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.
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Complete Filmography

What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
2002
as Self
Movie and stage icon Debbie Reynolds hosts the making of "Singin' in the Rain". The short documentary includes Donald O'Connor, who played the comical...
Man and Cat
2001
as Female Cat
Man lives with his best friend, Cat, to defend others from big bad.

Shrek
2001
as Old Woman (voice)
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the cl...

Joe Dirt
2001
as Joe Dirt's Foster Mother (uncredited)
Joe Dirt is a janitor with a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans and a dream to find the parents that he lost at the Grand Canyon when he was a belligere...

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000
as Denise's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
The hilarity begins when professor Sherman Klump finds romance with fellow DNA specialist, Denise Gaines, and discovers a brilliant formula that rever...

Seven Girlfriends
2000
as Mrs. Hargrove
Jesse is charming, romantic, and he knows how to pop the question; he just can't face marriage. So, when he and Hannah split up during the same week t...

Ready to Rumble
2000
as Jane King
Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.

I'll Be Home for Christmas
1998
as Tom Tom Girl Gloria
Estranged from his father, college student Jake is lured home to New York for Christmas with the promise of receiving a classic Porsche as a gift. Whe...

Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
1998
as Miss Peabody
After getting blamed for spoiling Christmas, the richest kid in the world wishes he'd never been born. Unfortunately, a wishing machine, invented by p...

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998
as Self
The Stories Behind the Making of The Blues Brothers is an hour- long documentary featuring every participant from the film. Star and co-writer Dan Ayk...

Hercules
1997
as Heavyset Woman (voice)
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along...

Carpool
1996
as Franklin's Mom (voice)
A man with an important business meeting finds himself having to take care of the carpool for the neighborhood school children when his wife gets sick...
Two Guys Talkin' About Girls
1995
as Rhondas Grandma
When longtime friends Joey Fortone and Lenny Kaminski get together, the race is on to get one up on the other. Their fantasies abound and their result...

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as Muriel
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for wh...

Hocus Pocus
1993
as Miss Olin
After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfou...

Reckless Kelly
1993
as Mrs. Delance
A satirical take on a modern day Ned Kelly who is forced to Hollywood in order to make enough money to save his family's land. As it goes against his ...

FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992
as Edler (voice)
When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destr...

Nickel & Dime
1992
as Judge C.C. Leichter
A P.I. hasn't paid taxes in ages. When the IRS sends an accountant to investigate him, his only way out is to solve his latest case of a missing heire...

Dutch
1991
as Gritzi
To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school... only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.

The Willies
1990
as Miss Titmarsh
Two brothers camping with their cousin try to frighten each other by telling stories. They start with urban legends, but then there are two main narra...

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
as Microwave Marge
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But...

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989
as Dance Teacher (voice)
A little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret th...

Super Ducktales
1989
as Mrs. Crackshell (voice)
While attempting to protect the money bin, Scrooge's new accountant accidentally becomes the superhero Gizmoduck. The fourth and final DuckTales tele...

Chances Are
1989
as Mrs. Handy
Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and ...

Hollywood Chaos
1989
A farm girl from Iowa moves to Hollywood to pursue her dreams in show business. She joins a major production chorus line, but chaos ensues when all th...

Glitz
1988
as Mrs. Magyk
Vincent Marra is a Miami cop on medical leave in Puerto Rico, where he's being stalked by a sex offender he testified against.

Glitz
1988
as Mrs Magyk
Vincent Marra is a Miami cop on medical leave in Puerto Rico, where he's being stalked by a sex offender he testified against.

The Canterville Ghost
1988
as Mrs. Umney
The poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the Canterville...

The Wrong Guys
1988
as Grunski's Mum
Five former cub scouts have a reunion and go camping on the mountain they never conquered. High jinks ensue due to their childhood enemies and a group...

Teen Wolf Too
1987
as Admissions Lady
Although awkward college student Todd Howard is particularly adept at science, he's paying for school with an athletic scholarship that he will lose s...

