Kathleen Freeman

This article is about the American actress. For the British classical scholar, see Kathleen Freeman (classicist).

Kathleen Freeman
Freeman in Three on a Couch (1966)
Born	(1923-02-17)February 17, 1923 [1] [2] Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	August 23, 2001(2001-08-23) (aged 78) Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Occupation	Actress voice artist
Years active	1948–2001
Partner	Helen Ramsey (19??–2001)

Kathleen Freeman (February 17, 1923 –August 23, 2001) was an American actress. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, she portrayed acerbic maids, secretaries, teachers, busybodies, nurses, and battle-axe neighbors and relatives, almost invariably to comic effect. ^[3] In film, she is perhaps best remembered for appearing in 11 Jerry Lewis comedies in the 1950s and 1960s, The Blues Brothers (1980) and its sequel, and Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult (1994).

Early life

Freeman was born on February 17, 1923, in Chicago, Illinois. ^[4] She began her career as a child, dancing in her parents' vaudeville act. ^[5] Freeman was a Democrat who supported Adlai Stevenson during the 1952 presidential election. ^[6]

Career

Cary Grant and Freeman (in uncredited role) as a laundromat gossip in Houseboat (1958)

Film

Freeman made her film debut in Wild Harvest (1947). ^[7] For a short time in the early 1950s, Freeman was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player, appearing mostly in small and uncredited bit parts. Her most notable early role was an uncredited part in the 1952 MGM musical Singin' in the Rain as Jean Hagen's diction coach Phoebe Dinsmore. ^[8]

Beginning with the 1954 film 3 Ring Circus , Freeman became a favorite foil of Jerry Lewis, playing opposite him in 11 films. ^[9] These included most of Lewis's better-known comedies, including The Disorderly Orderly as Nurse Higgins, The Errand Boy as the studio boss's wife, and The Nutty Professor as Millie Lemon. Over 30 years later, she made a brief appearance in Nutty Professor II: The Klumps .

Her other film roles included appearances in The Missouri Traveler (1958), the horror film The Fly (1958), the Western spoofs Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) and Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971), and appearances in a spate of comedies in the 1980s and 1990s. Freeman played Sister Mary Stigmata (referred to as the Penguin) in John Landis' The Blues Brothers (1980) and Blues Brothers 2000 , had cameos in Joe Dante's Innerspace and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (as tipsy cooking host Microwave Marge), as a foul-mouthed apartment building manager in Dragnet, and a gangster mother in Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult.

Television

In addition to teaching acting classes in Los Angeles, Freeman was a familiar presence on television. In 1958–59, she appeared three times on Buckskin , a children's program set in a hotel in a fictitious Montana town. She appeared from the 1950s until her death in regular or recurring roles on many sitcoms, including six episodes of The Bob Cummings Show (as Bertha Krause), Topper (as Katie the maid), and The Donna Reed Show (as Mrs. Celia Wilgus, the Stones' busybody next door neighbor). In 1964, she appeared in five episodes of The Lucy Show . Later, she was cast on Hogan's Heroes as Frau Gertrude Linkmeyer, General Burkhalter's sister, who longed to wed Colonel Klink. In 1973, she had a co-starring role with Dom DeLuise in the sitcom Lotsa Luck (based on the British sitcom On the Buses ).

She appeared in several episodes of Wagon Train , Funny Face (as Mrs. Kate Harwell), I Dream of Jeannie (as a grouchy supervisor in a fantasy preview of Major Nelson's future, and later as a hillbilly), the short-lived prehistoric sitcom It's About Time (as Mrs. Boss), and as the voice of Peg Bundy's mom, an unseen character on Married... with Children . She played a female arm wrestler on Mama's Family . She appeared as a nurse in the television series Love American Style.

Freeman played Sgt Carter's mother in a 1969 episode of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. , as well as appearing as a different character in a 1968 episode of the same series. She also starred with Phil Silvers in The Beverly Hillbillies in episodes 25 and 26 of season eight and episodes two and three in season nine. She also made a first season appearance playing the wife of a couple who take the Clampetts to court, falsely accusing them of reckless driving and causing injuries to the couple (Season 1, Episode 32).

