# Kathleen Freeman

Kathleen Freeman (17 de febrero de 1919 – 23 de agosto de 2001) fue una actriz de cine, teatro y televisión estadounidense. En una carrera de más de cincuenta años, interpretó a sirvientas, secretarias, maestras, enfermeras y vecinas, casi invariablemente con un efecto cómico. Participó en películas como Cantando bajo la lluvia (1952), The Blues Brothers (1980), The Golden Girls (1990), Hocus Pocus (1993), Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) y Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000) y en varias películas de animación aportando su voz.
Debilitada por su enfermedad, Freeman se vio obligada a dejar el reparto de la producción teatral The Full Monty. Cinco días después murió de cáncer de pulmón a los 82 años en el Hospital Lenox Hill. Fue cremada y sus cenizas fueron conservadas en el Cementerio Hollywood Forever. Nunca se casó ni tuvo hijos.

## Filmografía
### Películas

| Año | Título | Personaje | Notas |
| 1948 | The Naked City | Chica robusta en tren elevado | No acreditada |
| 1948 | Casbah | Mujer americana | No acreditada |
| 1948 | The Saxon Charm | Enfermera | No acreditada |
| 1948 | Behind Locked Doors | Enfermera | No acreditada |
| 1949 | Mr. Belvedere Goes to College | Gwendolyn | No acreditada |
| 1949 | Annie Was a Wonder | Annie Swenson | Corto |
| 1949 | The Story of Molly X | Seamstress Con | No acreditada |
| 1950 | No Man of Her Own | Clara Larrimore | No acreditada |
| 1950 | The Secret Fury | Jury Member | No acreditada |
| 1950 | House by the River | Effie Ferguson - Invitada a la fiesta | |
| 1950 | The Reformer and the Redhead | Lily Rayton Parker | |
| 1950 | Once a Thief | Phoebe | |
| 1950 | Lonely Heart Bandits | Bertha Martin | |
| 1950 | A Life of Her Own | Operadora de panel de interruptores, Betsy Ross Hotel | No acreditada |
| 1950 | The Second Face | Shirley | No acreditada |
| 1951 | The Company She Keeps | Jessie - Parolee with Child | No acreditada |
| 1951 | Cry Danger | Second Cigarette Clerk (uncredited) | No acreditada |
| 1951 | Cause for Alarm! | Mujer | No acreditada |
| 1951 | A Place in the Sun | Factory Worker - Testigo de juicio | No acreditada |
| 1951 | Appointment with Danger | Monja | No acreditada |
| 1951 | Strictly Dishonorable | Silent Movie Organist | No acreditada |
| 1951 | Behave Yourself! | Esposa del propietario de la tienda de mascotas | No acreditada |
| 1951 | Come Fill the Cup | Lil - operadora del panel de interruptores del periódico | No acreditada |
| 1951 | Let's Make It Legal | Reportera | No acreditada |
| 1951 | The Wild Blue Yonder | Enfermera Baxter | No acreditada |
| 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Espectador | No acreditada |
| 1952 | Love Is Better Than Ever | Sra. Kahrney | |
| 1952 | Singin' in the Rain | Phoebe Dinsmore | No acreditada |
| 1952 | Talk About a Stranger | Rosa, Grocery Clerk | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Kid Monk Baroni | Maria Baroni | |
| 1952 | Skirts Ahoy! | Costurera sarcástica | No acreditada |
| 1952 | Wait 'til the Sun Shines, Nellie | The Burdges' Maid | No acreditada |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House | Sra. Dorset | No acreditada |
| | | | Segmento: "The Ransom of Red Chief" |
| 1952 | Monkey Business | Sra. Brannigan, Vecina | No acreditada |
| 1952 | The Prisoner of Zenda | Gertrud Holf | No acreditada |
| 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Señorita Marzo | No acreditada |
| 1953 | The Magnetic Monster | Nelly | |
| 1953 | She's Back on Broadway | Annie | No acreditada |
| 1953 | Confidentially Connie | Madre de gemelos | No acreditada |
| 1953 | The Glass Wall | Zelda - Mujer gorda | |
| 1953 | A Perilous Journey | Leah | |
| 1953 | Dream Wife | Chambermaid | No acreditada |
