Kathleen Chalfant: movies and TV shows
Kathleen Chalfant has 73 credits in the archive: 44 films and 29 TV series, from 1982 to 2025. Highest rated: New Amsterdam (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1982 – 2025 · busiest year: 2013 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Copenhagen Test | St. George | TV | 6.5 | 80 |
| 2025 | Familiar Touch | Ruth | Film | 6.3 | 80 |
| 2025 | Where to Land | Elizabeth | Film | 7.3 | 80 |
| 2024 | Turning Blue | Clara | Film | — | 79 |
| 2022 | The Courtroom | Judge Easterbrook | Film | — | 77 |
| 2021 | Old | Agnes | Film | 6.3 | 76 |
| 2020 | 500 Calories | Ms. Evangeline | Film | — | 75 |
| 2018 | New Amsterdam | Molly | TV | 8.3 | 73 |
| 2017 | Class Rank | Barbara – The Editor in Chief | Film | 6.9 | 72 |
| 2017 | Ambition's Debt | Soothsayer | Film | 6.2 | 72 |
| 2017 | They Shall Not Perish | Mabel Elliot | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2015 | Welcome to This House | Elizabeth Bishop | Film | — | 70 |
| 2014 | The Strain | Abraham's Grandmother | TV | 7.5 | 69 |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Dean Felicia Ward | TV | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Dean Ward | TV | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2014 | The Affair | Margaret Butler | TV | 6.7 | 69 |
| 2014 | Forever | Gloria Carlyle | TV | 7.8 | 69 |
| 2014 | My America | Film | — | 69 | |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Alberta Gilbert | TV | 7.6 | 68 |
| 2013 | House of Cards | Margaret Tilden | TV | 8.0 | 68 |
| 2013 | The Americans | Aunt Helen | TV | 7.9 | 68 |
| 2013 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Ethel Harlan | Film | 6.4 | 68 |
| 2013 | A Dream of Flying | Old Woman | Film | 8.3 | 68 |
| 2013 | Isn't It Delicious | Joan Weldon | Film | 4.2 | 68 |
| 2012 | Elementary | Mrs. Clennon | TV | 7.6 | 67 |
| 2011 | Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS | Herself | Film | — | 66 |
| 2010 | The Last New Yorker | Mimi | Film | 7.3 | 65 |
| 2009 | Mercy | TV | 5.8 | 64 | |
| 2009 | Duplicity | Pam Frailes | Film | 5.9 | 64 |
| 2009 | The People Speak | Self | Film | 7.2 | 64 |
| 2009 | Georgia O'Keeffe | Mrs. Stieglitz | Film | 4.9 | 64 |
| 2007 | Perfect Stranger | Elizabeth Clayton | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 2007 | First Born | Mrs. Kasperian | Film | 5.2 | 62 |
| 2006 | The Book of Daniel | Catherine Webster | TV | 6.9 | 61 |
| 2005 | Lackawanna Blues | Mrs. Carmichael | Film | 5.9 | 60 |
| 2004 | Rescue Me | Sean's Ma | TV | 7.6 | 59 |
| 2004 | Kinsey | Barbara Merkle | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 2004 | 2BPerfectlyHonest | Female Customer | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 2004 | The Pornographer: A Love Story | Mom | Film | 5.7 | 59 |
| 2002 | The Laramie Project | Anonymous Female Rancher | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 2002 | A Death in the Family | Aunt Hannah | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 2002 | Book of Kings | Nina | Film | 8.5 | 57 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Bessie Holland | TV | 7.6 | 56 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Priscilla Van Acker | TV | 7.6 | 56 |
| 2001 | The Guardian | Laurie Solt | TV | 7.1 | 56 |
| 2000 | The Beat | TV | 4.0 | 55 | |
| 2000 | Company Man | Mother Quimp | Film | 5.1 | 55 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Judge Cutress | TV | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mrs. Nash | TV | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | President Roberts | TV | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1999 | Storm of the Century | Joanna Stanhope | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1998 | The Last Days of Disco | Zenia | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1998 | A Price Above Rubies | Beggar Woman | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1998 | Side Streets | Nanda | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1998 | QM, I Think I'll Call Her QM | Dr. Ruth Fielding | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1997 | David Searching | Grandmother | Film | 5.6 | 52 |
| 1996 | Spin City | Mother Superior | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1996 | MURDER and murder | Mildred | Film | 4.9 | 51 |
| 1994 | New York Undercover | TV | 7.3 | 49 | |
| 1994 | Junior | Casitas Madres Receptionist | Film | 5.2 | 49 |
| 1993 | In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway | Film | 10.0 | 48 | |
| 1992 | Bob Roberts | Constance Roberts | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1991 | Dangerous Music | Therapist | Film | — | 46 |
| 1991 | Out of the Rain | Ruth | Film | 5.0 | 46 |
| 1991 | Jumpin' at the Boneyard | Mom | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Defense Attorney Lisa Cutler | TV | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Lisa Cutler | TV | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1990 | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | Dean (segment ‘Lot 249’) | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1989 | Miss Firecracker | Miss Lilly | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1987 | Five Corners | Mrs. Fitzgerald | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Sister Marlene Branson | TV | 7.1 | 41 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Erna Hauser | TV | 6.6 | 37 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Self | TV | 6.6 | 37 |