She remained active in her last two years with a regular voice role on As Told by Ginger , a voice bit in the animated feature film Shrek , and a guest appearance on the sitcom Becker. She received a Tony Award nomination and a Theatre World Award for her role as Jeannette Burmeister in the musical version of The Full Monty . ^[10] In her final episode of As Told by Ginger, season two's "No Hope for Courtney", Freeman's character retires from her teaching job, although Carl and Hoodsey try convincing her to return to work. The script originally was written to have Mrs. Gordon return to Lucky Elementary School, but Freeman died before the episode was finished. The script was then rewritten, and Mrs. Gordon died, as well. The episode was dedicated in Freeman's memory. The dedication came at the end of the episode after the announcement that Elaine Gordon had died and Carl was crying. The screen faded to black and a title card said "In Memory of Kathleen Freeman".

Death

Weakened by illness, Freeman was forced to leave the Full Monty cast. Five days later, she died of lung cancer ^[1] at age 78 at Lenox Hill Hospital. ^[11] She was cremated and her ashes interred in a niche at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. ^[12] She never married and she had no children. British reports of her death mentioned her long-time companion Helen Ramsey, but American obituaries did not. ^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1948	The Naked City	Stout Girl on Elevated Train	Uncredited
1948	Casbah	American Woman	Uncredited
1948	The Saxon Charm	Nurse	Uncredited
1948	Behind Locked Doors	Nurse	Uncredited
1949	Mr. Belvedere Goes to College	Gwendolyn	Uncredited
1949	Annie Was a Wonder	Annie Swenson	Short film
1949	The Story of Molly X	Seamstress Con	Uncredited
1950	No Man of Her Own	Clara Larrimore (uncredited)	Uncredited
1950	The Secret Fury	Jury Member	Uncredited
1950	House by the River	Effie Ferguson - Party Guest
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	Switchboard Operator, Betsy Ross Hotel	Uncredited
1950	The Second Face	Shirley	Uncredited
1951	The Company She Keeps	Jessie - Parolee with Child	Uncredited
1951	Cry Danger	Second Cigarette Clerk (uncredited)	Uncredited
1951	Cause for Alarm!	Woman	Uncredited
1951	A Place in the Sun	Factory Worker - Prosecution Witness	Uncredited
1951	Appointment with Danger	Nun	Uncredited
1951	Strictly Dishonorable	Silent Movie Organist	Uncredited
1951	Behave Yourself!	Pet Shop Proprietor's Wife	Uncredited
1951	Come Fill the Cup	Lil - Newspaper Switchboard Operator	Uncredited
1951	Let's Make It Legal	Reporter	Uncredited
1951	The Wild Blue Yonder	Nurse Baxter	Uncredited
1952	The Greatest Show on Earth	Spectator	Uncredited
1952	Love Is Better Than Ever	Mrs. Kahrney
1952	Singin' in the Rain	Phoebe Dinsmore	Uncredited
1952	Talk About a Stranger	Rosa, Grocery Clerk	Uncredited
1952	Kid Monk Baroni	Maria Baroni
1952	Skirts Ahoy!	Sarcastic Seamstress	Uncredited
1952	Wait 'til the Sun Shines, Nellie	The Burdges' Maid	Uncredited
1952	O. Henry's Full House	Mrs. Dorset	Uncredited Segment: "The Ransom of Red Chief"
1952	Monkey Business	Mrs. Brannigan, Neighbor	Uncredited
1952	The Prisoner of Zenda	Gertrud Holf	Uncredited
1952	The Bad and the Beautiful	Miss March	Uncredited
1953	The Magnetic Monster	Nelly
1953	She's Back on Broadway	Annie	Uncredited
1953	Confidentially Connie	Mother of Twins	Uncredited
1953	The Glass Wall	Zelda - Fat Woman
1953	A Perilous Journey	Leah
1953	Dream Wife	Chambermaid	Uncredited
