Kathryn Joosten (December 20, 1939 - June 2, 2012), born Rausch, was an American actress of Dutch and German descent.
The bulk of her career was made of television. She was perhaps most well known for playing Mrs. Dolores Landingham in The West Wing and Karen McCluskey in Desperate Housewives.
She died in 2012 from lung cancer at age 72 and she is survived by two children.
Filmography
- Grandview USA as Mrs. Clark
- Sable as Waitress (1 episode)
- The Package as Waitress
- Pointman as Lois (1 episode)
- Family Matters as Grocery checker (1 episode)
- Picket Fences as Waitress (1 episode)
- Grace Under Fire as Ida Reilly (1 episode)
- 3rd Rock from the Sun as Cafeteria lady (1 episode)
- ER as Lois (1 episode)
- Roseanne as Carol/Supermarket customer (2 episodes)
- Goode Behavior as unknown (1 episode)
- Murphy Brown as Secretary #83 (1 episode)
- Boston Common as Mrs. Schuster (1 episode)
- Seinfeld as Warden Betsy (1 episode)
- Frasier as Vera (1 episode)
- Profiler as Morganna Styles (1 episode)
- Men Behaving Badly as Saleswoman (1 episode)
- NYPD Blue as Mrs. Prows (1 episode)
- Life With Roger as Mrs. Mitchell (1 episode)
- Brooklyn South as Mrs. Mariah Westbrook (2 episodes)
- Best Men as Edie
- Prey as Landlady (1 episode)
- Just Shoot Me! as Mrs. Pierce (1 episode)
- The Nanny as Ward Nurse (1 episode)
- Phoenix as Esther
- The Drew Carey Show as Natalie/Ruth (2 episodes)
- Dharma & Greg as Claire (recurring)
- Home Improvement as Thelma McCreedy (1 episode)
- Thanks as Mrs. Sturges (3 episodes)
- Providence as Mrs. Nielsen/Miss O'Meara (2 episodes)
- The West Wing as Dolores Landingham (recurring, 30 episodes)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Genevieve Holt (1 episode)
- Becker as Mrs. Goldsmith (1 episode)
- Hellraiser: Inferno as Mother
- Ally McBeal as Sister Alice (1 episode)
- Spin City as Sister Agnes (1 episode)
- Scrubs as Mrs. Tanner (3 episodes)
- The X-Files as Agent Edie Boal (1 episode)
- Titus as Betty (1 episode)
- The Division (2001) as Constance 'Connie' Langtry (1 episode)
- So Little Time as Louise Van Horn (1 episode)
- Even Stevens as Edna Manning (1 episode)
- General Hospital as Ida Warren (5 episodes)
- Judging Amy as Judge Drabowsky (1 episode)
- AUSA as Ginny Romano (2 episodes)
- Hope & Faith as Funeral Guest (Uncredited Role)
- Charmed (1998) as Magician's wife/assistant (1 episode)
- The King of Queens as Maureen (1 episode)
- Joan of Arcadia as Elderly woman (incarnation of God) (8 episodes)
- Monk as Neysa Gordon/Nurse Stempel (2 episodes)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm as Woman at reception (1 episode)
- Will & Grace as Felicia (1 episode)
- Yes, Dear as Claire Atkinson (1 episode)
- Life With Bonnie as Phyllis (1 episode)
- Everwood as Mrs. Hammerhill (1 episode)
- Gilmore Girls as Marzie Fortner (1 episode)
- Breaking Dawn as Neighbor
- Hostage as Louise
- Grey's Anatomy as Stephanie Drake (1 episode)
- Love Inc as Doris (1 episode)
- Wedding Crashers as Chazz's Mom
- Malcolm in the Middle as claire (1 episode)
- Cheaper by the Dozen 2 as Patron
- My Name Is Earl as Donny's Mother (2 episodes)
- Desperate Housewives as Karen McCluskey (87 episodes)
- Reba as Director of Homeless Shelter (1 episode)
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as Grandma Marilyn (1 episode)
- The TV Set as Lois
- The Evidence as Midge (1 episode)
- Saved as Evelyn Wilson (1 episode)
- The Closer as Nurse Townsend (1 episode)
- Las Vegas as Robby (1 episode)
- Bedtime Stories (2008) as Mrs. Dixon
- The Bold and the Beautiful as Herself
- The Cleveland Show as Hazel
- The Mentalist as Elderly Neighbor (1 episode)
