Kathleen Freeman

Feb 17, 1919 - Aug 23, 2001 (82 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

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Married... with Children

Peg's Mom (voice)

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Matinee Theater

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Dragnet

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Lassie

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Ben Casey

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The High Chaparral

Maude

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Party of Five

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Love, American Style

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Police Woman

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Father Knows Best

Woman at Bus Station

Credits

What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' 2002

Self

★ NR
Man and Cat 2001

Female Cat

★ 7
Shrek 2001

Old Woman (voice)

★ 7.8
Joe Dirt 2001

Joe Dirt's Foster Mother (uncredited)

★ 5.6
As Told by Ginger 2000

Mrs. Gordon (voice)

★ 6.6
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 2000

Denise's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)

★ 5
Seven Girlfriends 2000

Mrs. Hargrove

★ 4.2
Ready to Rumble 2000

Jane King

★ 5.2
Detention 1999

Miss Eugenia P. Kisskillya (voice)

★ 5
Grown Ups 1999

★ 5.2
Batman Beyond 1999

Ma Mayhem (voice)

★ 8.1
Providence 1999

Miss Van Gundy

★ 6.5
I'll Be Home for Christmas 1998

Tom Tom Girl Gloria

★ 6
Becker 1998

Edith / Evelyn

★ 7.1
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish 1998

Miss Peabody

★ 4.7
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' 1998

Self

★ 5
Love Boat: The Next Wave 1998

Maw-Maw Cranston

★ 5
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show 1997

★ 5.6
Cow and Chicken 1997

★ 7.1
Hercules 1997

Heavyset Woman (voice)

★ 7.5
Clueless 1996

★ 6.2
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest 1996

★ 7.2
Carpool 1996

Franklin's Mom (voice)

★ 5.1
Arliss 1996

★ 6.7
Caroline in the City 1995

Grandma Duffy

★ 6.4
Two Guys Talkin' About Girls 1995

Rhondas Grandma

★ 2.5
ER 1994

Rhonda's Patient

★ 7.8
Party of Five 1994

★ 7
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult 1994

Muriel

★ 6.5
Duckman 1994

★ 7.2
Dave's World 1993

Waitress

★ 6.4
Phenom 1993

★ 4.8
Hocus Pocus 1993

Miss Olin

★ 7
Reckless Kelly 1993

Mrs. Delance

★ 4.3
Renegade 1992

Felipe's Mother

★ 6.7
Martin 1992

★ 7.6
Melrose Place 1992

Madge

★ 5.8
FernGully: The Last Rainforest 1992

Edler (voice)

★ 6.4
Nickel & Dime 1992

Judge C.C. Leichter

★ 6
Home Improvement 1991

Gwen

★ 7.4
Herman's Head 1991

Mrs. Debusher

★ 6.6
Dutch 1991

Gritzi

★ 6.4
The Willies 1990

Miss Titmarsh

★ 5.5
Beverly Hills, 90210 1990

★ 7.4
Gremlins 2: The New Batch 1990

Microwave Marge

★ 6.5
Sydney 1990

★ 7
Christine Cromwell 1989

Catherine

★ 7.3
Doogie Howser, M.D. 1989

★ 6.6
Major Dad 1989

★ 6.6
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland 1989

Dance Teacher (voice)

★ 6.9
Tales from the Crypt 1989

Mrs. Parker (segment "Loved to Death")

★ 8
Super Ducktales 1989

Mrs. Crackshell (voice)

★ 8
Chances Are 1989

Mrs. Handy

★ 6.6
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers 1989

★ 7.5
Coach 1989

Magda

★ 6.8
Hollywood Chaos 1989

★ NR
TV 101 1988

Landlady

★ 5
Murphy Brown 1988

Mrs. Caldwell

★ 6.5
Roseanne 1988

★ 6.8
Glitz 1988

Mrs. Magyk

★ 4.3
The Canterville Ghost 1988

Mrs. Umney

★ 4
The Wrong Guys 1988

Grunski's Mum

★ 5.6
Teen Wolf Too 1987

Admissions Lady

★ 4.1
DuckTales 1987

Mrs. Crackshell (voice)

★ 7.6
In the Mood 1987

Mrs. Marver

★ 5.5
Inside Out 1987

★ 6.3
Innerspace 1987

Dream Lady

★ 6.8
Dragnet 1987

Enid Borden

★ 6
Married... with Children 1987

Peg's Mom (voice)

