Kathleen Freeman

Acting

Born: 1919-02-17 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: 2001-08-23

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.

Acting

Singin' in the Rain

Phoebe Dinsmore (uncredited)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Microwave Marge

The Blues Brothers

Sister Mary Stigmata

Confidentially Connie

Mother of Twins (uncredited)

Houseboat

Laundromat Gossip

Hercules

Heavyset Woman (voice)

Shrek

Old Woman (voice)

Hocus Pocus

Miss Olin

The Buccaneer

Tina

The Malibu Bikini Shop

Loraine Bender

Behind Locked Doors

Nurse (uncredited)

House by the River

Effie Ferguson - Party Guest

Ready to Rumble

Jane King

The Best of Times

Rosie

North to Alaska

Lena Nordqvist

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Mrs. Jensen

The Fly

Emma

The Rounders

Agatha Moore

Dutch

Gritzi

Dream Wife

Hotel Maid

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

Edler (voice)

Point Blank

First Citizen

The Glass Wall

Zelda - Fat Woman

The Ladies Man

Katie

The Disorderly Orderly

Nurse Higgins

Psycho Sisters

Hilda

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Muriel

Love Is Better Than Ever

Mrs. Kahrney

The Reformer and the Redhead

Lily Parker

Reckless Kelly

Mrs. Delance

The Norseman

Old Indian woman

The Far Country

Grits

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Mrs. Perkins

The Nutty Professor

Millie Lemmon

Two Guys Talkin' About Girls

Rhondas Grandma

Kid Monk Baroni

Maria Baroni

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

Mrs. Stone

Once a Thief

Phoebe

Madison Avenue

Miss Thelma Haley

No Man of Her Own

Clara Larrimore (uncredited)

The Midnight Story

Rosa Cuneo

Death of a Gunfighter

Mary Elizabeth

The Helicopter Spies

Mom

Carpool

Franklin's Mom (voice)

Lonely Heart Bandits

Bertha Martin

Your Three Minutes Are Up

Mrs. Wilk

Mail Order Bride

Sister Sue

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

Stella Kowalski

Monkey Business

Mrs. Brannigan (uncredited)

The Unholy Rollers

Karen's Mother

Inside Out

Hitched

Rainbow McCloud

Strictly Dishonorable

Organist

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return

Essie

The Missouri Traveler

Serena Poole

Cry Danger

Cigarette Clerk #2 (uncredited)

Yes Sir, Mr. Bones

Chick Watts

The Willies

Miss Titmarsh

She's Back on Broadway

Webber's Receptionist

The Second Face

Shirley

Marriage on the Rocks

Miss Blight

Three on a Couch

Murphy

The Bad and the Beautiful

Miss March (uncredited)

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

Denise's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)

Innerspace

Dream Lady

Cry Danger

Glitz

Mrs. Magyk

Which Way to the Front?

Bland's Mother

The Naked City

Stout Young Woman on an Elevated Train (Uncredited)

Myra Breckinridge

Bobby Dean Loner

Artists and Models

Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited)

I'll Be Home for Christmas

Tom Tom Girl Gloria

Battle of Rogue River

Sis Pringle

O. Henry's Full House

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

Heartbeeps

Helicopter Pilot

Dragnet

Enid Borden

The Sting

Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Mrs. Danvers

The Seven Year Itch

Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)

The Errand Boy

Mrs. Helen Paramutual

The Greatest Show on Earth

Spectator (uncredited)

Let's Make It Legal

Reporter (uncredited)

3 Ring Circus

Custard Pie Gag Victim

Wild Harvest

Goldie

Hook, Line and Sinker

Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter

That Funny Feeling

Woman at Phone Booth

Hollywood Chaos

Man and Cat

Female Cat

In the Mood

Mrs. Marver

Teen Wolf Too

Admissions Lady

The Company She Keeps

Josie, Parolee with Children (uncredited)

The Magnetic Monster

Nelly

Pawnee

Mrs. Carter

Kiss Them for Me

Nurse Wilinski (uncredited)

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

Self

The Strongest Man in the World

Officer Hurley

Stand Up and Be Counted

Sarah

Who's Minding the Store?

Mrs. Glucksman

A Perilous Journey

Leah

Annie Was a Wonder

Annie Swenson

Appointment with Danger

Nun

Athena

Miss Seely

A Place in the Sun

Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness (uncredited)

A Life of Her Own

Switchboard Operator at Betsy Ross Hotel (uncredited)

The Canterville Ghost

Mrs. Umney

Chances Are

Mrs. Handy

Cause for Alarm!

Woman

Seven Girlfriends

Mrs. Hargrove

Talk About a Stranger

Rosa, Grocery Clerk

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

Self

Behave Yourself!

Pet Shop Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)

Too Much, Too Soon

Miss Magruder (uncredited)

Where Does It Hurt?

Mrs. Manzzini

Call Her Mom

Woman

Soup and Me

Mrs. Stetson

Richie Rich's Christmas Wish

Miss Peabody

Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt's Foster Mother (uncredited)

But I Don't Want to Get Married!

