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Kathryn Joosten

Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 12/20/1939 († 72, 06/02/2012) | Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
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Kathryn Joosten (born Kathryn Rausch; December 20, 1939 – June 2, 2012) was an American 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. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Kids & Family

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When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive b ...

Hostage

R

2005 | 3.2/5 | 1h 53min
Action, Thriller, Crime
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Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment in ...

Bedtime Stories

PG

2008 | 3.1/5 | 1h 39min
Fantasy, Comedy, Kids & Family, Romance / Love
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John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who wan ...

Wedding Crashers

R

2005 | 3.2/5 | 1h 59min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's t ...

Desperate Housewives

TV-PG

2004 | 4.0/5
Mystery, Drama, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Kathryn Joosten

2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
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Movies with Kathryn Joosten as Actress(23)

as Mrs. Inkwell2014 Wish Wizard
as Angie2011 Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
as Aunt Jackie2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
as herself2009 Annul Victory
as Mrs. Dixon2008 Bedtime Stories
as Lois2007 The TV Set
as Mrs. Brown2007 Rails & Ties
as Cara Goodman2007 Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
as Theatre Patron2005 Cheaper by the Dozen 2
as Louise2005 Hostage
as Chazz's Mom2005 Wedding Crashers
as Neighbor2004 Breaking Dawn
as Miss Knight2004 Combustion
as Winifred2003 Secret Santa
as Erma2003 Wasabi Tuna
as Mother2000 Hellraiser: Inferno
as Wheelchair Lady1999 Kiss Toledo Goodbye
as Esther1998 Phoenix
as Edie1997 Best Men
as Mrs. Oshatz1996 The Making of a Hollywood Madam
as Judge1995 The Stranger Beside Me
as Waitress1989 The Package
as Mrs. Clark1984 Grandview, U.S.A.

TV Shows/Series with Kathryn Joosten as Actress(48)

as Gloria Williams2008 The Mentalist
2006 The Greg Behrendt Show
as Stephanie Drake2005 Grey's Anatomy
as Donny's Mom2005 My Name Is Earl
as Nurse Townsend2005 The Closer
as Marilyn2005 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005 Love, Inc.
2004 Desperate Housewives
as Karen McCluskey2004 Desperate Housewives
2003 Las Vegas
as Funeral Guest2003 Hope & Faith
2003 Joan of Arcadia
2002 Less than Perfect
as Mrs. Hammerhill2002 Everwood
as Neysa Gordon2002 Monk
2001 Reba
2001 The Division
as Mrs. Tanner2001 Scrubs
2000 Gilmore Girls
2000 Even Stevens
as Claire2000 Malcolm in the Middle
as Jenny2000 Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 Titus
as Mrs. Landingham1999 The West Wing
as Dolores Landingham1999 The West Wing
as Miss O'Meara1999 Providence
as Mrs. Nielsen1999 Providence
1999 Thanks
as Judge Drabowsky1999 Judging Amy
as Felicia1998 Will & Grace
as Mrs. Goldsmith1998 Becker
as Maureen1998 The King of Queens
as Mrs. Pierce1997 Just Shoot Me!
1997 Brooklyn South
as Genevive Holt1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997 Ally McBeal
as Claire1997 Dharma & Greg
1996 Arliss
as Cafeteria Lady1996 3rd Rock from the Sun
as Sister Agnes1996 Spin City
as Mrs. Schuster1996 Boston Common
as Lois1994 ER
as Agent Edie Boal1993 The X-Files
as Vera1993 Frasier
as Thelma McCready1991 Home Improvement
as Grocery Checker1989 Family Matters
as Betsy1989 Seinfeld
1988 Roseanne

Full Name: Kathryn Rausch
Born: Wednesday, 12/20 1939 (December) in Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 06/02 2012 (June) in Westlake Village (aged: 72)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Kathryn Joosten (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Kathryn Rausch"
Kathryn Joosten frequently works together with these people:
Larry David (38x, Actor)
Norman Brenner (25x, Actor)
Tom Virtue (16x, Actor)
Nancy Lenehan (15x, Actress)
Joyce Guy (15x, Actress)
Lee Garlington (14x, Actress)
Clyde Kusatsu (13x, Actor)
Kurt Fuller (13x, Actor)
Bob Morrisey (13x, Actor)
Holmes Osborne (13x, Actor)
Deck McKenzie (13x, Actor)
Adam Shankman (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:53040, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024