page_title: Kathryn Joosten
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caption_attribution_description: English: Actress Kathryn Joosten at the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards.
context_page_description: Kathryn Joosten was an American television actress. Her best known roles include Dolores Landingham on NBC's The West Wing from 1999 to 2002 and Karen McCluskey on ABC's Desperate Housewives from 2005 to 2012, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards in 2005 and 2008.
context_section_description: Kathryn Joosten (December 20, 1939 – June 2, 2012) was an American television actress. Her best known roles include Dolores Landingham on NBC's The West Wing from 1999 to 2002 and Karen McCluskey on ABC's Desperate Housewives from 2005 to 2012, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards in 2005 and 2008.
caption: Kathryn Joosten at the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony
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