Kathleen Chalfant
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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.
Known for
Credits
Old (2021)
as Agnes
Duplicity (2009)
as Pam Frailes
Junior (1994)
as Casitas Madres Receptionist
Perfect Stranger (2007)
as Elizabeth Clayton
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
as Ethel Harlan
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
as Dean (segment ‘Lot 249’)
The People Speak (2009)
as Self
Kinsey (2004)
as Barbara Merkle
A Dream of Flying (2013)
as Old Woman
2BPerfectlyHonest (2004)
as Female Customer
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009)
as Mrs. Stieglitz
Familiar Touch (2025)
as Ruth
The Last Days of Disco (1998)
as Zenia
The Courtroom (2022)
as Judge Easterbrook
Bob Roberts (1992)
as Constance Roberts
The Laramie Project (2002)
as Anonymous Female Rancher
Out of the Rain (1991)
as Ruth
Dangerous Music (1991)
as Therapist
A Price Above Rubies (1998)
as Beggar Woman
Five Corners (1987)
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
First Born (2007)
as Mrs. Kasperian
Miss Firecracker (1989)
as Miss Lilly
Class Rank (2017)
as Barbara – The Editor in Chief
Lackawanna Blues (2005)
as Mrs. Carmichael
Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1991)
as Mom
Turning Blue (2024)
as Clara
Isn't It Delicious (2013)
as Joan Weldon
Company Man (2000)
as Mother Quimp
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (2011)
as Herself
500 Calories (2020)
as Ms. Evangeline
Side Streets (1998)
as Nanda
Where to Land (2025)
as Elizabeth
They Shall Not Perish (2017)
as Mabel Elliot
A Death in the Family (2002)
as Aunt Hannah
Ambition's Debt (2017)
as Soothsayer
The Pornographer: A Love Story (2004)
as Mom
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway (1993)
Actor
Welcome to This House (2015)
as Elizabeth Bishop
QM, I Think I'll Call Her QM (1998)
as Dr. Ruth Fielding
My America (2014)
Actor
MURDER and murder (1996)
as Mildred
Book of Kings (2002)
as Nina
The Last New Yorker (2010)
as Mimi
David Searching (1997)
as Grandmother