1953	The Affairs of Dobie Gillis	'Happy Stella' Kowalski
1953	Half a Hero	Welcomer
1953	The Glass Web	Mrs. O'Halloran	Uncredited
1954	Battle of Rogue River	Sis Pringle	Uncredited
1954	The Far Country	Grits
1954	Athena	Miss Seely
1954	3 Ring Circus	Custard-Pie Gag Victim	Uncredited
1955	The Seven Year Itch	Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant	Uncredited
1955	Artists and Models	Mrs. Muldoon	Uncredited
1957	The Midnight Story	Rosa Cuneo
1957	Pawnee	Mrs. Carter
1957	Kiss Them for Me	Nurse Wilinski	Uncredited
1958	The Missouri Traveller	Serena Poole
1958	Too Much, Too Soon	Miss Magruder	Uncredited
1958	The Fly	Emma
1958	Houseboat	Laundromat Gossip (uncredited)	Uncredited
1958	The Buccaneer	Tina
1960	North to Alaska	Lena Nordquist
1961	Madison Avenue	Miss Thelma Haley
1961	The Ladies Man	Katie
1961	The Errand Boy	Mrs. Helen Paramutual / Mrs. T.P.
1962	Wild Harvest	Goldie
1963	The Nutty Professor	Millie Lemmon
1963	Who's Minding the Store?	Mrs. Glucksman
1964	Mail Order Bride	Sister Sue
1964	The Patsy	Katie	Uncredited
1964	The Disorderly Orderly	Nurse Maggie Higgins
1965	The Rounders	Agatha Moore
1965	That Funny Feeling	Woman at Phone Booth
1965	Marriage on the Rocks	Miss Blight
1966	Three on a Couch	Murphy
1967	The Big Mouth	Little Old Lady	Uncredited
1967	Point Blank	First Citizen
1968	The Helicopter Spies	Mom
1969	Support Your Local Sheriff!	Mrs. Danvers
1969	Hook, Line & Sinker	Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter
1969	Death of a Gunfighter	Mary Elizabeth
1969	The Good Guys and the Bad Guys	Mrs. Stone - Mother
1969	Love American Style	Nurse
1970	The Ballad of Cable Hogue	Mrs. Jensen
1970	Myra Breckinridge	Bobby Dean Loner
1970	Which Way to the Front?	Bland's Mother
1971	Support Your Local Gunfighter!	Mrs. Perkins
1971	Head On	Nadine
1972	Stand Up and Be Counted	Sarah
1972	Where Does It Hurt?	Mrs. Mazzini
1972	The Unholy Rollers	Karen's Mother
1973	Your Three Minutes Are Up	Mrs. Wilk
1974	So Evil, My Sister	Hilda
1975	The Strongest Man in the World	Officer Hurley
1978	The Norseman	Old Indian Woman
1980	The Blues Brothers	Sister Mary Stigmata, a.k.a. The Penguin
1981	Heartbeeps	Helicopter Pilot
1986	The Best of Times	Rosie
1986	Inside Out	Mother (voice)
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	Admissions Lady
1988	The Wrong Guys	Grunskis' Mom
1989	Chances Are	Mrs. Handy
1989	Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland	Dance Teacher (voice)
1989	The Princess and the Dwarf
1989	Hollywood Chaos
1990	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	Microwave Marge
1990	The Willies	Miss Titmarsh
1991	Joey Takes a Cab	Lola
1991	Dutch	Gritzi
1992	FernGully: The Last Rainforest	Elder #1 (voice)
1993	Reckless Kelly	Mrs. Delance
1993	Hocus Pocus	Miss Olin
1994	Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult	Muriel
1996	Two Guys Talkin' About Girls	Rhonda's Grandma
1996	Candysack	Elderly Marilyn Monroe Impersonator (voice)	Direct-to-video
1996	Carpool	Franklin's Mom (voice)
1997	Hercules	Heavyset Woman (voice)
1998	Blues Brothers 2000	Mother Mary Stigmata
1998	Richie Rich's Christmas Wish	Miss Peabody	Direct-to-video
1998	I'll Be Home for Christmas	Tom Tom Girl Gloria
1999	Baby Geniuses	Lenny's Noisy Neighbor	Uncredited
1999	Seven Girlfriends	Ms. Hargrove
2000	Ready to Rumble	Jane King
2000	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Denise's Nosy Neighbor	Uncredited
2001	Joe Dirt	Joe Dirt's Foster Mother	Uncredited
2001	Shrek	Old Woman (voice)	Last film role before death