In the Mood
1987
as Mrs. Marver
When 15-year-old Sonny Wisecarver has an affair with his older neighbor Francine and then runs off to marry her, a stern judge has the union annulled....

Inside Out
1987
An agoraphobic must give up his sheltered life and venture outside after a series of personal and financial problems.

Innerspace
1987
as Dream Lady
Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, J...

Dragnet
1987
as Enid Borden
LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling de...

The Malibu Bikini Shop
1986
as Loraine Bender
After inheriting a failing bikini shop, two recent grads decide to make a go of it. One, in the hopes of building it into a successful business, the o...

The Best of Times
1986
as Rosie
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.

Heartbeeps
1981
as Helicopter Pilot
Two domestic robots fall in love and run off together.

The Blues Brothers
1980
as Sister Mary Stigmata
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

The Norseman
1978
as Old Indian woman
An 11th-century Viking prince sails to America to find his father, who on a previous voyage had been captured by Indians.

Soup and Me
1978
as Mrs. Stetson
On the day of the Halloween party, Soup and Rob are finding plenty of ways to get into trouble: swimming in a local pond (though their mothers prohibi...

The Strongest Man in the World
1975
as Officer Hurley
Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged ...

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
1975
as Essie
A crusty old rancher hires three young women to pose as his daughters. However, the real father of one of the daughters finds out about it, and kidnap...

Psycho Sisters
1974
as Hilda
After her husband dies, a woman begins to have a nervous breakdown and is consoled by her younger sister. Soon, however, other members of the family b...

The Sting
1973
as Kid Twist's Wife (uncredited)
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fort...

Your Three Minutes Are Up
1973
as Mrs. Wilk
Charlie is a sad sack of a man, working at a depressingly dull office job and stuck in a passionless engagement to a neurotic woman. One of the few br...

The Unholy Rollers
1972
as Karen's Mother
Karen wants more action out of life and quits her job at the cannery to become a skater in the roller derby. She encounters friction from the other sk...

Where Does It Hurt?
1972
as Mrs. Manzzini
In this classic hospital farce, Peter Sellers plays Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel, a greedy, crooked hospital administrator who has perfected the art of bil...

Stand Up and Be Counted
1972
as Sarah
Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving a...

Call Her Mom
1972
as Woman
A sexy waitress becomes a house mother in a fraternity house and involves the college in a nationwide women's lib controversy.

Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Mrs. Perkins
A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to driv...

Hitched
1971
as Rainbow McCloud
The adventures of a newly married teenage couple in the Old West.

But I Don't Want to Get Married!
1970
as Mrs. Borg
An accountant is widowed after 18 years of marriage. He is dumbfounded to have a herd of marriage-minded women descend upon him.

Which Way to the Front?
1970
as Bland's Mother
Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in its war against Hitler. Byers does not ta...

Myra Breckinridge
1970
as Bobby Dean Loner
Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with h...

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
as Mrs. Jensen
Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest ...

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
as Mrs. Stone
An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent Marshal, and a yo...

Hook, Line and Sinker
1969
as Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter
Told he is terminally ill, an insurance executive goes on a credit-card spending spree--and then learns his medical diagnosis was a mistake.

Death of a Gunfighter
1969
as Mary Elizabeth
In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottownwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When h...

Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969
as Mrs. Danvers
In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.

The Helicopter Spies
1968
as Mom
The men from U.N.C.L.E must stop a band of would-be sorcerers from using a deadly weapon.

Point Blank
1967
as First Citizen
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money ...

Three on a Couch
1966
as Murphy
An artist has an opportunity to go to Paris and wants to bring his fiancee along. However, she's a psychiatrist who currently has three female patient...

Marriage on the Rocks
1965
as Miss Blight
Ad-agency president Dan Edwards goes to Mexico to celebrate his nineteenth wedding anniversary and winds up getting divorced by mistake, whereupon his...

