Kathryn Joosten

Actor Dec 20 (died age 72) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1984–2014 (30 year career)

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Biography

Joosten was born in Chicago. Her first career was as a psychiatric nurse at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, living in nearby Lake Forest, Illinois, where she married a psychiatrist and raised two sons. Following her 1980 divorce, she began acting in community theater in 1982, at age 42.

Known For

Film

Wedding Crashers

Chazz's Mom

Film

Bedtime Stories

Mrs. Dixon

Film

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

Theatre Patron

Film

Hostage

Louise

Film

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

Aunt Jackie

Film

The Package

Waitress

Film

Hellraiser: Inferno

Mother

Film

The TV Set

Lois

Filmography

Acting (85)

Movies (25)

Wish Wizard

2014

as Mrs. Inkwell

3.7

Mega Python vs. Gatoroid

2011

as Angie

4.2

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

2009

as Aunt Jackie

5.7

Annul Victory

2009

as Self

Bedtime Stories

as Mrs. Dixon

The TV Set

as Lois

Rails & Ties

as Mrs. Brown

Jane Doe: Ties That Bind

as Cara Goodman

Wedding Crashers

as Chazz's Mom

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

as Theatre Patron

Hostage

as Louise

Combustion

as Miss Knight

Breaking Dawn

as Neighbor

Secret Santa

as Winifred

Wasabi Tuna

as Erma

Red Roses and Petrol

as Nurse

Cojones

as Old Lady

Hellraiser: Inferno

as Mother

Kiss Toledo Goodbye

as Wheelchair Lady

Phoenix

as Esther

Best Men

as Edie

The Making of a Hollywood Madam

1996

as Mrs. Oshatz

1.0

The Stranger Beside Me

as Judge

The Package

as Waitress

Grandview, U.S.A.

as Mrs. Clark

Television (60)

Harry's Law

as Maisie Joyce

The Mentalist

as Gloria Williams

The Bonnie Hunt Show

as Self

The Greg Behrendt Show

Grey's Anatomy

as Stephanie Drake

The Closer

as Nurse Townsend

My Name Is Earl

as Donny's Mom

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

as Marilyn

Love, Inc.

as Doris

Desperate Housewives

as Karen McCluskey

Father of the Pride

as (voice)

Las Vegas

as Robby

Joan of Arcadia

as Old Lady God

Hope & Faith

as Funeral Guest

10-8: Officers on Duty

as Mrs Unterberger

Monk

as Nurse Stampel

Everwood

as Mrs. Hammerhill

Less than Perfect

as Old Lady

Life with Bonnie

as Phyllis

Scrubs

as Mrs. Tanner

Reba

as Director

The Division

as Constance 'Connie ' Langtry

Raising Dad

as Mrs. Paultis

Scrubs

as Mrs. Tanner

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Jenny

Gilmore Girls

as Maisy Fortner

Malcolm in the Middle

as Claire

Strong Medicine

as Mrs. Nolan

Even Stevens

as Edna Manning

Titus

as Betty

The West Wing

as Dolores Landingham

Judging Amy

as Judge Drabowsky

Providence

as Miss O'Meara

Thanks

Will & Grace

as Felicia

The King of Queens

as Maureen

Becker

as Mrs. Goldsmith

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

as Genevive Holt

Just Shoot Me!

as Mrs. Pierce

Ally McBeal

as Sister Alice

Dharma & Greg

as Claire

Brooklyn South

as Mariah Westbrook

3rd Rock from the Sun

as Cafeteria Lady

Arli$$

Spin City

as Sister Agnes

Profiler

as Morganna Styles

Boston Common

as Mrs. Schuster

Men Behaving Badly

as Saleswoman

The Drew Carey Show

as Ruth

as Lois

Chicago Hope

as Cleaning woman (uncredited)

The X-Files

as Agent Edie Boal

The Nanny

as Ward Nurse

NYPD Blue

as Mrs. Prows

Frasier

as Vera

Home Improvement

as Thelma McCready

Seinfeld

as Betsy

Family Matters

as Grocery Checker

Murphy Brown

as Secretary #83

Roseanne