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Kathleen Freeman (1)

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Mostly Credited As:	Kathleen Freeman (1)
Sometimes Credited As:	Katherine Freeman
Date Of Birth:	February 17, 1919 (Age 82)
Country Of Birth:	USA
Birth Place:	Chicago, Illinois
Date Of Death:	August 23, 2001
Cause Of Death:	Lung Cancer (New York, New York

Kathleen Freeman's inroduction to show business came very early in life. Her parents were vaudevillians, and she made her debut at age 2 in their act. Later she attended UCLA with intentions of becoming a pianist, but was bitten by the acting bug and never looked back. She gained experience on stage in various stock and repertory companies, and made her film debut in 1948. One of the most memorable character actresses in recent memory, her stocky build, incredibly expressive face and hearty laugh have kept audiences convulsed for decades, playing a variety of neighborhood gossips, busybodies and eccentrics. Memorable as Sister Mary Stigmata ("The Penguin"), Dan Aykroyd's and John Belushi's nemesis, in The Blues Brothers (1980). She was used as a comic foil by Jerry Lewis in many of his films, always to great advantage. She did much television work, playing in everything from "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961) to "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." (1964) to _"Married... with Children" (1987)_ , where
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Kathleen Freeman (1) TV Appearances

Main cast

Show: As Told By Ginger(2000)	As: Mrs. Gordon (2000-2003) -- [Voice]
Show: DuckTales(1987)	As: Mrs. Crackshell -- [Voice]
Show: Lotsa Luck(1973)	As: Iris Belmont
Show: Funny Face(1971)	As: Kate Harwell
Show: Mayor of the Town(1954)	As: Marilly

Episode Cast Credits

Show: As Told By Ginger (2000)
	• Piece of My Heart	02x04: (Dec/16/2001)	*Voiced*	Mrs. Gordon
Show: Batman Beyond (1999)
	• The Eggbaby	02x19: (Apr/01/2000)	*Voiced*	Ma Mayhem
Show: Becker (1998)
	• The Hypocratic Oath	02x13: (Jan/10/2000)	As	Edith/Evelyn
Show: Grown Ups (US) (1999)
	• Online Romance	01x11: (Dec/06/1999)	As	Mona
Show: Providence (1999)
	• The Third Thing	02x01: (Sep/24/1999)	As	Unknown
Show: Arli$$ (1996)
	• The Changing of the Guard	04x06: (Jul/11/1999)	As	Helga Krupp
Show: Clueless (1996)
	• Cashless	02x22: (May/19/1998)	As	Pearl
Show: The Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998)
	• How Long Has This Been Going On?	01x04: (May/04/1998)	As	Maw-Maw Cranston
Show: Home Improvement (1991)
	• The Son Also Mooches	07x21: (Apr/21/1998)	As	Gwen
Show: Cow and Chicken (1997)
	• "Sumo Cow"/"Comet!"	02x04: (Feb/03/1998)	*Voiced*	Greta
Show: Coach (1989)
	• The Stench of Death	09x17: (Mar/26/1997)	As	Magda
Show: Duckman (1994)
	• Bev Takes a Holiday	04x12: (Mar/22/1997)	*Voiced*	Nurse
	• They Craved Duckman's Brain!	03x15: (May/04/1996)	*Voiced*	Nurse
Show: ER (1994)
	• No Brain, No Gain	03x07: (Nov/14/1996)	As	Rhonda's Patient
Show: Roseanne (1988)
	• Satan, Darling	09x07: (Oct/29/1996)	As	Edna