That Funny Feeling
1965
as Woman at Phone Booth
Joan Howell, a young and pretty maid-for-hire, meets and begins dating wealthy New York City businessman Tom Milford. Embarrassed about bringing him b...

The Collector
1965
Dialogue Coach
Freddie is an inept bank clerk with no future. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives him a feeling of power and control that is otherw...

The Rounders
1965
as Agatha Moore
Ben (Glenn Ford) and Marion (Henry Fonda) are two cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild horses. Their frequent employer Jim (Chill Wills), wh...

The Disorderly Orderly
1964
as Nurse Higgins
Poor Jerome Littlefield. He wants to be a doctor – but that's not exactly the perfect career choice when you're hopelessly squeamish. So he settles fo...

Mail Order Bride
1964
as Sister Sue
Elderly Will Lane arranges marriage of wild son of dead friend to tame him.

Who's Minding the Store?
1963
as Mrs. Glucksman
Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his girlfriend, Barbara, is heir to the Tuttle Department Store ...

The Nutty Professor
1963
as Millie Lemmon
A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game wor...

Wild Harvest
1962
as Goldie
Melodrama about the inhuman treatment of migratory workers in California vineyards by the boss, and the formers' rebellion against him.

The Errand Boy
1961
as Mrs. Helen Paramutual
Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mai...

The Ladies Man
1961
as Katie
After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is...

Madison Avenue
1961
as Miss Thelma Haley
An adman and an adwoman put a dangerous milk tycoon in line for the White House.

North to Alaska
1960
as Lena Nordqvist
After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has ...

The Buccaneer
1958
as Tina
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will ...

Houseboat
1958
as Laundromat Gossip
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.

The Fly
1958
as Emma
Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene Delambre, who tells him that she has just killed her husband, And...

Too Much, Too Soon
1958
as Miss Magruder (uncredited)
The daughter of iconic actor John Barrymore is reunited with her father after a ten year estrangement and engages in his self-destructive lifestyle.

The Missouri Traveler
1958
as Serena Poole
Byron Turner, a 15-year-old runaway from the Eatondale Orphan Asylum, receives a ride into the rural Missouri town of Delphi with rich land-owner Tobi...

Kiss Them for Me
1957
as Nurse Wilinski (uncredited)
Three navy war heroes are booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Once they manage to elude their ulcerated public relations officer,...

Pawnee
1957
as Mrs. Carter
Pale Arrow is a white man raised since a boy by the Pawnee Chief. With wagon trains now encroaching on Pawnee land, the Chief sends Pale Arrow to be w...

The Midnight Story
1957
as Rosa Cuneo
Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with...

Artists and Models
1955
as Mrs. Muldoon (uncredited)
A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he s...

The Seven Year Itch
1955
as Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
With his family away for their annual summer holiday, a publishing executive decides to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from th...

3 Ring Circus
1954
as Custard Pie Gag Victim
Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money and are looking for a job. They finally find employment working in a circus, but Jerry has different drea...

Athena
1954
as Miss Seely
A stuffy young lawyer's outlook on life drastically changes when he meets a perky health food enthusiast and her wacky family.

Battle of Rogue River
1954
as Sis Pringle
In 1850 Oregon is trying to gain statehood, but a truce is needed with the Indians before it can be accomplished. A new Army commander, Major Archer, ...

The Far Country
1954
as Grits
During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work fo...

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953
as Stella Kowalski
Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis - women, especially Pansy Hammer. Pansy's father, even though and maybe because she says she'...

Dream Wife
1953
as Hotel Maid
Clemson Reade, a business tycoon with marriage on his mind, and Effie, a U.S. diplomat, are a modern couple. Unfortunately there seems to be too much ...

A Perilous Journey
1953
as Leah
A ship of women embarks on a voyage to California. Director R. G. Springsteen's 1953 adventure drama stars Vera Ralston, David Brian, Virginia Grey, C...

The Glass Wall
1953
as Zelda - Fat Woman
Peter Kuban, a Hungarian refugee, is about to be deported after jumping ship in New York harbor. He needs to find an ex-G.I. named Tom whom he helped ...