| 1953 | The Affairs of Dobie Gillis | 'Happy Stella' Kowalski | |
| 1953 | Half a Hero | Welcomer | |
| 1953 | The Glass Web | Sra. O'Halloran | No acreditada |
| 1954 | Battle of Rogue River | Sis Pringle | No acreditada |
| 1954 | The Far Country | Grits | |
| 1954 | Athena | Señorita Seely | |
| 1954 | 3 Ring Circus | Custard-Pie Gag Victim | No acreditada |
| 1955 | The Seven Year Itch | Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant | No acreditada |
| 1955 | Artists and Models | Sra. Muldoon | No acreditada |
| 1957 | The Midnight Story | Rosa Cuneo | |
| 1957 | Pawnee | Sra. Carter | |
| 1957 | Kiss Them for Me | Enfermera Wilinski | No acreditada |
| 1958 | The Missouri Traveller | Serena Poole | |
| 1958 | Too Much, Too Soon | Señorita Magruder | No acreditada |
| 1958 | The Fly | Emma | |
| 1958 | Houseboat | Laundromat Gossip | No acreditada |
| 1958 | The Buccaneer | Tina | |
| 1960 | North to Alaska | Lena Nordquist | |
| 1961 | Madison Avenue | Señorita Thelma Haley | |
| 1961 | The Ladies Man | Katie | |
| 1961 | The Errand Boy | Sra. Helen Paramutual / Sra. T.P. | |
| 1962 | Wild Harvest | Goldie | |
| 1963 | The Nutty Professor | Millie Lemmon | |
| 1963 | Who's Minding the Store? | Sra. Glucksman | |
| 1964 | Mail Order Bride | Hermana Sue | |
| 1964 | The Patsy | Katie | No acreditada |
| 1964 | The Disorderly Orderly | Enfermera Maggie Higgins | |
| 1965 | The Rounders | Agatha Moore | |
| 1965 | That Funny Feeling | Mujer en la cabina telefónica | |
| 1965 | Marriage on the Rocks | Señorita Blight | |
| 1966 | Three on a Couch | Murphy | |
| 1967 | The Big Mouth | Little Old Lady | No acreditada |
| 1967 | Point Blank | Primer ciudadana | |
| 1968 | The Helicopter Spies | Mami | |
| 1969 | Support Your Local Sheriff! | Sra. Danvers | |
| 1969 | Hook, Line & Sinker | Sra. Hardtack - Niñera | |
| 1969 | Death of a Gunfighter | Mary Elizabeth | |
| 1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Sra. Stone - Madre | |
| 1970 | The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Sra. Jensen | |
| 1970 | Myra Breckinridge | Bobby Dean Loner | |
| 1970 | Which Way to the Front? | Madre de Bland | |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter! | Sra. Perkins | |
| 1971 | Head On | Nadine | |
| 1972 | Stand Up and Be Counted | Sarah | |
| 1972 | Where Does It Hurt? | Sra. Mazzini | |
| 1972 | The Unholy Rollers | Madre de Karen | |
| 1973 | Your Three Minutes Are Up | Sra. Wilk | |
| 1974 | So Evil, My Sister | Hilda | |
| 1975 | The Strongest Man in the World | Oficial Hurley | |
| 1978 | The Norseman | Vieja mujer india | |
| 1980 | The Blues Brothers | Hermana Mary Stigmata, a.k.a. The Penguin | |
| 1981 | Heartbeeps | Piloto de helicóptero | |
| 1986 | The Best of Times | Rosie | |
| 1986 | Inside Out | Madre | Voz |
| 1986 | The Malibu Bikini Shop | Loraine Bender | |
| 1987 | In the Mood | Beulah Marver | |
| 1987 | Dragnet | Enid Borden | |
| 1987 | Innerspace | Dream Lady | |
| 1987 | Teen Wolf Too | Dama de admisiones | |
| 1988 | The Wrong Guys | Mami de Grunskis | |
| 1989 | Chances Are | Sra. Handy | |
| 1989 | Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland | Maestra de danza | Voz |
| 1989 | The Princess and the Dwarf | | |
| 1989 | Hollywood Chaos | | |
| 1990 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Microwave Marge | |
| 1990 | The Willies | Señorita Titmarsh | |
| 1991 | Joey Takes a Cab | Lola | |
| 1991 | Dutch | Gritzi | |
| 1992 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Elder #1 | Voz |
| 1993 | Reckless Kelly | Sra. Delance | |
| 1993 | Hocus Pocus | Señorita Olin | |
| 1994 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Muriel | |
| 1996 | Two Guys Talkin' About Girls | Abuela de Rhonda | |
