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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.
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OldAgnes
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitJudge Cutress
The BlacklistAlberta Gilbert
House of CardsMargaret Tilden
The StrainAbraham's Grandmother2025The Copenhagen TestSt. George · 8 episodesShow
2025Where to LandElizabethMovie
2025Familiar TouchRuthMovie
2024Turning BlueClaraMovie
2022The CourtroomJudge EasterbrookMovie
2021OldAgnesMovie
2020500 CaloriesMs. EvangelineMovie
2018New AmsterdamMolly · 1 episodeShow
2017They Shall Not PerishMabel ElliotMovie
2017Class RankBarbara – The Editor in ChiefMovie
2017Ambition's DebtSoothsayerMovie
2015Welcome to This HouseElizabeth BishopMovie
2014The AffairMargaret Butler · 18 episodesShow
2014ForeverGloria Carlyle · 1 episodeShow
2014Madam SecretaryDean Felicia Ward, Dean Ward · 1 episodeShow
2014My AmericaMovie
2013A Dream of FlyingOld WomanMovie
2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightEthel HarlanMovie
2013Isn't It DeliciousJoan WeldonMovie
2013House of CardsMargaret Tilden · 3 episodesShow
2013The AmericansAunt Helen · 1 episodeShow
2012ElementaryMrs. Clennon · 1 episodeShow
2010The Last New YorkerMimiMovie
2009Mercy1 episodeShow
2009Georgia O'KeeffeMrs. StieglitzMovie
2009DuplicityPam FrailesMovie
2007Perfect StrangerElizabeth ClaytonMovie
2007First BornMrs. KasperianMovie
2006The Book of DanielCatherine Webster · 1 episodeShow
2005Lackawanna BluesMrs. CarmichaelMovie
2004KinseyBarbara MerkleMovie
2004Rescue MeSean's Ma · 7 episodesShow
20042BPerfectlyHonestFemale CustomerMovie
2004The Pornographer: A Love StoryMomMovie
2002Book of KingsNinaMovie
2002A Death in the FamilyAunt HannahMovie
2002The Laramie ProjectAnonymous Female RancherMovie
2000The Beat1 episodeShow
2000Company ManMother QuimpMovie
1999Storm of the CenturyJoanna Stanhope · 3 episodesShow
1998Side StreetsNandaMovie
1998The Last Days of DiscoZeniaMovie
1998A Price Above RubiesBeggar WomanMovie
1998QM, I Think I'll Call Her QMDr. Ruth FieldingMovie
1997David SearchingGrandmotherMovie
1996Spin CityMother Superior · 1 episodeShow
1996MURDER and murderMildredMovie
1994JuniorCasitas Madres ReceptionistMovie
1994New York Undercover1 episodeShow
1993In the Wings: Angels in America On BroadwayMovie
1992Bob RobertsConstance RobertsMovie
1991Jumpin' at the BoneyardMomMovie
1991Out of the RainRuthMovie
1991Dangerous MusicTherapistMovie
1990Tales from the Darkside: The MovieDean (segment ‘Lot 249’)Movie
1989Miss FirecrackerMiss LillyMovie
1987Five CornersMrs. FitzgeraldMovie
1986L.A. LawSister Marlene Branson · 1 episodeShow
1982American PlayhouseErna Hauser · 1 episodeShow
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