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Mary Jo Catlett Biography (1938-)

Born September 2, 1938, in Denver, CO; daughter of Robert J. and Cornelia M.(maiden name, Callaghan) Catlett.

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Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

September 2, 1938

Denver, Colorado, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Promenade, New York City, 1966
• The Canterbury Tales, New York City, 1967
• Lysistrata, New York City, 1969
• Different Times, New York City, 1970
• Fashion, off-Broadway production, New York City, 1973
• The Pajama Game, New York City, 1974
• Play Me a Country Song, New York City, 1981
• Made New York debut as Ernestia, Hello, Dolly!, St. James Theatre,for three years; also appeared as Lola, Come Back, Little Sheba, LosAngeles; Annie, Annie Get Your Gun; Gramma Briggs, Greenwillow,Equity Library Theatre, New York City; Flora Meighan, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, Washington, DC; in Philadelphia, Here I Come, Los Angeles;Something's Afoot, Godspeed Opera House; Beauty and the Beast, Los Angeles. Appeared in first national touring company for Beauty andthe Beast.
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Earlene Emery, Semi-Tough, United Artists, 1977
• Bertha, Flush, 1977
• Josie, The Champ, United Artists, 1979
• Harriett Crabbe, Blood Beach, 1981
• Rita, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Universal, 1982
• Gloria, O'Hara's Wife, 1982
• Mrs. Brinker, The Beach Girls, 1982
• Rosemary Ackerman, Serial Mom, 1994
• Mrs. Langley, Do Me a Favor (also known as Trading Favors),Do Me a Favor Productions, 1997
• Additional voice, Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (also known as Disney's Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World and Pocahontas: Journey to a New World; animated), Walt Disney Home Video, 1998
• Etta, Abilene, Independent Artists, 1999
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Big Barb Bookman, Semi-Tough, 1980
• Stella Rinko, Foul Play, 1981
• Pearl Gallagher, Diff'rent Strokes, NBC, 1982-86
• Mary Finnegan, General Hospital, ABC, 1989-90
• Movies
• Soprano, How to Break Up a Happy Divorce, 1976
• Frances, Where the Ladies Go, 1980
• Over My Dead Body, 1990
• Mrs. Capello, Battling for Baby, CBS, 1992
• Mrs. Grant, Legend of the Mummy (also known as Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy and Bram Stroker's The Mummy), HBO, 1998
• Specials
• The McLean Stevenson Show, 1975
• Sergeant Alice Pierson, Over and Out, 1976
• Major Charlotte Hinkley, Handle with Care, 1977
• Woman, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, ABC, 1996
• (As Mari Jo Catlett) Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice (alsoknown as Disney's Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice), CBS, 1996
• Episodic
• Mrs. Engelhart, "My Business Is Shrinking," The Bob Newhart Show,CBS, 1974
• Verna, "A Long Way from Times Square," Kojak, 1975
• Terrible Tessie, "Omaha Tiger," Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1976
• Becky, "The More I See You," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1976
• Nurse Walsh, "The Nurses," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1976
• Fifi, "Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty," Starsky and Hutch, 1977
• Mrs. Fishbein, "Barbarino's Baby," Welcome Back, Kotter, 1978
• Alice, "Swamp Molly," The Dukes of Hazzard, 1979
• Mrs. Metcalf, "The Corpse Flew First Class," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1987
• Cynthia Dalbey, "This Old Man," Night Court, 1989
• Patty Kottwitz, "Ashes to Ashes," Drexell's Class, Fox, 1992
• Evelyn, "Dirty Politics," The Powers That Be, NBC, 1992
• Mrs. Bluntly, "To Cheat or Not to Cheat," Saved by the Bell: The New Class, 1994
• Mary, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, Fox, 1997
• Also appeared as Nurse, "Arthur's Crisis," Maude; in Jim Nabors Show; Belvedere; The Champ.