| 1996 | Candysack | Elderly Marilyn Monroe Impersonator | Voz. Directo-a-vídeo |
| 1996 | Carpool | Mami de Franklin | Voz |
| 1997 | Hercules | Heavyset Woman | Voz |
| 1998 | Blues Brothers 2000 | Madre Mary Stigmata | |
| 1998 | Richie Rich's Christmas Wish | Señorita Peabody | Directo-a-vídeo |
| 1998 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | Tom Tom Girl Gloria | |
| 1999 | Baby Geniuses | Vecina escandalosa de Lenny | No acreditada |
| 1999 | Seven Girlfriends | Sra. Hargrove | |
| 2000 | Ready to Rumble | Jane King | |
| 2000 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | Vecina escandalosa de Denise | No acreditada |
| 2001 | Joe Dirt | Madre adoptiva de Joe Dirt | No acreditada |
| 2001 | Shrek | Anciana | Voz. Último papel de actuación antes de morir |

### Televisión

| Año | Título | Personaje | Notas |
| 1950-1954 | Fireside Theatre | Sra. Chernowitz | 8 episodios |
| 1952 | Dragnet | | Episodio: "The Big Death" |
| 1952 | Big Town | | Episodio: "Marry My Past" |
| 1952 | I Married Joan | Cliente en tienda de ropa | Episodio: "Birthday" |
| 1952 | Our Miss Brooks | Señorita Atterberry | Episodio: "The Embezzled Dress" |
| 1952 | Schlitz Playhouse | Ripplehissian Gang | Episodio: "The Pussyfootin' Rocks" |
| 1953 | Cavalcade of America | | Episodio: "The Indomitable Blacksmith" |
| 1953 | I Married Joan | Betty | Episodios: "Uncle Edgar" y "Moosehead" |
| 1953-1954 | Topper | Katie | 19 episodios |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show | Freida Foss | Episodio: "Girl on a Flagpole" |
| 1954 | Mr. & Mrs. North | Mary Farrell | Episodio: "The Girl in Cell 13" |
| 1954-1956 | The Loretta Young Show | Jessie | 3 episodios |
| 1954-1955 | Mayor of the Town | Marilyn "Marilly", la ama de casa | 39 episodios |
| 1955 | Lux Video Theatre | Connie | Episodio: "Not All Your Tears" |
| 1955 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Helga | Episodio: "Harry Morton's Cocktail Party" |
| 1955-1956 | Matinee Theatre | Encargada de la tienda del pueblo | 3 episodios |
| 1955-1958 | The Bob Cummings Show | Bertha Krause | 6 episodios |
| 1956 | Father Knows Best | Mujer quisquillosa | No acreditada |
| | | | Episodio: "The Bus to Nowhere" |
| 1956 | It's Always Jan | Sra. Johnson | Episodios: "Love Rings Bells" y "Stock Deal" |
| 1956 | Warner Bros. Presents | | Episodio: "Strange World" |
| 1956 | The Loretta Young Show | Prima Phemie | Episodio: "His Inheritance" |
| 1958 | December Bride | Marie | Episodio: "The Fred MacMurray Show" |
| 1958 | Tombstone Territory | Hannah Woolsey | Episodio: "The Outcasts" |
| 1958 | Lassie | Sra. Graff | Episodio: "The Raffle" |
| 1959 | Wagon Train | Sairy Hogg | Episodio: "The Kitty Angel Story" |
| 1959-1962 | General Electric Theatre | Girdle Woman | Episodios: "Night Club" y "The Free Wheelers" |
| 1959-1963 | 77 Sunset Strip | Hannah Wells / Sra. Ryan / Secretaria WAF / Sra. Holmes | 4 episodios |
| 1959-1964 | The Donna Reed Show | Sra. Celia Wilgus | 4 episodios |
| 1959 | Lux Playhouse | Emma | Episodio: "The Miss and Missiles" |
| 1960 | Hawaiian Eye | Opal Jensen | Episodio: "Then There Were Three" |
| 1960 | Bourbon Street Beat | Elsie | Episodio: "Wagon Show" |
| 1960-1961 | Bachelor Father | Hilda | Episodios: "Hilda the Jewel" y "Hilda Rides Again" |
| 1960 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Sra. Metzger | Episodio: "Rock-A-Bye Dobie" |
| 1960 | The Case of the Dangerous Robin | | Episodio: "The Nightmare" |
| 1961 | Guestward Ho! | Sra. Laughing Water | Episodio: "The Hootons Versus Hawkeye" |
| 1962-1971 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Mabel Johnson / Agnes / Flo Shaffer | 6 episodios |
| 1962 | Margie | Sra. Botts | Episodio: "Flaming Youth" |
| 1962 | The Detectives | Betty | Episodio: "Pandora's Box" |
