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Kathleen Freeman

Kathleen Freeman has appeared in nine films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Naked City (1948), A Place in the Sun (1951), Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), The Nutty Professor (1963), Point Blank (1967), The Sting (1973), The Blues Brothers (1980), & Shrek (2001).

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Filmography

Shrek

2001
as Old Woman (voice)

The Blues Brothers

1980
as Schwester Mary Stigmata ('Die Pinguin-Tante')

Hocus Pocus

1993
as Miss Olin

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990
as Microwave Marge

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

1994
as Muriel

Too Much, Too Soon

1958
as Miss Magruder

Marriage on the Rocks

1965
as Miss Blight

Death of a Gunfighter

1969
as Mary Elizabeth

Once a Thief

1950
as Phoebe

Reckless Kelly

1994
as Mrs. Delance

Artists and Models

1955
as Mrs. Muldoon

The Strongest Man in the World

1975
as Officer Hurley

Behind Locked Doors

1948
as Nurse

Support Your Local Sheriff!

1969
as Mrs. Danvers

Kid Monk Baroni

1952
as Maria Baroni

Lunatic

1999
as Girl

Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis

1988
as Marie

That Funny Feeling

1965
as Woman at Phone Booth

Point Blank

1967
as First Citizen

The Missouri Traveler

1958
as Serena Poole

Glitz

1988
as Mrs. Magyk

Houseboat

1958
as Laundromat Gossip

The Malibu Bikini Shop

1986
as Loraine Bender

The Norseman

1978
as Old Indian woman

Lonely Heart Bandits

1950
as Bertha Martin

Which Way to the Front?

1970
as Bland's Mother

Hook, Line and Sinker

1969
as Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter

Psycho Sisters

1974
as Hilda

She's Back on Broadway

1953
as Webber's Receptionist

Heartbeeps

1981
as Helicopter Pilot

Your Three Minutes Are Up

1973
as Mrs. Wilk

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

1998
as Herself

Appointment with Danger

1951
as Nun

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

1969
as Mrs. Stone

Call Her Mom

1972
as Woman

A Perilous Journey

1953
as Leah

Who's Minding the Store?

1963
as Mrs. Glucksman

Annie Was a Wonder

1949
as Annie Swenson

Myra Breckinridge

1970
as Bobby Dean Loner

The Midnight Story

1957
as Rosa Cuneo

Richie Rich's Christmas Wish

1998
as Miss Peabody

Dragnet

1987
as Enid Borden

The Story of Molly X

1949
as Seamstress Con

The Reformer and the Redhead

1950
as Lily Rayton Parker

The Second Face

1950
as Shirley

Pawnee

1957
as Mrs. Carter

Madison Avenue

1962
as Miss Thelma Haley

The Nutty Professor

1963
as Millie Lemmon

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return

1975
as Essie

Innerspace

1987
as Dream Lady

The Disorderly Orderly

1964
as Nurse Higgins

The Buccaneer

1958
as Tina

The Far Country

1954
as Grits

The Glass Wall

1953
as Zelda - Fat Woman

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970
as Mrs. Jensen

Three on a Couch

1966
as Murphy

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

1953
as Stella Kowalski

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

1992
as Edler (voice)

Ready to Rumble

2000
as Jane King

Dutch

1991
as Gritzi

The Willies

1990
as Miss Titmarsh

The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited

2004
as Mrs. Campbell

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971
as Mrs. Perkins

3 Ring Circus

1954
as Custard Pie Gag Victim

In the Mood

1987
as Mrs. Marver

Teen Wolf Too

1987
as Admissions Lady

The Helicopter Spies

1968
as Mom

House by the River

1950
as Effie Ferguson - Party Guest

The Ladies Man

1961
as Katie

The Rounders

1965
as Agatha Moore

Love Is Better Than Ever

1952
as Mrs. Kahrney

Strictly Dishonorable

1951
as Organist

North to Alaska

1960
as Lena Nordqvist

The Best of Times

1986
as Rosie

The Errand Boy

1961
as Mrs. Helen Paramutual

The Magnetic Monster

1953
as Nelly

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952
as Whitfield's Assistant

The Fly

1958
as Emma

O. Henry's Full House

1952
as The Ransom of Red Chief: Mrs. Dorset

I'll Be Home for Christmas

1998
as Tom Tom Girl Gloria

Battle of Rogue River

1954
as Sis Pringle