★ 7.7
The Malibu Bikini Shop 1986

Loraine Bender

★ 4.1
My Sister Sam 1986

★ 6.2
ALF 1986

Betty Susla

★ 7.7
L.A. Law 1986

Joan Ackerman

★ 7.1
Matlock 1986

★ 7.1
The Hogan Family 1986

★ 6.8
The Best of Times 1986

Rosie

★ 5.6
MacGyver 1985

Rose Magruta

★ 7.7
Growing Pains 1985

Madge

★ 6.5
The Golden Girls 1985

Mother Superior3

★ 7.5
Mr. Belvedere 1985

★ 6.9
Hunter 1984

Ann Ridley

★ 7.2
Heartbeeps 1981

Helicopter Pilot

★ 4
Simon & Simon 1981

★ 6.7
The Blues Brothers 1980

Sister Mary Stigmata

★ 7.7
The Facts of Life 1979

★ 7
The Norseman 1978

Old Indian woman

★ 3.2
Soup and Me 1978

Mrs. Stetson

★ 4
CHiPs 1977

★ 6.8
The Strongest Man in the World 1975

Officer Hurley

★ 6.1
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return 1975

Essie

★ 5.5
Psycho Sisters 1974

Hilda

★ NR
Kolchak: The Night Stalker 1974

★ 7.6
Police Woman 1974

★ 6.3
The Sting 1973

Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)

