Kathleen Chalfant
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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Films (44)
Where to Land
2025 · Elizabeth
À feu doux
2025 · Ruth
Turning Blue
2024 · Clara
The Courtroom
2022 · Judge Easterbrook
Anormal
2021 · Agnes
500 Calories
2020 · Ms. Evangeline
They Shall Not Perish
2017 · Mabel Elliot
Class Rank
2017 · Barbara – The Editor in Chief
Ambition's Debt
2017 · Soothsayer
Welcome to This House
2015 · Elizabeth Bishop
My America
2014
A Dream of Flying
2013 · Old Woman
Muhammad Ali: Son plus grand combat
2013 · Ethel Harlan
Isn't It Delicious
2013 · Joan Weldon
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
2011 · Herself
The Last New Yorker
2010 · Mimi
The People Speak
2009 · Self
Georgia O'Keeffe
2009 · Mrs. Stieglitz
Duplicité
2009 · Pam Frailes
Dangereuse séduction
2007 · Elizabeth Clayton
Obsesión maternal
2007 · Mrs. Kasperian
Lackawanna Blues
2005 · Mrs. Carmichael
Dr. Kinsey
2004 · Barbara Merkle
2BPerfectlyHonest
2004 · Female Customer
The Pornographer: A Love Story
2004 · Mom
Book of Kings
2002 · Nina
A Death in the Family
2002 · Aunt Hannah
Le Projet Laramie
2002 · Anonymous Female Rancher
Company Man
2000 · Mother Quimp
Side Streets
1998 · Nanda
Les Derniers jours du disco
1998 · Zenia
Sonia Horowitz, l'insoumise
1998 · Beggar Woman
QM, I Think I'll Call Her QM
1998 · Dr. Ruth Fielding
David Searching
1997 · Grandmother
MURDER and murder
1996 · Mildred
Junior
1994 · Casitas Madres Receptionist
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993
Bob Roberts
1992 · Constance Roberts
Deux Frere dans le bronx
1991 · Mom
Out of the Rain
1991 · Ruth
Dangerous Music
1991 · Therapist
Darkside, les contes de la nuit noire
1990 · Dean (segment ‘Lot 249’)
Miss Firecracker
1989 · Miss Lilly
Five Corners
1987 · Mrs. Fitzgerald
Séries (23)
The Copenhagen Test
2025 · St. George
New Amsterdam
2018 · Molly
The Affair
2014 · Margaret Butler
Forever
2014 · Gloria Carlyle
Madame la Secrétaire d'État
2014 · Dean Felicia Ward, Dean Ward
The Strain
2014 · Abraham's Grandmother
Blacklist
2013 · Alberta Gilbert
Le château de cartes
2013 · Margaret Tilden
Les Américains
2013 · Aunt Helen
Élémentaire
2012 · Mrs. Clennon
Mercy hospital
2009
The Book of Daniel
2006 · Catherine Webster
Rescue Me, les héros du 11 septembre
2004 · Sean's Ma
New York Section Criminelle
2001 · Bessie Holland, Priscilla Van Acker
Le Protecteur
2001 · Laurie Solt
The Beat
2000
New York Unité Spéciale
1999 · Judge Cutress, Mrs. Nash, President Roberts
La Tempête du siècle
1999 · Joanna Stanhope
Spin City
1996 · Mother Superior
New York Undercover
1994
New York Police Judiciaire
1990 · Defense Attorney Lisa Cutler, Lisa Cutler
L.A. Law
1986 · Sister Marlene Branson
American Playhouse
1982 · Erna Hauser, Self