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Kathleen Freeman
Highest Rated: 100% Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Feb 17, 1919
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
A character player, instantly recognizable and long beloved for her prolific assortment of portrayals of steely mothers, dour maids and hard-hearted Hannahs, Kathleen Freeman actually began her career just out of diapers as part of her parents' vaudeville act. The petite, stout performer formed her own theater company and was acting in "Ethan Frome" when she was spotted by talent scouts and signed for the movies. Freeman's early film career began with numerous nameless roles in the late 1940s and 50s in such films as "The Naked City" (1948), "Dream Wife" (1953) "The Fly" (1958). She was especially memorable in a hilarious supporting role in "Singin' in the Rain" (1952) as the voice teacher of Jean Hagen. The actress also enjoyed a 10 film collaboration with Jerry Lewis ranging from "Three Ring Circus" (1954) through "The Nutty Professor" (1963) and "The Disorderly Orderly" (1964) and winding up with "Which Way to the Front?" (1970).
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88% | 90% | Shrek | Old Woman (Voice) | $267.7M | 2001 |
| 23% | 52% | Ready to Rumble | Jane King (Character) | $12.4M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Richie Rich's Christmas Wish | Miss Peabody (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 23% | 41% | I'll Be Home for Christmas | Tom Tom Girl Gloria (Character) | $12.2M | 1998 |
| 46% | 37% | Blues Brothers 2000 | Mother Mary Stigmata (Character) | $14.0M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | ...At First Sight | Rhondas Grandma (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 58% | 53% | Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult | Muriel Dillon (Character) | $48.1M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 49% | Reckless Kelly | Mrs. Delance (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 55% | 84% | Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland | Dance Teacher (Voice) | $1.4M | 1992 |
| 71% | 59% | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Microwave Marge (Character) | $40.5M | 1990 |
| 50% | 41% | Dragnet | Enid Borden (Character) | $56.0M | 1987 |
| 82% | 65% | Innerspace | Dream Lady (Character) | $25.9M | 1987 |
| 67% | 68% | In the Mood | Beulah Marver (Character) | $709.1K | 1987 |
| 0% | 25% | Heartbeeps | Helicopter Pilot (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 72% | 92% | The Blues Brothers | Sister Mary Stigmata (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | 9% | The Norseman | Old Indian woman (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return | Essie (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hitched | Rainbow McCloud (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Your Three Minutes Are Up | Mrs. Wilk (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Where Does It Hurt? | Mrs. Mazzini (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Call Her Mom | Woman (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Psycho Sisters | Hilda (Character) | - | 1972 |
| 62% | 61% | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Mrs. Perkins (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 94% | 81% | The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Mrs. Jensen (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 27% | 35% | Myra Breckinridge | Bobby Dean Loner (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Hook, Line & Sinker | Mrs. Hardtack (Character) | - | 1969 |
| 83% | 54% | Death of a Gunfighter | Mary Elizabeth (Character) | - | 1969 |
| 17% | 28% | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Mrs. Stone (Character) | - | 1969 |
| 76% | 82% | Support Your Local Sheriff! | Mrs. Danvers (Character) | - | 1969 |
| 93% | 84% | Point Blank | First Citizen (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Three on a Couch | Murphy (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | The Rounders | Agatha Moore (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | 51% | Marriage on the Rocks | Miss Blight (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | That Funny Feeling | Woman at Phone Booth (Character) | - | 1965 |
| 60% | 68% | The Disorderly Orderly | Nurse Maggie Higgins (Character) | - | 1964 |
| 82% | 67% | The Nutty Professor | Millie Lemmon (Character) | - | 1963 |
| 57% | 65% | Who's Minding the Store? | Mrs. Glucksman (Character) | - | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Madison Avenue | Miss Thelma Haley (Character) | - | 1962 |
| 50% | 72% | The Errand Boy |
Mrs. Helen Paramutual/ |
- | 1961 |
| 100% | 67% | The Ladies' Man | Katie (Character) | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | Too Much, Too Soon | Miss Magruder (Character) | - | 1958 |
| 95% | 71% | The Fly | Emma (Delambre maid) (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | The Missouri Traveler | Serena Poole (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Midnight Story | Rosa Cuneo (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pawnee | Mrs. Carter (Character) | - | 1957 |
| 85% | 76% | Artists and Models | Mrs. Muldoon (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | Three Ring Circus | Custard-Pie Gag Victim (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | Athena | Miss Seely (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Half a Hero | Welcomer (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | She's Back on Broadway | Annie (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Glass Wall | Zelda (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | The Affairs of Dobie Gillis | "Happy Stella" Kowalski (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | The Magnetic Monster | Nelly (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Love Is Better Than Ever | Mrs. Kahrney (Character) | - | 1952 |
| 80% | 86% | The Bad and the Beautiful | Miss March (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1952 |
| 79% | 68% | Monkey Business | Mrs. Brannigan (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Kid Monk Baroni | Maria Baroni (Character) | - | 1952 |
| 100% | 95% | Singin' in the Rain | Phoebe Dinsmore (uncredited) (Character) | $23.9K | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Talk About a Stranger | Rosa (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 30% | Cause for Alarm | Woman (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 30% | The Reformer and the Redhead | Lily Rayton Parker (Character) | - | 1950 |
| 57% | 70% | House by the River | Effie Ferguson (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Once a Thief | Phoebe (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Annie Was a Wonder | Unknown (Character) | - | 1948 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 97% | Becker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| 33% | No Score Yet | Grown Ups | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Rugrats | Margaret (Guest Voice) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Caroline in the City | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Clueless | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| 14% | No Score Yet | Love Boat: The Next Wave | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | Home Improvement | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coach | Magda (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Rhonda's Patient (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 76% | 76% | Roseanne | Edna Von Meets (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Common Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Melrose Place | Madge (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 98% | Married ... With Children | Peg's Mom (Guest Voice) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mommies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nurses | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | MacGyver | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | The Golden Girls | Mother Superior (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Growing Pains | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988-1990 |
| No Score Yet | 96% | DuckTales | Mrs. Crackshell (Guest Voice) | 1989-1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hogan Family | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Head of the Class | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Belvedere | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | ALF | Betty Susla (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It's a Living | May (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mama's Family | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Ann Ridley (Guest Star) | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Sister Sam | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Landlady (Guest Star) | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak | Ma Wonderly (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| 100% | 85% | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lotsa Luck | Iris Belmont (Character) | 1973-1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mod Squad | Martha (Guest Star) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Mama Abner (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Funny Face | Kate (Character) | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Hogan's Heroes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966-1967 1969 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 1965 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Alice Whipple (Guest Star) | 1968-1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The High Chaparral | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | I Dream of Jeannie | Maw (Guest Star) | 1967-1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| 100% | No Score Yet | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laredo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Smothers Brothers Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1963 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Mrs. Campbell (Guest Star) | 1964-1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lucy Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 1961-1962 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | WAF Secretary (Guest Star) | 1959-1960 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Edna Holtzhoff (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bus Stop | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Mrs. Graff (Guest Star) | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Letter to Loretta | Jessie (Character) | 1953 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Married Joan | Customer in Dress Shop (Guest Star) | 1952 |