Kathleen Freeman
Kathleen Freeman (alternatively: Katherine Freeman) (born February 17, 1919 in Chicago , Illinois , † August 23, 2001 in New York City ) was an American actress .
life and career
Kathleen Freeman first gained stage experience before she regularly took on supporting roles in Hollywood films from 1948. From a young age, the character actress mainly played matronly characters such as mothers, secretaries, maids, neighbors, nurses or old maids - almost always for comedic purposes. First, most of her film roles were small, but she had a striking appearance as a long-suffering voice teacher Phoebe Dinsmore in musical classic Singin 'in the Rain (1952). In the 1960s, Freeman was to Jerry Lewis what Margaret Dumont was to Groucho Marx , a kind of trademark. She took on comical supporting roles in numerous films with Lewis in the lead role. She is known to a wide audience through the role of sister Maria Stigmata in the comedy film Blues Brothers . Freeman also played regularly on US television, for example, she was in the sitcom ALF , episode 63, Cousin Blinky to see.
Kathleen Freeman died of lung cancer at the age of 82 . She was survived by her longtime partner Helen Ramsey.
Filmography (selection)
- 1948: The Saxon Charm
- 1948: Behind closed doors (Behind Locked Doors )
- 1948: Casbah - Forbidden Alleys (Casbah)
- 1948: City without a mask (The Naked City)
- 1948: Annie Was a Wonder (short film)
- 1949: The Story of Molly X.
- 1949: Mr. Belvedere can do everything better (Mr. Belvedere Goes to College)
- 1950: Once a Thief
- 1950: The predator is going on (The Reformer and the Redhead)
- 1950: House by the River (House by the River)
- 1950: Derailed (No Man of Her Own)
- 1952: The sweet case ( Love is Better Than Ever )
- 1952: Singin 'in the Rain
- 1954: Over the Death Pass (The Far Country)
- 1954: The circus clown (3 Ring Circus)
- 1955: The Agent Schreck (Artists and Models)
- 1957: The attack on the Rio Morte (Pawnee)
- 1958: The Fly (The Fly)
- 1960: Land of a Thousand Adventures (North To Alaska)
- 1961: Bathed Too Hot (The Ladies Man)
- 1961: The Errand Boy (The Errand Boy)
- 1963: The shop keeper (Who's Minding the Store?)
- 1963: The Nutty Professor (The Nutty Professor)
- 1964: The Disorderly Orderly (The Disorderly Orderly)
- 1965: Nebraska (The Rounders)
- 1965–1971: A cage full of heroes ( Hogan's Heroes , TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1966: Three on a Couch (Three on a Couch)
- 1968: Even a sheriff needs help (Support Your Local Sheriff)
- 1969: Frank Patch - Your hours are numbered (Death of a Gunfighter)
- 1969: The Last of the Red River (The Good Guys and the Bad Guys)
- 1970: The final bill (The Ballad of Cable Hogue)
- 1970: Myra Breckinridge - man or woman? (Myra Breckinridge)
- 1971: Latigo (Support Your Local Gunfighter)
- 1975: The Retort Goliath (The Strongest Man in the World)
- 1980: Blues Brothers (The Blues Brothers)
- 1981: Heart squeak (Heartbeeps)
- 1986: The Journey into the Self (Inner Space)
- 1986: Fear and Loneliness (Inside Out)
- 1986: Rocket Man (The Best of Times)
- 1988–1990: Valerie (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1990: Gremlins 2 - The New Batch (Gremlins 2 - The New Batch)
- 1991: Listen who's hammering ( Home Improvement ; TV series, 1 episode)
- 1991: MacGyver (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1991: The Poison Dwarf (Dutch)
- 1991: Tales from the Crypt ( Tales from the Crypt , TV series, episode 3x01)
- 1993: Hocus Pocus
- 1994: The Naked Gun 33⅓ (The Final Insult)
- 1995: Caroline in the City
- 1995: A Terribly Nice Family ( Married… with Children , TV series, 5 episodes, voice of Peg's mother)
- 1998: Blues Brothers 2000
- 2000: As Told by Ginger (TV series, voice of Mrs. Gordon)
- 2000: The Klumps Family and the Mad Professor (Nutty Professor II: The Klumps)
- 2000: Ready to Rumble
- 2000: Batman Beyond (TV series, episode The Eggbaby , voice of Ma Mayhem)
- 2001: Shrek - The daredevil hero ( Shrek , voice of the old woman)
- 2001: Joe Dirt (Joe Dirt)
Web links
- Kathleen Freeman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kathleen Freeman in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Kathleen Freeman at filmreference.com (English)
- Kathleen Freeman in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kathleen Freeman at Allmovie
- ^ Kathleen Freeman The mother of all movie battleaxes , obituary in the Guardian
- ^ Kathleen Freeman The mother of all movie battleaxes , obituary in the Guardian
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Freeman, Kathleen |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Freeman, Katherine |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1919 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | August 23, 2001 |
Place of death | New York City , New York , United States |