Birthday
1939/12/20
Day of death
2012/06/02 (72 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also know as
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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.
(2005) Hostage
as Louise
(2008) Bedtime Stories
as Mrs. Dixon
(2009) Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
as Aunt Jackie
(2005) Wedding Crashers
as Chazz's Mom
(2000) Hellraiser: Inferno
as Mother
(2004) Breaking Dawn
as Neighbor
(1998) Phoenix
as Esther
(2007) Rails & Ties
as Mrs. Brown
(2007) The TV Set
as Lois
(1999) Kiss Toledo Goodbye
as Wheelchair Lady
(2011) Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
as Angie
(2014) Wish Wizard
as Mrs. Inkwell
(1984) Grandview, U.S.A.
as Mrs. Clark
(1996) The Making of a Hollywood Madam
as Mrs. Oshatz
(2003) Red Roses and Petrol
as ---
(2003) Secret Santa
as Winifred
(2004) Combustion
as Miss Knight
(1995) The Stranger Beside Me
as Judge
(1989) The Package
as Waitress
(2007) Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
as Cara Goodman
(2003) Wasabi Tuna
as Erma
(2009) Annul Victory
as Self
(2005) Cheaper by the Dozen 2
as Theatre Patron
(1997) Best Men
as Edie
(2002) Cojones
as Old Lady
(2000) Titus
as ---
(2002) Less than Perfect
as Old Lady
(1996) Arliss
as ---
(1996) Boston Common
as Mrs. