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Kathryn Mullen

Acting Born Feb 10, 1940 New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

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Kathryn "Kathy" Mullen is an actress, voice actress, and puppeteer most closely associated with Jim Henson projects. She began performing on The Muppet Show in its third season, primarily as Gaffer the Backstage Cat. She also voice directed Dog City for Nelvana, worked as a designer for The Muppet Movie, a performing assistant for Yoda on The Empire Strikes Back, and was one of the creators of Between the Lions. While reprising this character for several Muppet movies, she also created the character of Mokey - a gentle, New Age style Fraggle - on Henson's Fraggle Rock. She performed the Gelfling Kira in the movie The Dark Crystal, Allegra on "Allegra's Window", and Leona the Lion on "Between the Lions".

Kathy Mullen, with her husband, former Muppet designer Michael K. Frith, has joined forces with British charity "No Strings" to create a film for children in Afghanistan, warning of the dangers of land mines. In the film, "The Story of the Little Carpet Boy," one puppet loses several limbs before he learns to avoid land mines completely. Kathy and Michael picked up the idea from Johnie McGlade, an emergency aid worker who used a scruffy rabbit puppet to bring smiles to the faces of people who had lived through earthquakes, hunger, or genocide.

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Known for

The Muppet Show

as Additional Muppets (voice)
Film

Heat

as Doreen Daniel, Diner Patron (uncredited)
Film

The Empire Strikes Back

as Performing Assistant for Yoda

Full filmography

  • The Muppet Show (1976) as Additional Muppets (voice)
  • Heat (1995) as Doreen Daniel, Diner Patron (uncredited)
  • The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Performing Assistant for Yoda
  • Fraggle Rock (1983) as Mokey Fraggle / Cotterpin Dozer / Crosscut Doozer / Merboo Merggle / Rock Hockey Hannah / Wimple Fraggle / The Old Gypsy Lady / Sally Spotless / Tammy Shrub / Baby Doozer / Doozer #2 (voice)
  • Between the Lions (2000) as Leona
  • The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996) as Little Cat A
  • The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996) as Junior Kangaroo
  • The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996) as Morton the Elephant-Bird
  • Top Secret! (1984) as Spanish Woman on Train (uncredited)
  • The Muppet Movie (1979) as Camilla (assistant)
  • The Dark Crystal (1982) as Kira, a Gelfling
  • The Great Muppet Caper (1981) as Chickens / Gaffer the Cat / Monster / Singing Food / Passenger in Cab / Pigeon Sounds
  • The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) as Jill the Frog (voice)
  • Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters (1985)
  • Follow That Bird (1985) as Feathered Friends Magistrate / Grouch Diner Patron / Little Girl / Additional Muppets (voice)
  • A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) as Mokey Fraggle (voice)
  • The World of Jim Henson (1994) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990) as Joy Buzzer / Mokey Fraggle (voice)
  • Allegra's Window (1994)
  • Of Muppets & Men (1981) as Self
  • John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979) as Additional Muppet Performer
  • The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) as Various Muppets
  • Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (1990) as Green Honker (archive footage)
  • Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983) as Additional Muppet Performer