Name
Kathleen Chalfant
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1945-01-14 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
Kathleen Chalfant (b. 1945, San Francisco) is an American actress, primarily a stage performer. She earned a Tony nomination for Angels in America (1993) and won multiple awards for Wit (1998), including a Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Obie. She received the Obie for Lifetime Achievement in 2018. On screen, her highlights include Old (2021) and Familiar Touch (2024), the latter earning her the Venice Orizzonti Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. She is married to photographer Henry Chalfant.
Known For
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- 2000 Company Man as Mother Quimp
- 2007 First Born as Mrs. Kasperian
- 2009 Duplicity as Pam Frailes
- 2002 The Laramie Project as Anonymous Female Rancher
- 2010 The Last New Yorker as Mimi
- 2009 Georgia O'Keeffe as Mrs. Stieglitz
- 2022 The Courtroom as Judge Easterbrook
- 1991 Jumpin' at the Boneyard as Mom
- 1989 Miss Firecracker as Miss Lilly
- 2004 2BPerfectlyHonest as Female Customer
- 1994 Junior as Casitas Madres Receptionist
- 2013 Isn't It Delicious as Joan Weldon
- 2013 A Dream of Flying as Old Woman
- 2015 Welcome to This House as Elizabeth Bishop
- 1987 Five Corners as Mrs. Fitzgerald
- 2002 A Death in the Family as Aunt Hannah
- 1996 MURDER and murder as Mildred
- 2025 Familiar Touch as Ruth
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- 2014 My America
- 1990 Tales from the Darkside: The Movie as Dean (segment ‘Lot 249’)
- 1997 David Searching as Grandmother
- 1998 QM, I Think I'll Call Her QM as Dr. Ruth Fielding
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- 2004 The Pornographer: A Love Story as Mom
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- 2017 Ambition's Debt as Soothsayer
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- 1998 The Last Days of Disco as Zenia
- 1998 A Price Above Rubies as Beggar Woman
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- 2025 Where to Land as Elizabeth
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- 2001 The Guardian ( 27 episodes ) as Laurie Solt
- 2000 The Beat ( 1 episode )
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- 2006 The Book of Daniel ( 1 episode ) as Catherine Webster
- 1994 New York Undercover ( 1 episode )
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- 2012 Elementary ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Clennon
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- 2018 New Amsterdam ( 1 episode ) as Molly
- 2014 Forever ( 1 episode ) as Gloria Carlyle
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