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Kathryn Joosten

Joosten was born in Chicago. Her first career was as a psychiatric nurse at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, living in nearby Lake Forest, Illinois, where she married a psychiatrist and raised two sons. Following her 1980 divorce, she began acting in community theater in 1982, at age 42.


Aliases
  • Kathryn Rausch
English

Desperate Housewives

2004
as Karen McCluskey

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

2005
as Theatre Patron

Wedding Crashers

2005
as Chazz's Mom

The West Wing

1999
as Mrs. Landingham

Bedtime Stories

2008
as Mrs. Dixon

Best Men

1997
as Edie

Annul Victory

2009
as Kathryn Joosten

The TV Set

2006
as Lois

Halfway Decent

2005
as Bonnie's Mom

Combustion

2004
as Miss Knight

Secret Santa

2003
as Winifred

The Package

1989
as Waitress

Wish Wizard

2014
as Mrs. Inkwell

Rails & Ties

2007
as Mrs. Brown

Phoenix

1998
as Esther

Breaking Dawn

2004
as Neighbor

Jane Doe: Ties That Bind

2007
as Cara Goodman

Hostage

2005
as Louise

Guest Star

Episode Desperate Housewives
Me and My Town
2008
Episode Gilmore Girls
Written in the Stars
2004
Episode Raising Dad
Baby, You Can't Drive My Car
2001
Episode Providence
Dad
2001
Episode Grace Under Fire
Daycare
1995
Episode Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Where the Wild Things Are
2000
Episode Desperate Housewives
Liaisons
2007
Episode Titus
Bachelor Party
2002
Episode The Mentalist
At First Blush
2012
Episode Desperate Housewives
A Vision's Just a Vision
2008
Episode Reba
Brock's Got Stones
2006
Episode Boston Common
Trustee and Sympathy
1996
Episode Father of the Pride
Catnip and Trust
2004
Episode Desperate Housewives
Something's Coming
2007
Episode Charmed
My Three Witches
2003
Episode The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Not So Suite 16
2006
Episode Desperate Housewives
God, That's Good!
2007
Episode Frasier
Roz's Turn
1997
Episode My Name Is Earl
Quit Smoking
2005
Episode The West Wing
Let Bartlet Be Bartlet
2000
Episode Scrubs
My Old Lady
2001
Episode So Little Time
The Volunteer
2002
Episode Just Shoot Me!
The Kiss
1998
Episode Roseanne
The Thrilla Near the Vanilla Extract
1996
Episode Las Vegas
Win, Place, Bingo
2008
Episode Monk
Mr. Monk and the Sleeping Suspect
2003
Episode The Drew Carey Show
A Speedy Recovery
2003
Episode Dharma & Greg
Old Yeller
1998
Episode Thanks
Pilot
1999
Episode Becker
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
2000
Episode Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm Defends Reese
2005
Episode Yes, Dear
Dead Aunt, Dead Aunt...
2004
Episode Monk
Mr. Monk's 100th Case
2008
Episode Desperate Housewives
Kids Ain't Like Everybody Else
2008
Episode Desperate Housewives
The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened
2009
Episode Judging Amy
Wild Card
2003
Episode Scrubs
My First Kill
2004
Episode Spin City
She's Gotta Habit
2001
Episode Picket Fences
Reap the Whirlwind
1995
Episode The Nanny
The Pre-nup
1998
Episode Providence
Home Again
1999
Episode Even Stevens
Stevens Manor
2002
Episode Will & Grace
Ice Cream Balls
2004
Episode Desperate Housewives
There's Always a Woman
2008
Episode Thanks
Tobacco
1999
Episode Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Weatherman
2004
Episode Desperate Housewives
Not While I'm Around
2007
Episode The West Wing
Pilot
1999
Episode The X-Files
Trust No 1
2002
Episode Desperate Housewives
Crime Doesn't Pay
2009
Episode Desperate Housewives
What More Do I Need?
2008
Episode Men Behaving Badly (US)
After Midnight
1997
Episode The Drew Carey Show
Drew Dates a Senior
1998
Episode Thanks
Privacy
1999
Episode Seinfeld
The Little Jerry
1997
Episode Desperate Housewives
Come Play Wiz Me
2007
Episode Desperate Housewives
City on Fire
2008
Episode Life on a Stick
Things People Stand For
2005
Episode Saved
Who Do You Trust?
2006
Episode ER
A Shift in the Night
1996
Episode Ally McBeal
Falling Up
2001
Episode Desperate Housewives
Art Isn't Easy
2007
Episode Life with Roger
Dial M for Muffin
1997
Episode Prey
Discovery
1998
Episode NYPD Blue
Is Paris Burning?
1997
Episode Roseanne
Ballroom Blitz
1996
Episode Desperate Housewives
Now I Know, Don't Be Scared
2007
Episode Everwood
Last Looks
2004
Episode The West Wing
In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (1)
2000
Episode Murphy Brown
That's the Way the Corky Crumbles
1996