| 1962 | Rawhide | Sra. Beamish | Episodio: "The Greedy Town" |
| 1962 | Laramie | Edna Holtzhoff | Episodio: "Justice in a Hurry" |
| 1962 | The Dick Powell Theatre | | Episodio: "Pericles on 31st Street" |
| 1962 | 87th Precinct | Señorita Wilson | Episodio: "Girl in the Case" |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Sra. Hinch | Episodio: "The Quality of Justice" |
| 1964-1965 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Sra. Campbell / mucama de hotel | Episodios: "Honeymoons Are For The Lucky" y "Never Bathe On Saturday" |
| 1965 | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Angela Morrow / Esposa | Episodio: "World’s Oldest Motive" |
| 1966-1971 | Hogan's Heroes | Gertrude Linkmeyer | 4 episodios |
| 1967-1970 | Bonanza | Señorita Hibbs / Ma Brinker | Episodios: "Maestro Hoss" y "Long Way to Ogden" |
| 1968-1969 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Alice Whipple / Mami | Episodios: "Hit and Write" y "I'm Always Chasing Gomers" |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show | Eloise Parker | Episodio: "A Word from Our Sponsor" |
| 1973 | The Mod Squad | Martha | Episodio: "Cry Uncle" |
| 1973-1974 | Lotsa Luck | Iris Belmont | 22 episodios |
| 1975 | The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return | Essie | Película de televisión |
| 1975 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Bella Sarkof | Episodio: "The Youth Killer" |
| 1976 | Father O Father | Ama de casa | Película de televisión |
| 1977 | Kojak | Ma Wonderly | Episodio: "Case Without a File" |
| 1977 | ABC Weekend Special | Sra. Stetson | Episodio: "Soup and Me" |
| 1978 | Police Woman | Dueña | Episodio: "Sons" |
| 1980 | CHiPs | Dama indignada | Episodio: "To Your Health" |
| 1983 | Sutter's Bay | | Película de televisión |
| 1985 | AfterMASH | Sra. Poulos | Episodio: "Saturday's Heroes" |
| 1985 | Snorks | Voces adicionales | Voz. Episodio: "Snorkitis Is Nothing to Sneeze At/The Whole Toot and Nothing But..." |
| 1985 | Simon & Simon | Cliente de Felix | Episodio: "Facets" |
| 1986 | My Sister Sam | Sra. Pink | Episodio: "Patti's Party" |
| 1987 | Hunter | Ann Ridley | Episodio: "Requiem for Sergeant McCall" |
| 1987 | Mama's Family | Big Joan McCall | Episodio: "Mama with the Golden Arm" |
| 1987 | She's the Sheriff | Bessie | Episodio: "Hildy Gets Shot" |
| 1988 | Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis | Marie | Película de televisión |
| 1988-1990 | Growing Pains | Madge, Marge, Estelle, Sophie | 5 episodios |
| 1988-1990 | The Hogan Family | Madre Poole | Episodios: "Mother Poole's Visit" y "Used Car" |
| 1988 | The Facts of Life | Noreen Grisbee | Episodios: "The Beginning of the End" y "The Beginning of the Beginning" |
| 1988 | The Canterbury Ghost | Sra. Umney | Voz. Película de televisión |
| 1988 | Glitz | Sra. Magyk | Película de televisión |
| 1988 | Simon & Simon | Stella Brunansky | Episodio: "The Merry Adventures of Robert Hood" |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown | Sra. Caldwell | Episodio: "Respect" |
| 1988 | ALF | Betty Susla | Episodio: "Alone Again, Naturally" |
| 1989 | L.A. Law | Joan Ackerman | Episodio: "Izzy Ackerman or Is He Not" |
| 1989-1990 | DuckTales | Sra. Crackshell, Enfermera Hatchet | Voz. 10 episodios |
| 1989 | TV 101 | Dueña | Episodios: "First Love: Parte 3" |
| 1989 | The Magical World of Disney | Sra. Crackshell | Voz. Episodio: "Super DuckTales" |
| 1989-1990 | Head of the Class | Enfermera | Episodios: "Arvid Nose Best" y "The Joker Is Wild" |
| 1989 | Generations | Sra. Brezinski | 7 episodios |
| 1989 | Mr. Belvedere | Mujer | Episodio: "Fear of Flying" |
| 1989 | Christine Cromwell | Kathryn | Episodio: "Things That Go Bump in the Night" |
| 1990 | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Ma | Voz. Episodio: "Short Order Crooks" |
