Mary Jo Catlett

Sep 02, 1938 (86 years old) in Denver, Colorado, USA

Mary Jo Catlett (born September 2, 1938) is an American film, stage and television actress. She is notable for her role as housekeeper Pearl Gallagher on the television sitcom seriesDiff'rent Strokes, and currently for her role as Mrs. Puff in Spongebob Squarepants, which she has held since the show's debut.

Known For

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The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

Witch

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American Dad!

Guest #1 (voice)

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Murder, She Wrote

Mrs. Metcalf

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The Bob Newhart Show

Mrs. Englehart

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Glee

Mrs. Carlisle

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Gimme a Break!

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Modern Family

Edith

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Cold Case

Betty Joe Henders (2009)

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Rizzoli & Isles

Bunny

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The Waltons

Credits

When the Moon Was Twice as Big Future

Elsie

★ NR
Plankton: The Movie 2025

Mrs. Puff (voice)

★ 6.8
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie 2024

Mrs. Puff (voice)

★ 5.9
SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp 2024

Mrs. Puff (voice)

★ 7.1
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years 2021

Mrs. Puff (voice)

★ 7.2
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run 2020

Mrs. Puff (voice)

★ 7.4
Good Girls 2018

Dorothy

★ 7.8
Great News 2017

Marie

★ 6.6
Trial & Error 2017

Brianne

★ 7.2
SpongeBob LongPants 2016

Mrs. Puff / Driving Student (voice)

★ 4.8
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ 2016

Ethel Simmons

★ 5.6
The Odd Couple 2015

Elderly Woman

★ 5.8
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 2015

Mrs. Puff (voice)

★ 6.1
Lucky Stiff 2014

Shoe Store Lady

★ 4.4
Let's Be Cops 2014

Old Lady

★ 6.5
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life 2012

Self

★ 7.8
Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip 2011

Mrs. Puff

★ 1
2 Broke Girls 2011

Elaine

★ 7.2
Shake It Up 2010

Elderly Woman

★ 7.6
Rizzoli & Isles 2010

Bunny

★ 7.9
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand 2010

Mrs. Puff (voice)

★ 7
Modern Family 2009

Edith

★ 7.9
How to Be a Serial Killer 2009

Mrs. Wilson

★ 4.9
Glee 2009

Mrs. Carlisle

★ 6.8
Red Riding Hood 2006

Shopkeeper Woman

★ 5.6
The Benchwarmers 2006

Mrs. Ellwood

★ 5.9
American Dad! 2005

Guest #1 (voice)

★ 7
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2004

Mrs. Puff (voice)

★ 7
Beethoven's 5th 2003

Sweet Grandmother

★ 5.3
Cold Case 2003

Betty Joe Henders (2009)

★ 7.8
That's So Raven 2003

Mrs. Applebaum

★ 7.2
Ablaze 2002

Nurse Winslow

★ 3.3
Kim Possible 2002

Aunt June (voice)

★ 7.5
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy 2001

Witch

★ 8
All You Need 2001

Ruth

★ 2
SpongeBob SquarePants 1999

Mrs. Puff (voice)

★ 7.7
Legend of the Mummy 1998

Mrs. Grant

★ 4.1
Extreme Ghostbusters 1997

★ 6.5
Trading Favors 1997

Mrs. Langley

★ 4.4
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction 1997

Mrs. Hanson (segment "The Motorcycle")

★ 7.2
Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice 1996

★ 7.7
Serial Mom 1994

Rosemary Ackerman

★ 6.7
Saved by the Bell: The New Class 1993

Mrs. Bluntley

★ 5.8
Battling for Baby 1992

Mrs. Capello

★ 4.5
The Mouse and the Motorcycle 1986

Kindergarten Teacher

★ 5.3
ALF 1986

Mary Jo

★ 7.7
Murder, She Wrote 1984

Mrs. Metcalf

★ 7.5
Gone Are the Dayes 1984

Marge

★ 6
Night Court 1984

Cynthia Dalbey

★ 7.4
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 1982

Rita

★ 6.2
The Beach Girls 1982

Mrs. Brinker

★ 4.8
O'Hara's Wife 1982

Gloria

★ 1
Gimme a Break! 1981

★ 6.7
Foul Play 1981

Stella Finkle

★ 5
Blood Beach 1980

Harriett Crabbe

★ 4.9
Where the Ladies Go 1980

Frances

★ NR
Out of the Blue 1979

Nurse

★ 6
The Champ 1979

Josie

★ 7
Diff'rent Strokes 1978

Pearl Gallagher

★ 7
Fantasy Island 1978

Carlotta Smith

★ 6.4
Semi-Tough 1977

Earlene

★ 5.6
The McLean Stevenson Show 1976

★ 5
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce 1976

Soprano

★ NR
Starsky & Hutch 1975

★ 7.2
Kojak 1973

Verna

★ 7
M*A*S*H 1972

Nurse Walsh

★ 7.9
The Bob Newhart Show 1972

Mrs. Englehart

★ 7.5
The Waltons 1972

★ 7.1
Bananas 1971

Woman in Hotel Lobby Cheering Honeymoon (uncredited)

★ 6.7
The Littlest Angel 1969

The Scribe I

★ 5.3