Television

Year(s)	Title	Role	Notes
1950–1954	Fireside Theatre	Mrs. Chernowitz	8 episodes
1952	Dragnet		Episode: "The Big Death"
1952	Big Town		Episode: "Marry My Past"
1952	I Married Joan	Customer in Dress Shop	Episode: "Birthday"
1952	Our Miss Brooks	Miss Atterberry	Episode: "The Embezzled Dress"
1952	Schlitz Playhouse	Ripplehissian Gang	Episode: "The Pussyfootin' Rocks"
1953	Cavalcade of America		Episode: "The Indomitable Blacksmith"
1953	I Married Joan	Betty	Episodes: "Uncle Edgar" and "Moosehead"
1953–1954	Topper	Katie	19 episodes
1953	The Loretta Young Show	Freida Foss	Episode: "Girl on a Flagpole"
1954	Mr. & Mrs. North	Mary Farrell	Episode: "The Girl in Cell 13"
1954–1956	The Loretta Young Show	Jessie	3 episodes
1954–1955	Mayor of the Town	Marilyn "Marilly" the Housekeeper	39 episodes
1955	Lux Video Theatre	Connie	Episode: "Not All Your Tears"
1955	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Helga	Episode: "Harry Morton's Cocktail Party"
1955–1956	Matinee Theatre	Village Shopkeeper	3 episodes
1955–1958	The Bob Cummings Show	Bertha Krause	6 episodes
1956	Father Knows Best	Fussy Woman	Uncredited Episode: "The Bus to Nowhere"
1956	It's Always Jan	Mrs. Johnson	Episodes: "Love Rings Bells" and "Stock Deal"
1956	Warner Bros. Presents		Episode: "Strange World"
1956	The Loretta Young Show	Cousin Phemie	Episode: "His Inheritance"
1958	December Bride	Marie	Episode: "The Fred MacMurray Show"
1958	Tombstone Territory	Hannah Woolsey	Episode: "The Outcasts"
1958	Lassie	Mrs. Graff	Episode: "The Raffle"
1959	Wagon Train	Sairy Hogg	Episode: "The Kitty Angel Story"
1959–1962	General Electric Theatre	Girdle Woman	Episodes: "Night Club" and "The Free Wheelers"
1959–1963	77 Sunset Strip	Hannah Wells / Mrs. Ryan / WAF Secretary / Mrs. Holmes	4 episodes
1959–1964	The Donna Reed Show	Mrs. Celia Wilgus	4 episodes
1959	Lux Playhouse	Emma	Episode: "The Miss and Missiles"
1960	Hawaiian Eye	Opal Jensen	Episode: "Then There Were Three"
1960	Bourbon Street Beat	Elsie	Episode: "Wagon Show"
1960–1961	Bachelor Father	Hilda	Episodes: "Hilda the Jewel" and "Hilda Rides Again"
1960	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	Mrs. Metzger	Episode: "Rock-A-Bye Dobie"
1960	The Case of the Dangerous Robin		Episode: "The Nightmare"
1961	Guestward Ho!	Mrs. Laughing Water	Episode: "The Hootons Versus Hawkeye"
1962–1971	The Beverly Hillbillies	Mabel Johnson / Agnes / Flo Shaffer	6 episodes
1962	Margie	Mrs. Botts	Episode: "Flaming Youth"
1962	The Detectives	Betty	Episode: "Pandora's Box"
1962	Rawhide	Mrs. Beamish	Episode: "The Greedy Town"
1962	Laramie	Edna Holtzhoff	Episode: "Justice in a Hurry"
1962	The Dick Powell Theatre		Episode: "Pericles on 31st Street"
1962	87th Precinct	Miss Wilson	Episode: "Girl in the Case"
1963	Arrest and Trial	Mrs. Hinch	Episode: "The Quality of Justice"
1964–1965	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Mrs. Campbell / Hotel Maid	Episodes: "Honeymoons Are For The Lucky" and "Never Bathe On Saturday"
1965	Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Angela Morrow / Wife	Episode: "World's Oldest Motive"
1966–1971	Hogan's Heroes	Gertrude Linkmeyer	4 episodes
1967–1970	Bonanza	Miss Hibbs / Ma Brinker	Episodes: "Maestro Hoss" and "Long Way to Ogden"