	• Pampered to a Pulp	09x06: (Oct/22/1996)	As	Seaweed Attendant
Show: The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996)
	• Return Of The Anasazi	01x11: (Sep/09/1996)	*Voiced*	Mrs. Evans
Show: Melrose Place (1992)
	• Circle of Strife	04x23: (Feb/19/1996)	As	Madge
Show: Dave's World (1993)
	• Loves Me Like a Rock	03x17: (Feb/14/1996)	As	Waitress
Show: Married ... with Children (1987) • 5 episode credits -- (First Appearance: Sunday September 17th, 1995) Show all 5 episode cast credits
	• I Can't Believe It's Butter	10x14: (Dec/17/1995)	As	Peg's Mom (voice)
	• Bearly Men	10x12: (Dec/03/1995)	*Voiced*	Peg's Mom
	• Blonde and Blonder	10x08: (Nov/05/1995)	As	Peg's Mom (voice)
	• Requiem for a Dead Briard	10x03: (Oct/01/1995)	*Voiced*	Peg's Mom
Show: Renegade (1992)
	• Most Wanted	04x04: (Oct/02/1995)	As	Felipe's Mother
Show: Party of Five (1994)
	• Kiss Me Kate	01x08: (Nov/02/1994)	As	Mona
Show: Herman's Head (1991)
	• Bedtime for Hermo	03x18: (Mar/10/1994)	As	Mrs. Debusher
Show: Phenom (1993)
	• A Very Doolan Christmas	01x12: (Dec/14/1993)	As	Maureen Della Rosa
Show: Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989)
	• The Patient in Spite of Himself	04x05: (Oct/21/1992)	As	Mrs. Mickling
Show: Martin (1992)
	• The Gift Rapper	01x02: (Sep/03/1992)	As	Saleslady
Show: Major Dad (1989)
	• Close Encounters	03x17: (Feb/03/1992)	As	Edna
Show: MacGyver (1985)
	• Off the Wall	07x12: (Dec/30/1991)	As	Rose Magruta
Show: Matlock (1986)
	• The Witness Killings (2)	06x02: (Oct/18/1991)	As	Lucy Lewis
	• The Witness Killings (1)	06x01: (Oct/18/1991)	As	Lucy Lewis
Show: Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
	• Anaconda	02x04: (Aug/01/1991)	As	Pawn Shop Owner
Show: Tales from the Crypt (1989)
	• Loved to Death	03x02: (Jun/15/1991)	As	Mrs. Parker
Show: The Golden Girls (1985)
	• How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia?	06x08: (Nov/10/1990)	As	Mother Superior
Show: Growing Pains (US) (1985) • 5 episode credits -- (First Appearance: Wednesday March 02nd, 1988) Show all 5 episode cast credits
	• Roommates	06x03: (Oct/03/1990)	As	Sophie
	• Midnight Cowboy	06x02: (Sep/26/1990)	As	Sophie
	• Teach Me	05x05: (Oct/18/1989)	As	Estelle
	• Birth of a Seaver	04x02: (Oct/26/1988)	As	Marge
Show: The Hogan Family (1986)
	• Used Car	05x19: (Feb/26/1990)	As	Mother Poole
	• The Go-Between	05x18: (Feb/19/1990)	As	Mother Poole
Show: Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers (1989)
	• Short Order Crooks	02x35: (Feb/05/1990)	*Voiced*	Ma
Show: Mr. Belvedere (1985)
	• Fear of Flying	06x05: (Nov/04/1989)	As	Woman
Show: L.A. Law (1986)
	• Izzy Ackerman or Is He Not?	03x11: (Feb/16/1989)	As	Joan Ackerman
Show: ALF (1986)
	• Alone Again, Naturally	03x11: (Dec/05/1988)	As	Betty Susla
Show: Murphy Brown (1988)
	• Respect	01x01: (Nov/14/1988)	As	Mrs. Caldwell
Show: Simon & Simon (1981)
	• The Merry Adventures of Robert Hood	08x04: (Oct/29/1988)	As	Stella Brunansky
	• Facets	05x11: (Dec/18/1985)	As	Felix's customer
Show: The Facts of Life (1979)
	• The Beginning of the Beginning	09x24: (May/07/1988)	As	Noreen Grisbee
