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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The Copenhagen Test
as St. George
Where to Land
as Elizabeth
Familiar Touch
as Ruth
Turning Blue
as Clara
The Courtroom
as Judge Easterbrook
New Amsterdam
as Molly
They Shall Not Perish
as Mabel Elliot
Class Rank
as Barbara – The Editor in Chief
Ambition's Debt
as Soothsayer
Welcome to This House
as Elizabeth Bishop
The Affair
as Margaret Butler
Forever
as Gloria Carlyle
Madam Secretary
as Dean Felicia Ward
Madam Secretary
as Dean Ward
The Strain
as Abraham's Grandmother
My America
as Unknown
A Dream of Flying
as Old Woman
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Ethel Harlan
The Blacklist
as Alberta Gilbert
Isn't It Delicious
as Joan Weldon
House of Cards
as Margaret Tilden
The Americans
as Aunt Helen
Elementary
as Mrs. Clennon
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
as Herself
The Last New Yorker
as Mimi
The People Speak
as Self
Georgia O'Keeffe
as Mrs. Stieglitz
Duplicity
as Pam Frailes
Perfect Stranger
as Elizabeth Clayton
First Born
as Mrs. Kasperian
The Book of Daniel
as Catherine Webster
Lackawanna Blues
as Mrs. Carmichael
Kinsey
as Barbara Merkle
Rescue Me
as Sean's Ma
2BPerfectlyHonest
as Female Customer
The Pornographer: A Love Story
as Mom
A Death in the Family
as Aunt Hannah
The Laramie Project
as Anonymous Female Rancher
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Bessie Holland
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Priscilla Van Acker
The Guardian
as Laurie Solt
The Beat
as Unknown
Company Man
as Mother Quimp
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Judge Cutress
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Mrs. Nash
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as President Roberts
Storm of the Century
as Joanna Stanhope
Side Streets
as Nanda
The Last Days of Disco
as Zenia
A Price Above Rubies
as Beggar Woman
QM, I Think I'll Call Her QM
as Dr. Ruth Fielding
David Searching
as Grandmother
Spin City
as Mother Superior
MURDER and murder
as Mildred
Junior
as Casitas Madres Receptionist
New York Undercover
as Unknown
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
as Unknown
Bob Roberts
as Constance Roberts
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
as Mom
Out of the Rain
as Ruth
Dangerous Music
as Therapist
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Lisa Cutler
Law & Order
as Lisa Cutler
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
as Dean (segment ‘Lot 249’)
Miss Firecracker
as Miss Lilly
Five Corners
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
L.A. Law
as Sister Marlene Branson
American Playhouse
as Erna Hauser
American Playhouse
as Self