
Kathryn Joosten was born in Chicago. Her first career was as a psychiatric nurse at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, living in nearby Lake Forest, Illinois, where she married a psychiatrist and raised two sons. Following her 1980 divorce, she began acting in community theater in 1982, at age 42.

as Mrs. Inkwell

as Angie

as Aunt Jackie

as Self

as Mrs. Dixon

as Mrs. Brown

as Lois

as Cara Goodman

as Nurse

as Theatre Patron

as Chazz's Mom

as Gene's Mom (uncredited)

as Louise

as Miss Knight

as Neighbor

as Winifred

as Nurse

as Erma

as Old Lady

as Mother

as Wheelchair Lady

as Esther

as Edie

as Mrs. Oshatz

as Judge

as Waitress

as Mrs. Clark