Mrs. Borg

The Wrong Guys

Grunski's Mum

Nickel & Dime

Judge C.C. Leichter

The Saxon Charm

Reception Nurse

Super Ducktales

Mrs. Crackshell (voice)

Glitz

Mrs Magyk

The Prisoner of Zenda

Come Fill the Cup

Lil - Newspaper Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

Baby Geniuses

Lenny's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)

Blues Brothers 2000

Mother Mary Stigmata

Singin' in the Rain

Phoebe Dinsmore (uncredited)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Microwave Marge

The Blues Brothers

Sister Mary Stigmata

Confidentially Connie

Mother of Twins (uncredited)

Houseboat

Laundromat Gossip

Hercules

Heavyset Woman (voice)

Shrek

Old Woman (voice)

Hocus Pocus

Miss Olin

The Buccaneer

Tina

The Malibu Bikini Shop

Loraine Bender

Behind Locked Doors

Nurse (uncredited)

House by the River

Effie Ferguson - Party Guest

Ready to Rumble

Jane King

The Best of Times

Rosie

North to Alaska

Lena Nordqvist

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Mrs. Jensen

The Fly

Emma

The Rounders

Agatha Moore

Dutch

Gritzi

Dream Wife

Hotel Maid

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

Edler (voice)

Point Blank

First Citizen

The Glass Wall

Zelda - Fat Woman

The Ladies Man

Katie

The Disorderly Orderly

Nurse Higgins

Psycho Sisters

Hilda

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Muriel

Love Is Better Than Ever

Mrs. Kahrney

The Reformer and the Redhead

Lily Parker

Reckless Kelly

Mrs. Delance

The Norseman

Old Indian woman

The Far Country

Grits

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Mrs. Perkins

The Nutty Professor

Millie Lemmon

Two Guys Talkin' About Girls

Rhondas Grandma

Kid Monk Baroni

Maria Baroni

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

Mrs. Stone

Once a Thief

Phoebe

Madison Avenue

Miss Thelma Haley

No Man of Her Own

Clara Larrimore (uncredited)

The Midnight Story

Rosa Cuneo

Death of a Gunfighter

Mary Elizabeth

The Helicopter Spies

Mom

Carpool

Franklin's Mom (voice)

Lonely Heart Bandits

Bertha Martin

Your Three Minutes Are Up

Mrs. Wilk

Mail Order Bride

Sister Sue

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

Stella Kowalski

Monkey Business

Mrs. Brannigan (uncredited)

The Unholy Rollers

Karen's Mother

Inside Out

Hitched

Rainbow McCloud

Strictly Dishonorable

Organist

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return

Essie

The Missouri Traveler

Serena Poole

Cry Danger

Cigarette Clerk #2 (uncredited)

Yes Sir, Mr. Bones

Chick Watts

The Willies

Miss Titmarsh

She's Back on Broadway

Webber's Receptionist

The Second Face

Shirley

Marriage on the Rocks

Miss Blight

Three on a Couch

Murphy

The Bad and the Beautiful

Miss March (uncredited)

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

Denise's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)

Innerspace

Dream Lady

Cry Danger

Glitz

Mrs. Magyk

Which Way to the Front?

Bland's Mother

The Naked City

Stout Young Woman on an Elevated Train (Uncredited)

Myra Breckinridge

Bobby Dean Loner

Artists and Models

Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited)

I'll Be Home for Christmas

Tom Tom Girl Gloria

Battle of Rogue River

Sis Pringle

O. Henry's Full House

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

Heartbeeps

Helicopter Pilot

Dragnet

Enid Borden

The Sting

Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Mrs. Danvers

The Seven Year Itch

Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)

The Errand Boy

Mrs. Helen Paramutual

The Greatest Show on Earth

Spectator (uncredited)

Let's Make It Legal

Reporter (uncredited)

3 Ring Circus

Custard Pie Gag Victim

Wild Harvest

Goldie

Hook, Line and Sinker

Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter

That Funny Feeling

Woman at Phone Booth

Hollywood Chaos

Man and Cat

Female Cat

In the Mood

Mrs. Marver

Teen Wolf Too

Admissions Lady

The Company She Keeps

Josie, Parolee with Children (uncredited)

The Magnetic Monster

Nelly

Pawnee

Mrs. Carter

Kiss Them for Me

Nurse Wilinski (uncredited)

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

Self

The Strongest Man in the World

Officer Hurley

Stand Up and Be Counted

Sarah

Who's Minding the Store?

Mrs. Glucksman

A Perilous Journey

Leah

Annie Was a Wonder

Annie Swenson

Appointment with Danger

Nun

Athena

Miss Seely

A Place in the Sun

Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness (uncredited)

A Life of Her Own

Switchboard Operator at Betsy Ross Hotel (uncredited)

The Canterville Ghost

Mrs. Umney

Chances Are

Mrs. Handy

Cause for Alarm!

Woman

Seven Girlfriends

Mrs. Hargrove

Talk About a Stranger

Rosa, Grocery Clerk

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

Self

Behave Yourself!

Pet Shop Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)

Too Much, Too Soon

Miss Magruder (uncredited)

Where Does It Hurt?

Mrs. Manzzini

Call Her Mom

Woman

Soup and Me

Mrs. Stetson

Richie Rich's Christmas Wish

Miss Peabody

Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt's Foster Mother (uncredited)

But I Don't Want to Get Married!

Mrs. Borg

The Wrong Guys

Grunski's Mum

Nickel & Dime

Judge C.C. Leichter

The Saxon Charm

Reception Nurse

Super Ducktales

Mrs. Crackshell (voice)

Glitz

Mrs Magyk

The Prisoner of Zenda

Come Fill the Cup

Lil - Newspaper Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

Baby Geniuses

Lenny's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)

Blues Brothers 2000

Mother Mary Stigmata

Other Credits

The Collector

Dialogue Coach

The Collector

Dialogue Coach