| 1990 | A Family for Joe | Sra. Lee | Episodio: "Law and Order" |
| 1990 | Sydney | Louisa | Episodio: "36-24-36" |
| 1990 | The Golden Girls | Madre Superior | Episodio: "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia?" |
| 1991 | The Munsters Today | Abuela | Episodio: "A House Divided" |
| 1991 | Sons and Daughters | Debbie | Episodio: "Deep Throat" |
| 1991 | Out of This World | Señorita Ogilvy | Episodio: "Educating Kyle" |
| 1991 | Tales from the Crypt | Sra. Parker | Episodio: "Loved to Death" |
| 1991 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Pawn Shop Clerk | Episodio: "Anaconda" |
| 1991 | Matlock | Lucy Lewis | Episodios: "The Witness Killings" y "The Witness Killings: Parte 2" |
| 1991 | MacGyver | Rose Magruta | Episodio: "Off the Wall" |
| 1992 | Major Dad | Edna | Episodio: "Close Encounters" |
| 1992 | Martin | Saleslady | Episodio: "The Gift Rapper" |
| 1992 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Sra. Mickling | Episodio: "The Patient in Spite of Himself" |
| 1993 | Chairman's Choice | | Película de televisión |
| 1993-1994 | Phenom | Maureen De La Rosa | Episodios: "A Very Doolen Christmas" y "It's a Wonderful Mid-Life Crisis" |
| 1993 | Nurses | Hermana Mary Alma | Episodio: "Smokin' in the Boys' Room" |
| 1994 | Herman's Head | Sra. Debusher | Episodio: "Bedtime for Hermo" |
| 1994 | Party of Five | Mona | Episodio: "Kiss Me Kate" |
| 1995 | The Mommies | Rona | Episodio: "Enter Ken" |
| 1995 | Renegade | Madre de Felipe | Episodio: "Most Wanted" |
| 1995-1996 | Gargoyles | Voces adicionales | Voz. 10 episodios |
| 1995 | Bless This Mess | Madre de Jimmy | Voz. Episodio: "The Postman Always Moves Twice" |
| 1995 | Married... with Children | Mami de Peg | Voz. 5 episodios |
| 1996 | Dave's World | Camarera | Episodio: "Loves Me Like a Rock" |
| 1996 | Melrose Place | Madge | Episodio: "The Circle of Strife" |
| 1996 | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Sra. Evans | Voz. Episodio: "Return of the Anasazi" |
| 1996 | Common Law | Dama danesa | Episodio: "In the Matter of: Luis in Love" |
| 1996-1997 | Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man | Enfermera | Voz. Episodios: "They Craved Duckman's Brain!" y "Bev Takes a Holiday" |
| 1996 | Roseanne | Seaweed Attendant / Edna | Episodios: "Pampered to a Pulp" y "Satan, Darling" |
| 1996 | ER | Paciente de Rhonda | Episodio: "No Brain, No Gain" |
| 1997 | Coach | Magda | Episodio: "The Stench of Death" |
| 1998 | Cow and Chicken | Greta | Voz. Episodio: "Sumo Cow/Comet!" |
| 1998 | Night Man | Fern | Episodio: "Bad to the Bone" |
| 1998 | Home Improvement | Gwen | Episodio: "The Son Also Mooches" |
| 1998 | Love Boat: The Next Wave | Maw-Maw Cranston | Episodio: "How Long Has This Been Going On?" |
| 1998 | Clueless | Pearl | Episodio: "Cashless" |
| 1999 | Caroline in the City | Abuela Duffy | Episodios: "Caroline and the Ancestral Home" y "Caroline and the Sudsy Guy" |
| 1999 | Rugrats | Margaret | Voz. Episodio: "Wrestling Grandpa/Chuckie Collects" |
| 1999 | Arli$$ | Helen Krupp | Episodio: "The Changing of the Guard" |
| 1999-2000 | Detention | Eugenia P. Kisskillya | Voz. 13 episodios |
| 1999 | Providence | Señorita Van Gundy | Episodio: "The Third Thing" |
| 1999 | Grown Ups | Mona | Episodio: "Online Romance" |
| 2000 | Becker | Edith / Evelyn | Episodio: "The Hypocratic Oath" |
| 2000 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | Cocinero del centro comunitario | Episodio: "Honey, I'm the Wrong Arm of the Law" |
| 2000-2003 | As Told by Ginger | Sra. Gordon | Voz. 13 episodios |
| 2000 | Batman Beyond | Ma Mayhem | Voz. Episodio: "The Eggbaby" |

### Videojuegos

| Año | Título | Personaje | Notas |
| 1997 | The Curse of Monkey Island | Madame Xima | Voz |