	• The Beginning of the End	09x23: (Apr/30/1988)	As	Noreen Grisbee
Show: Hunter (1984) (1984)
	• Requiem for Sergeant McCall	03x14: (Feb/07/1987)	As	Ann Ridley
Show: My Sister Sam (1986)
	• Patti's Party	01x02: (Oct/20/1986)	As	Mrs. Pink
Show: CHiPs (1977)
	• To Your Health	04x03: (Oct/05/1980)	As	Outraged Lady
Show: Police Woman (1974)
	• Sons	04x16: (Feb/15/1978)	As	Landlady
Show: Kojak (1973) (1973)
	• Case Without a File	05x11: (Dec/17/1977)	As	Ma Wonderly
Show: Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
	• The Youth Killer	01x19: (Mar/14/1975)	As	Bella Sarkof
Show: The Mod Squad (1968)
	• Cry Uncle	05x23: (Feb/22/1973)	As	Unknown
Show: Cannon (1971)
	• The Rip-Off	02x08: (Nov/01/1972)	As	Mama Abner
Show: Love, American Style (1969)
	• Love and the Lady Athlete	03x57: (Jan/07/1972)	As	Commissar
Show: The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
	• Jed Buys the Capitol	09x03: (Sep/29/1970)	As	Flo Shafer
	• The Clampetts in Washington	09x02: (Sep/22/1970)	As	Flo Shafer
	• A Real Nice Neighbor	04x09: (Nov/10/1965)	As	Agnes
	• The Clampetts in Court	01x32: (May/01/1963)	As	Mabel Johnson
Show: Bonanza (1959)
	• Long Way to Ogden	11x21: (Feb/22/1970)	As	Ma Brinker
	• Maestro Hoss	08x33: (May/07/1967)	As	Miss Hibbs
Show: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1968)
	• Host to the Ghost	02x13: (Dec/18/1969)	As	Charity
Show: Lancer (1968)
	• Legacy	02x10: (Dec/09/1969)	As	Nell
Show: The Bill Cosby Show (1969)
	• A Word from Our Sponsor	01x12: (Dec/07/1969)	As	Eloise Hardy
Show: Hogan's Heroes (1965)
	• Unfair Exchange	05x05: (Oct/24/1969)	As	Gertrude Linkmeyer
	• Casanova Klink	03x06: (Oct/14/1967)	As	Gertrude Linkmeyer
	• Cupid Comes to Stalag 13	01x30: (Apr/15/1966)	As	Gertrude Linkmeyer
Show: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
	• I'm Always Chasing Gomers	05x23: (Mar/07/1969)	As	Mrs. Carter
	• Hit and Write	05x13: (Dec/27/1968)	As	Alice Whipple
Show: The High Chaparral (1967)
	• A Way of Justice	02x12: (Dec/13/1968)	As	Maude
Show: Daniel Boone (1964) (1964)
	• The Fleeing Nuns	05x04: (Oct/24/1968)	As	Berthe
Show: I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
	• U-F-Oh Jeannie	04x01: (Sep/16/1968)	As	Maw
	• My Master, the Civilian	02x21: (Feb/06/1967)	As	Sally
Show: Batman (1966)
	• I'll Be a Mummy's Uncle	03x23: (Feb/22/1968)	As	Rosetta Stone
Show: Ironside (1967)
	• Message from Beyond	01x01: (Sep/14/1967)	As	Helga
Show: My Three Sons (1960)
	• Moving Day	08x01: (Sep/09/1967)	As	Grocery Checker
Show: Dragnet (1967) (1967)
	• The Big Gun	01x15: (Apr/27/1967)	As	Mrs. Sunshine Pound
Show: Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965)
	• Pest In the House	02x22: (Feb/25/1967)	As	Mrs. Bailey
Show: Laredo (1965)
	• Scourge of San Rosa	02x16: (Jan/20/1967)	As	Mio
Show: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
	• The World's Oldest Motive	03x25: (Apr/12/1965)	As	Angela Morrow
	• You'll Be the Death of Me	02x04: (Oct/18/1963)	As	Mrs. McCleod
Show: The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
