Kathleen Freeman | |
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Born | [1] [2] | February 17, 1923
Died | August 23, 2001 78) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. | (aged
Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
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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).
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]
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.
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".
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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 |
Year(s) | Title | Role | Notes |
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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" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | The Curse of Monkey Island | Madame Xima (voice) | |
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Alice Elizabeth Nunn was an American film and theatre actress. She was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and died at her apartment in West Hollywood, California. Although she played many roles across her 31-year career, appearing in more than 50 films and TV series, she is primarily remembered for her role as Large Marge, the ghost of a storied truck driver, in Tim Burton's 1985 film Pee-wee's Big Adventure, which is number 5 on the IFC list of the 25 scariest moments in non-horror film history, and earned her a cult following.
Nora Marlowe was an American film and television character actress.