She's Back on Broadway
1953
as Webber's Receptionist
When Catherine Terris's career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first great triumphs...Broadway! She takes the lead in a...

Confidentially Connie
1953
as Mother of Twins (uncredited)
Texas cattleman Opie Bedloe comes to Maine to visit his son Joe, a college instructor, and his wife Connie in the hopes of persuading Joe to give up h...

The Magnetic Monster
1953
as Nelly
The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactivity in Los Angeles, and discovers that a man-made ...

The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Miss March (uncredited)
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of vari...

The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king ...

Monkey Business
1952
as Mrs. Brannigan - Neighbor (uncredited)
Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixe...

O. Henry's Full House
1952
as Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is...

Kid Monk Baroni
1952
as Maria Baroni
Leonard Nimoy is "Kid" Monk Baroni, the leader of a street gang who becomes a professional boxer to escape his life in "Little Italy" New York.

Talk About a Stranger
1952
as Rosa, Grocery Clerk
Small-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger.

Singin' in the Rain
1952
as Phoebe Dinsmore (uncredited)
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

Love Is Better Than Ever
1952
as Mrs. Kahrney
The dancing teacher Anastasia falls in love with the smart theatre agent Jud. He likes her, too, but does not want to give up his solo life at all. Th...

The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
as Spectator (uncredited)
To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won c...

Let's Make It Legal
1951
as Reporter (uncredited)
A woman divorces her husband of 20 years because he gambles too much.

Behave Yourself!
1951
as Pet Shop Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)
A young man takes in a dog that turns out to be wanted by mobsters.

Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
1951
as Chick Watts
A young boy finds himself in a home for retired minstrel acts. He's anxious to find out as much as he can about them, and flashbacks show what it was ...

Strictly Dishonorable
1951
as Organist
A womanizing opera star is smitten by a young music student.

A Place in the Sun
1951
as Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness (uncredited)
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.

Cause for Alarm!
1951
as Woman
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.

Cry Danger
1951
as Cigarette Clerk #2 (uncredited)
After serving five years of a life sentence, Rocky Mulloy hopes to clear his friend who's still in prison for the same crime.

Cry Danger
1951
After serving five years of a life sentence, Rocky Mulloy hopes to clear his friend who's still in prison for the same crime.

The Company She Keeps
1951
as Jessie - Parolee with Child (uncredited)
A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.

The Second Face
1950
as Shirley
A homely girl is seriously injured in a car crash. When she eventually wakes up in the hospital, she's astounded to see that plastic surgery has trans...

A Life of Her Own
1950
as Switchboard Operator at Betsy Ross Hotel (uncredited)
A young woman from Kansas moves to New York City, becomes highly successful at a prestigious modeling agency, and falls in love with a married man.

Lonely Heart Bandits
1950
as Bertha Martin
Two con artists join forces and pose as brother and sister. He then meets rich widows through the "personals" sections of newspapers, marries them, an...

Once a Thief
1950
as Phoebe
A down-on-her-luck San Francisco woman, turning in desperation to jewel robbery, barely escapes getting nabbed in a heist and moves to Los Angeles whe...

The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
as Lily Parker
A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.

Appointment with Danger
1950
as Nun
Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S...

House by the River
1950
as Effie Ferguson - Party Guest
Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his b...

No Man of Her Own
1950
as Clara Larrimore (uncredited)
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.

Annie Was a Wonder
1949
as Annie Swenson
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short, narrator John Nesbitt tells the story of Scandinavian immigrant Annie Swenson, who worked as cook ...

The Saxon Charm
1948
as Reception Nurse
In order to get his way, New York producer Matt Saxon manipulates and controls everyone around him but his latest protégé, novelist Eric Busch, finall...

Behind Locked Doors
1948
as Nurse (uncredited)
Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake, free from prosecution so long as he pretends to be crazy. To get...

The Naked City
1948
as Stout Young Woman on an Elevated Train (Uncredited)
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.