
Kathryn Joosten
Biography
Kathryn 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.
Movie Appearances

Hostage
as Louise
2005

Bedtime Stories
as Mrs. Dixon
2008

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
as Aunt Jackie
2009

Wedding Crashers
as Chazz's Mom
2005

Hellraiser: Inferno
as Mother
2000

Breaking Dawn
as Neighbor
2004

Phoenix
as Esther
1998

Rails & Ties
as Mrs. Brown
2007

The TV Set
as Lois
2007

Kiss Toledo Goodbye
as Wheelchair Lady
1999

Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
as Angie
2011

Wish Wizard
as Mrs. Inkwell
2014

Grandview, U.S.A.
as Mrs. Clark
1984

The Making of a Hollywood Madam
as Mrs. Oshatz
1996

Red Roses and Petrol
as Nurse
2003

Secret Santa
as Winifred
2003

Combustion
as Miss Knight
2004

The Stranger Beside Me
as Judge
1995

The Package
as Waitress
1989

Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
as Cara Goodman
2007
TV Appearances

Titus
as Betty
2000

Less than Perfect
as Old Lady
2002

Arli$$
as Kirby's Mother
1996

Boston Common
as Mrs. Schuster
1996

Seinfeld
as Betsy
1989

Grey's Anatomy
as Stephanie Drake
2005

Reba
as Director
2001

The Closer
as Nurse Townsend
2005

Ally McBeal
as Sister Alice
1997

Home Improvement
as Thelma McCready
1991

Joan of Arcadia
as Old Lady God
2003

The Division
as Constance 'Connie ' Langtry
2001