
Mary Jo Catlett
Biography
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
SpongeBob SquarePants
Mrs. Puff (voice)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Mrs. Puff (voice)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Mrs. Puff (voice)
Let's Be Cops
Old Lady
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Mrs. Puff (voice)
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
Mrs. Puff (voice)
Bananas
Woman in Hotel Lobby Cheering Honeymoon (uncredited)
Serial Mom
Rosemary Ackerman
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Filmography
Acting (83)
Movies (41)
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
2025as Mrs. Puff (voice) (uncredited)
Plankton: The Movie
2025as Mrs. Puff (voice)
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
2024as Mrs. Puff (voice)
SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp
2024as Mrs. Puff (voice)
Spongebob and Sandy’s Country Christmas
2024as Mrs. Puff
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
2020as Mrs. Puff (voice)
SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout
2019as Mrs. Puff
SpongeBob LongPants
2016as Mrs. Puff / Driving Student (voice)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
2015as Mrs. Puff (voice)
Let's Be Cops
2014as Old Lady
Lucky Stiff
2014as Shoe Store Lady
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
2012as Self
Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip
2011as Mrs. Puff
Anderson's Cross
2010as Mrs. Elway
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand
2010as Mrs. Puff (voice)
How to Be a Serial Killer
2009as Mrs. Wilson
The Benchwarmers
2006as Mrs. Ellwood
Red Riding Hood
2006as Shopkeeper Woman
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004as Mrs. Puff (voice)
Beethoven's 5th
2003as Sweet Grandmother
Ablaze
2002as Nurse Winslow
Size 'Em Up
2001as Florence
All You Need
2001as Ruth
Legend of the Mummy
1998as Mrs. Grant
Trading Favors
1997as Mrs. Langley
Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice
1996
Serial Mom
1994as Rosemary Ackerman
Battling for Baby
1992as Mrs. Capello
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
1986as Kindergarten Teacher
Gone Are the Dayes
1984as Marge
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982as Rita
The Beach Girls
1982as Mrs. Brinker
O'Hara's Wife
1982as Gloria
Blood Beach
1980as Harriett Crabbe
Where the Ladies Go
1980as Frances
The Champ
1979as Josie
Semi-Tough
1977as Earlene
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
1976as Soprano
Bananas
1971as Woman in Hotel Lobby Cheering Honeymoon (uncredited)
The Littlest Angel
1969as The Scribe I
When the Moon Was Twice as Big
as Elsie
Television (42)
The Patrick Star Show
2021as Mrs. Puff (voice)
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
2021as Mrs. Puff (voice)
SpongeBob As Told By
2020as Self
Toca Life Stories
2020as Nari
Good Girls
2018as Dorothy
Great News
2017as Marie
Trial & Error
2017as Brianne
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
2016as Ethel Simmons
The Odd Couple
2015as Elderly Woman
Instant Mom
2013as Mrs. Sharp
2 Broke Girls
2011as Elaine
Rizzoli & Isles
2010as Bunny
Shake It Up
2010as Elderly Woman
Modern Family
2009as Edith
Glee
2009as Mrs. Carlisle
American Dad!
2005as Guest #1 (voice)
Cold Case
2003as Betty Joe Henders (2009)
That's So Raven
2003as Mrs. Applebaum
Kim Possible
2002as Aunt June (voice)
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001as Witch
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999as Mrs. Puff (voice)
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997as Mrs. Hanson (segment "The Motorcycle")
Extreme Ghostbusters
1997
Quack Pack
1996as (voice)
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993as Mrs. Bluntley
DuckTales
1987as Cookie Blurf (voice)
ALF
1986as Mary Jo
Murder, She Wrote
1984as Mrs. Metcalf
Night Court
1984as Cynthia Dalbey
Gimme a Break!
1981
Foul Play
1981as Stella Finkle
Semi-Tough
1980
Out of the Blue
1979as Nurse
Fantasy Island
1978as Carlotta Smith
Diff'rent Strokes
1978as Pearl Gallagher
Diff'rent Strokes
1978as Pearl Gallagher
The McLean Stevenson Show
1976
Starsky & Hutch
1975as Terrible Tessie
Kojak
1973as Verna
M*A*S*H
1972as Nurse Walsh
The Waltons
1972
The Bob Newhart Show
1972as Mrs. Englehart
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