Most Recent Role: Karen McCluskey on Desperate Housewives
Alias Name(s): Kathryn Josten, Katherine Joosten, Kathryn Joostyn
Gender: Female
Birthday: 12-20-1939
Birth Name: Kathryn Joosten
Alias Name(s): Kathryn Josten, Katherine Joosten, Kathryn Joostyn
Gender: Female
Birthday: 12-20-1939
Birth Name: Kathryn Joosten
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Mother died of cancer in 1963.
In her twenties, she was entering into a new career as a psychiatric nurse in a medium security wing for disturbed teenagers. Through that job she met and married a psychiatrist, gave birth to two boys and settled down as a suburban housewife in Lake Forest, Illinois, a well-to-do suburb of Chicago.
In 1980, she divorced her husband because of his...
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Sunday 18 May 2008 on ABC
After Katherine announces that she has to leave town, Bree is left responsible for catering Bob and Lee's wedding. Gabrielle finds $118,000 in Ellie's teddy bear. Susan realizes she will soon lose someone she loves. Katherine Mayfair's secrets are finally revealed, and several residents of...
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- Carell, Baldwin top Emmy's comedy actor shortlist 2008-07-03 13:55:00
- external: Kathryn Joosten, 'Desperate Housewives': Mrs. McCluskey dishes the dirt! 2006-11-17
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Kathryn was nominated in 2008 for a SAG Award along with her Desperate Housewives castmates for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
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When her mom was dying, Kathryn vowed that someday she would pursue her dreams of acting.
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She began acting at the age of 45.
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Kathryn won a 2005 Emmy for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Desperate Housewives. She was nominated for the same category and the same show in 2008.
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She has appeared in over a dozen plays, six movies, eleven national television commercials, two pilots, ten drama series and over twenty sitcoms.
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Mrs. Sturges |
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Desperate Housewives
Karen McCluskey |
Dharma & Greg
Claire |
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General Hospital
Ida Warren |
Joan of Arcadia
Old Lady God |
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The West Wing
Delores Landingham |
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3rd Rock from the Sun
Dick, Smoker Cafeteria Lady |
A.U.S.A.
The Kiss Ginny |
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Ally McBeal
Falling Up Sister Alice |
A Minute With Stan Hooper
Stan's Best Friend Betty Jamison |
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Arli$$
You Are Your Priorities Kirby's Mother |
Becker
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Mrs Goldsmith |
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