1968–1969	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.	Alice Whipple / Mom	Episodes: "Hit and Write" and "I'm Always Chasing Gomers"
1969	The Bill Cosby Show	Eloise Parker	Episode: "A Word from Our Sponsor"
1973	The Mod Squad	Martha	Episode: "Cry Uncle"
1973–1974	Lotsa Luck	Iris Belmont	22 episodes
1975	The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return	Essie	Television movie
1975	Kolchak: The Night Stalker	Bella Sarkof	Episode: "The Youth Killer"
1976	Father O Father	Housekeeper	Television movie
1977	Kojak	Ma Wonderly	Episode: "Case Without a File"
1977	ABC Weekend Special	Mrs. Stetson	Episode: "Soup and Me"
1978	Police Woman	Landlady	Episode: "Sons"
1980	CHiPs	Outraged Lady	Episode: "To Your Health"
1983	Sutter's Bay		Television movie
1985	AfterMASH	Mrs. Poulos	Episode: "Saturday's Heroes"
1985	Snorks	Additional Voices (voice)	Episode: "Snorkitis Is Nothing to Sneeze At/The Whole Toot and Nothing But..."
1985	Simon & Simon	Felix's Customer	Episode: "Facets"
1986	My Sister Sam	Mrs. Pink	Episode: "Patti's Party"
1987	Hunter	Ann Ridley	Episode: "Requiem for Sergeant McCall"
1987	Mama's Family	Big Joan McCall	Episode: "Mama with the Golden Arm"
1987	She's the Sheriff	Bessie	Episode: "Hildy Gets Shot"
1988	Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis	Marie	Television movie
1988–1990	Growing Pains	Madge, Marge, Estelle, Sophie	5 episodes
1988–1990	The Hogan Family	Mother Poole	Episodes: "Mother Poole's Visit" and "Used Car"
1988	The Facts of Life	Noreen Grisbee	Episodes: "The Beginning of the End" and "The Beginning of the Beginning"
1988	The Canterbury Ghost	Mrs. Umney (voice)	Television movie
1988	Glitz	Mrs. Magyk	Television movie
1988	Simon & Simon	Stella Brunansky	Episode: "The Merry Adventures of Robert Hood"
1988	Murphy Brown	Mrs. Caldwell	Episode: "Respect"
1988	ALF	Betty Susla	Episode: "Alone Again, Naturally"
1989	L.A. Law	Joan Ackerman	Episode: "Izzy Ackerman or Is He Not"
1989–1990	DuckTales	Mrs. Crackshell, Nurse Hatchet (voices)	10 episodes
1989	TV 101	Landlady	Episodes: "First Love: Part 3"
1989	The Magical World of Disney	Mrs. Crackshell (voice)	Episode: "Super DuckTales"
1989–1990	Head of the Class	Nurse	Episodes: "Arvid Nose Best" and "The Joker Is Wild"
1989	Generations	Mrs. Brezinski	7 episodes
1989	Mr. Belvedere	Woman	Episode: "Fear of Flying"
1989	Christine Cromwell	Kathryn	Episode: "Things That Go Bump in the Night"
1990	Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers	Ma (voice)	Episode: "Short Order Crooks"
1990	A Family for Joe	Mrs. Lee	Episode: "Law and Order"
1990	Sydney	Louisa	Episode: "36-24-36"
1990	The Golden Girls	Mother Superior	Episode: "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia?"
1991	The Munsters Today	Grandma	Episode: "A House Divided"
1991	Sons and Daughters	Debbie	Episode: "Deep Throat"
1991	Out of This World	Miss Ogilvy	Episode: "Educating Kyle"
1991	Tales from the Crypt	Mrs. Parker	Episode: "Loved to Death"
1991	Beverly Hills, 90210	Pawn Shop Clerk	Episode: "Anaconda"
1991	Matlock	Lucy Lewis	Episodes: "The Witness Killings" and "The Witness Killings: Part 2"
1991	MacGyver	Rose Magruta	Episode: "Off the Wall"
1992	Major Dad	Edna	Episode: "Close Encounters"
1992	Martin	Saleslady	Episode: "The Gift Rapper"
1992	Doogie Howser, M.D.	Mrs. Mickling	Episode: "The Patient in Spite of Himself"
1993	Chairman's Choice		Television movie
