Acting
Kathleen Chalfant
EN cinema · 44 credits
Born
14 January 1945 (age 81)
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, USA
Also known as Kathleen Ann Bishop · Kathleen A. 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.
Known for
Filmography
Familiar Touch
as Ruth
Where to Land
as Elizabeth
Turning Blue
as Clara
The Courtroom
as Judge Easterbrook
Old
as Agnes
500 Calories
2020
500 Calories
as Ms. Evangeline
Ambition's Debt
as Soothsayer
They Shall Not Perish
as Mabel Elliot
Class Rank
as Barbara – The Editor in Chief
Welcome to This House
as Elizabeth Bishop
Isn't It Delicious
as Joan Weldon
A Dream of Flying
as Old Woman
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
as Ethel Harlan
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
as Herself
Duplicity
as Pam Frailes
Georgia O'Keeffe
as Mrs. Stieglitz
The People Speak
as Self
Perfect Stranger
as Elizabeth Clayton
First Born
as Mrs. Kasperian
Lackawanna Blues
as Mrs. Carmichael
Kinsey
as Barbara Merkle
2BPerfectlyHonest
as Female Customer
The Laramie Project
as Anonymous Female Rancher
A Death in the Family
as Aunt Hannah
Company Man
as Mother Quimp
QM, I Think I'll Call Her QM
as Dr. Ruth Fielding
Side Streets
as Nanda
A Price Above Rubies
as Beggar Woman
David Searching
as Grandmother
MURDER and murder
as Mildred
Junior
as Casitas Madres Receptionist
Bob Roberts
as Constance Roberts
Out of the Rain
as Ruth
Dangerous Music
as Therapist
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
as Dean (segment ‘Lot 249’)
Miss Firecracker
as Miss Lilly
Five Corners
as Mrs. Fitzgerald