★ 8
Kojak 1973

Ma Wonderly

★ 7
Lotsa Luck 1973

Iris Belmont

★ 6.4
Your Three Minutes Are Up 1973

Mrs. Wilk

★ 4.8
The Unholy Rollers 1972

Karen's Mother

★ 5.4
The Sandy Duncan Show 1972

★ NR
Where Does It Hurt? 1972

Mrs. Manzzini

★ 5.1
Stand Up and Be Counted 1972

Sarah

★ 7
Call Her Mom 1972

Woman

★ 4
Funny Face 1971

★ 5
Cannon 1971

★ 6.5
Support Your Local Gunfighter 1971

Mrs. Perkins

★ 6.6
Hitched 1971

Rainbow McCloud

★ 6
But I Don't Want to Get Married! 1970

Mrs. Borg

★ NR
Which Way to the Front? 1970

Bland's Mother

★ 4.8
Myra Breckinridge 1970

Bobby Dean Loner

★ 4.5
The Ballad of Cable Hogue 1970

Mrs. Jensen

★ 7
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys 1969

Mrs. Stone

★ 5.5
Love, American Style 1969

★ 6.1
The Bill Cosby Show 1969

★ 5.4
Hook, Line and Sinker 1969

Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter

★ 4.1
Death of a Gunfighter 1969

Mary Elizabeth

★ 6.4
Support Your Local Sheriff! 1969

Mrs. Danvers

★ 7
The Mod Squad 1968

★ 6.3
Lancer 1968

★ 4.7
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir 1968

★ 6.4
The Helicopter Spies 1968

Mom

★ 5
The High Chaparral 1967

Maude

★ 6.5
Point Blank 1967

First Citizen

★ 7
Ironside 1967

Helga

★ 6.8
Three on a Couch 1966

Murphy

★ 5.4
Batman 1966

Rosetta Stone

★ 7.3
Marriage on the Rocks 1965

Miss Blight

★ 5.6
I Dream of Jeannie 1965

Sally

★ 7.8
Hogan's Heroes 1965

★ 7.5
Laredo 1965

★ 6.3
Please Don't Eat the Daisies 1965

★ 6.6
That Funny Feeling 1965

Woman at Phone Booth

★ 5.9
The Rounders 1965

Agatha Moore

★ 5.6
The Disorderly Orderly 1964

Nurse Higgins

★ 6.3
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 1964

★ 7.1
Daniel Boone 1964

Berthe

★ 6.9
The Bing Crosby Show 1964

★ 5
Mail Order Bride 1964

Sister Sue

★ 6.6
Who's Minding the Store? 1963

Mrs. Glucksman

★ 6.9
The Nutty Professor 1963

Millie Lemmon

★ 6.5
The Lucy Show 1962

Olga

★ 7
The Beverly Hillbillies 1962

Mabel Johnson

★ 6.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962

Angela Morrow

★ 7.8
Wild Harvest 1962

Goldie

★ 3.7
The Errand Boy 1961

Mrs. Helen Paramutual

★ 6.1
The Dick Van Dyke Show 1961

Maid

★ 7.5
Ben Casey 1961

★ 5.6
Bus Stop 1961

★ NR
87th Precinct 1961

★ 7.5
The Ladies Man 1961

Katie

★ 6.3
Madison Avenue 1961

Miss Thelma Haley

★ 6
Mister Ed 1961

★ 6.8
North to Alaska 1960

Lena Nordqvist

★ 6.5
The Case of the Dangerous Robin 1960

Emma Stroud

★ NR
My Three Sons 1960

★ 6.5
Guestward, Ho! 1960

★ 4
The Detectives 1959

★ 5.6
Hawaiian Eye 1959

★ 5.2
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 1959

★ 5.8
Bonanza 1959

Ma Brinker

★ 7.5
Rawhide 1959

Mrs. Beamish

★ 7.2
The Buccaneer 1958

Tina

★ 6.4
Houseboat 1958

Laundromat Gossip

★ 6.4
77 Sunset Strip 1958

★ 6.7
The Donna Reed Show 1958

★ 6.2
Bronco 1958

★ 5.2
The Fly 1958

Emma

★ 7
Too Much, Too Soon 1958

Miss Magruder (uncredited)

★ 4.9
The Missouri Traveler 1958

Serena Poole

★ 6.4
Kiss Them for Me 1957

Nurse Wilinski (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Pawnee 1957

Mrs. Carter

★ 6.3
The Midnight Story 1957

Rosa Cuneo

★ 6.1
O. Henry Playhouse 1957

Maggie McCaskey

★ 6
Artists and Models 1955

Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Matinee Theater 1955

★ 5
The Seven Year Itch 1955

Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)

★ 7.1
3 Ring Circus 1954

Custard Pie Gag Victim

★ 5.5
Athena 1954

Miss Seely

★ 5.6
December Bride 1954

★ 5.5
Father Knows Best 1954

Woman at Bus Station

★ 6.5
Lassie 1954

★ 6.1
Battle of Rogue River 1954

Sis Pringle

★ 5.7
The Far Country 1954

Grits

★ 6.9
Mayor of the Town 1954

Marilly the Housekeeper

★ NR
Topper 1953

★ 6
Letter to Loretta 1953

Jessie

★ 6.5
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis 1953

Stella Kowalski

★ 5.5
Dream Wife 1953

Hotel Maid

★ 5.5
A Perilous Journey 1953

Leah

★ 4
The Glass Wall 1953

Zelda - Fat Woman

★ 5.3
She's Back on Broadway 1953

Webber's Receptionist

★ 5.7
Confidentially Connie 1953

Mother of Twins (uncredited)

★ 5.3
The Magnetic Monster 1953

Nelly

★ 5.6
The Bad and the Beautiful 1952

Miss March (uncredited)

★ 7.3
The Prisoner of Zenda 1952

★ 6.8
Mr. & Mrs. North 1952

★ 4.3
Monkey Business 1952

Mrs. Brannigan - Neighbor (uncredited)

★ 6.7
O. Henry's Full House 1952

Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Kid Monk Baroni 1952

Maria Baroni

★ 6.2
Talk About a Stranger 1952

Rosa, Grocery Clerk

★ 6.1
Singin' in the Rain 1952

Phoebe Dinsmore (uncredited)

★ 8.1
Love Is Better Than Ever 1952

Mrs. Kahrney

★ 6.1
The Greatest Show on Earth 1952

Spectator (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Let's Make It Legal 1951

Reporter (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951

Ripplehissian gang

★ 7.3
Behave Yourself! 1951

Pet Shop Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)

★ 6
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones 1951

Chick Watts

★ 4.3
Strictly Dishonorable 1951

Organist

★ 5.2
A Place in the Sun 1951

Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness (uncredited)

★ 7.3
Cause for Alarm! 1951

Woman

★ 5.9
Cry Danger 1951

Cigarette Clerk #2 (uncredited)

★ 6.7
The Company She Keeps 1951

Jessie - Parolee with Child (uncredited)

★ 5.9
The Second Face 1950

Shirley

★ 6.8
A Life of Her Own 1950

Switchboard Operator at Betsy Ross Hotel (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Lonely Heart Bandits 1950

Bertha Martin

★ 6.5
Once a Thief 1950

Phoebe

★ 5
The Reformer and the Redhead 1950

Lily Parker

★ 6.3
Appointment with Danger 1950

Nun

★ 5.6
House by the River 1950

Effie Ferguson - Party Guest

★ 6.7
No Man of Her Own 1950

Clara Larrimore (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Annie Was a Wonder 1949

Annie Swenson

★ 4.4
The Saxon Charm 1948

Reception Nurse

★ 4.3
Behind Locked Doors 1948

Nurse (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Naked City 1948

Stout Young Woman on an Elevated Train (Uncredited)

★ 7.2