1993–1994	Phenom	Maureen De La Rosa	Episodes: "A Very Doolen Christmas" and "It's a Wonderful Mid-Life Crisis"
1993	Nurses	Sister Mary Alma	Episode: "Smokin' in the Boys' Room"
1994	Herman's Head	Mrs. Debusher	Episode: "Bedtime for Hermo"
1994	Party of Five	Mona	Episode: "Kiss Me Kate"
1995	The Mommies	Rona	Episode: "Enter Ken"
1995	Renegade	Felipe's Mother	Episode: "Most Wanted"
1995	Bless This Mess	Jimmy's Mother (voice)	Episode: "The Postman Always Moves Twice"
1995	Married... with Children	Peg's Mom (voice)	5 episodes
1996	Dave's World	Waitress	Episode: "Loves Me Like a Rock"
1996	Melrose Place	Madge	Episode: "The Circle of Strife"
1996	The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest	Mrs. Evans (voice)	Episode: "Return of the Anasazi"
1996	Common Law	Danish Lady	Episode: "In the Matter of: Luis in Love"
1996–1997	Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man	Nurse (voice)	Episodes: "They Craved Duckman's Brain!" and "Bev Takes a Holiday"
1996	Roseanne	Seaweed Attendant / Edna	Episodes: "Pampered to a Pulp" and "Satan, Darling"
1996	ER	Rhonda's Patient	Episode: "No Brain, No Gain"
1997	Coach	Magda	Episode: "The Stench of Death"
1998	Cow and Chicken	Greta (voice)	Episode: "Sumo Cow/Comet!"
1998	Night Man	Fern	Episode: "Bad to the Bone"
1998	Home Improvement	Gwen	Episode: "The Son Also Mooches"
1998	Love Boat: The Next Wave	Maw-Maw Cranston	Episode: "How Long Has This Been Going On?"
1998	Clueless	Pearl	Episode: "Cashless"
1999	Caroline in the City	Grandma Duffy	Episodes: "Caroline and the Ancestral Home" and "Caroline and the Sudsy Guy"
1999	Rugrats	Margaret (voice)	Episode: "Wrestling Grandpa/Chuckie Collects"
1999	Arli$$	Helen Krupp	Episode: "The Changing of the Guard"
1999–2000	Detention	Eugenia P. Kisskillya (voice)	13 episodes
1999	Providence	Miss Van Gundy	Episode: "The Third Thing"
1999	Grown Ups	Mona	Episode: "Online Romance"
2000	Becker	Edith / Evelyn	Episode: "The Hypocratic Oath"
2000	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show	Community Center Cook	Episode: "Honey, I'm the Wrong Arm of the Law"
2000–2002	As Told by Ginger	Mrs. Gordon (voice)	13 episodes
2000	Batman Beyond	Ma Mayhem (voice)	Episode: "The Eggbaby"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	The Curse of Monkey Island	Madame Xima (voice)

References

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5. "Actress Kathleen Freeman Dies at 82". Backstage . Associated Press. August 24, 2001. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
6. Motion Picture and Television Magazine, November 1952, page 33, Ideal Publishers
7. "Freeman, Kathleen (1919–2001)." Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. Ed. Anne Commire and Deborah Klezmer. Vol. 1. Detroit: Thompson Gale, 2007, p. 692. March 18, 2014, ISBN   978-0787675851
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9. Clark, Mike (August 30, 2002). "Jerry Lewis tells it like it is — and was". USA Today . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
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• Kathleen Freeman at IMDb
• Kathleen Freeman at the Internet Broadway Database
• Kathleen Freeman Remembered, lucyfan.com; accessed December 14, 2014.
• Interview with Kathleen Freeman, TonyAwards.com; accessed December 14, 2014.