Kathleen Chalfant
42 movies · 22 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 14, 1945 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Also known as
- Kathleen Ann Bishop · Kathleen A. Chalfant
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Kathleen Chalfant: movies and TV shows
Acting (64)
- 2025
- 2025 Where to Land
as Elizabeth
- 2025 Familiar Touch
as Ruth
- 2024 Turning Blue
as Clara
- 2022 The Courtroom
as Judge Easterbrook
- 2021 Old
as Agnes
- 2020 500 Calories
as Ms. Evangeline
- 2018
- 2017 They Shall Not Perish
as Mabel Elliot
- 2017 Class Rank
as Barbara – The Editor in Chief
- 2017 Ambition's Debt
as Soothsayer
- 2015 Welcome to This House
as Elizabeth Bishop
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2013 A Dream of Flying
as Old Woman
- 2013 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Ethel Harlan
- 2013
- 2013 Isn't It Delicious
as Joan Weldon
- 2013
- 2013
- 2012
- 2010 The Last New Yorker
as Mimi
- 2009
- 2009 Georgia O'Keeffe
as Mrs. Stieglitz
- 2009 Duplicity
as Pam Frailes
- 2007 Perfect Stranger
as Elizabeth Clayton
- 2007 First Born
as Mrs. Kasperian
- 2006
- 2005 Lackawanna Blues
as Mrs. Carmichael
- 2004 Kinsey
as Barbara Merkle
- 2004
- 2004 2BPerfectlyHonest
as Female Customer
- 2004
- 2002 Book of Kings
as Nina
- 2002 A Death in the Family
as Aunt Hannah
- 2002 The Laramie Project
as Anonymous Female Rancher
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000
- 2000 Company Man
as Mother Quimp
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · TV
as Judge Cutress / Mrs. Nash / President Roberts · 4 episodes
- 1999
- 1998 Side Streets
as Nanda
- 1998 The Last Days of Disco
as Zenia
- 1998 A Price Above Rubies
as Beggar Woman
- 1998 QM, I Think I'll Call Her QM
as Dr. Ruth Fielding
- 1997 David Searching
as Grandmother
- 1996
- 1996 MURDER and murder
as Mildred
- 1994 Junior
as Casitas Madres Receptionist
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992 Bob Roberts
as Constance Roberts
- 1991 Jumpin' at the Boneyard
as Mom
- 1991 Out of the Rain
as Ruth
- 1991 Dangerous Music
as Therapist
- 1990
- 1990 Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
as Dean (segment ‘Lot 249’)
- 1989 Miss Firecracker
as Miss Lilly
- 1987 Five Corners
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
- 1986
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 2011
- 2009
- 1982 American Playhouse
2 episodes