doors MOVIE	Nurse (uncredited)
1948	The Naked City MOVIE	Stout Young Woman on an Elevated Train (Uncredited)

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