	• Never Bathe on Saturday	04x27: (Mar/31/1965)	As	Maid
	• Honeymoons Are for the Lucky	03x23: (Mar/04/1964)	As	Mrs. Campbell
Show: The Bing Crosby Show (1964)
	• Real Estate Venture	01x24: (Mar/15/1965)	As	Mrs. Appleby
Show: Ben Casey (1961)
	• Dress My Doll Pretty	03x28: (Mar/18/1964)	As	guest star
Show: The Lucy Show (1962)
	• Lucy Takes a Job at the Bank	02x21: (Feb/24/1964)	As	Kathleen
	• Lucy and Viv Open a Restaurant	02x20: (Feb/17/1964)	As	Kathleen
Show: Wagon Train (1957)
	• The Geneva Balfour Story	07x18: (Jan/20/1964)	As	Clara Pumfret
	• The Donna Fuller Story	06x14: (Dec/19/1962)	As	Dolly
	• The Kitty Albright Story	05x02: (Oct/04/1961)	As	Lolly
	• The Kitty Angel Story	02x14: (Jan/07/1959)	As	Sairy Hogg
Show: 87th Precinct (1961)
	• Girl in the Case	01x30: (Apr/30/1962)	As	Ruth Wilson
Show: Mister Ed (1961)
	• Clint Eastwood Meets Mister Ed	02x25: (Apr/22/1962)	As	Katie
Show: Bronco (1958)
	• Until Kingdom Come	04x14: (Mar/26/1962)	As	Mrs. Kelly
Show: Rawhide (1959)
	• The Greedy Town	04x19: (Feb/16/1962)	As	Mrs. Beamish
Show: The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor (1959)
	• Pandora's Box	03x16: (Feb/02/1962)	As	Betty
Show: Bus Stop (US) (1961)
	• The Man from Bootstrap	01x09: (Nov/26/1961)	As	Dimity Sue
Show: Guestward Ho! (1960)
	• The Hootens vs. Hawkeye	01x34: (May/25/1961)	As	Mrs. Laughing Water
Show: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959)
	• Rock-a-Bye Dobie	01x39: (Jul/05/1960)	As	Alicia
Show: 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
	• Genesis of Treason	02x30: (Apr/29/1960)	As	WAF Secretary
	• The Widow and the Web	02x09: (Nov/27/1959)	As	Mrs. Ryan
	• Hong Kong Caper	01x24: (Mar/20/1959)	As	Hannah Wells
Show: Hawaiian Eye (1959)
	• Then There Were Three	01x17: (Jan/27/1960)	As	Opal Jensen
Show: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
	• The Miss and the Missiles	08x33: (Jun/12/1959)	As	Emma
	• Pussyfootin' Rocks	02x12: (Nov/21/1952)	As	guest star
Show: The Donna Reed Show (1958)
	• Grateful Patient	01x32: (Apr/29/1959)	As	Mrs. Wilgus
	• Love Thy Neighbor	01x22: (Feb/18/1959)	As	Mrs. Wilgus
	• Jeff's Double Life	01x16: (Jan/07/1959)	As	Mrs. Wilgus
Show: Lassie (US) (1954)
	• The Raffle	05x15: (Dec/14/1958)	As	Mrs. Graff
Show: December Bride (1954)
	• The Fred MacMurray Show	04x18: (Feb/17/1958)	As	Marie
Show: Matinee Theater (1955)
	• Fight the Whole World	01x155: (Jun/07/1956)	As	guest star
	• All the Hoffmeyers in the World	01x13: (Nov/16/1955)	As	guest star
Show: The Loretta Young Show (1953)
	• His Inheritance	03x27: (Mar/18/1956)	As	Phemie
	• Inga III	03x19: (Jan/08/1956)	As	Jessie
	• Inga II	02x29: (Mar/20/1955)	As	Jessie
	• Letter to Loretta: Inga	01x16: (Jan/03/1954)	As	Jessie
Show: Topper (1953)
	• George's Old Flame	01x39: (Jul/02/1954)	As	Katie
Show: Mr. & Mrs. North (1952)
	• The Girl In Cell 13	02x14: (May/04/1954)	As	Mary Farrell
Show: Our Miss Brooks (1952)
	• The Embezzled Dress	01x03: (Oct/17/1952)	As	Miss Atterberry
Show: Dragnet (1951) (1951)
	• The Big Death	01x03: (Jan/17/1952)	As	guest star