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Kathryn Joosten

Acting · Born December 20, 1939 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Kathryn Joosten was born in Chicago. Her first career was as a psychiatric nurse at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, living in nearby Lake Forest, Illinois, where she married a psychiatrist and raised two sons. Following her 1980 divorce, she began acting in community theater in 1982, at age 42.

Movies with Kathryn Joosten

• Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009) — Aunt Jackie
• Bedtime Stories (2008) — Mrs. Dixon
• Wedding Crashers (2005) — Chazz's Mom
• Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) — Theatre Patron
• Hostage (2005) — Louise
• The Package (1989) — Waitress
• Hellraiser: Inferno (2000) — Mother
• Grandview, U.S.A. (1984) — Mrs. Clark
• Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011) — Angie
• Phoenix (1998) — Esther
• Fathers and Sons (2005) — Gene's Mom (uncredited)
• The TV Set (2007) — Lois

TV shows with Kathryn Joosten

• Desperate Housewives (2004) — Karen McCluskey
• The West Wing (1999) — Dolores Landingham
• Joan of Arcadia (2003) — Old Lady God
• Dharma & Greg (1997) — Claire
• Thanks (1999)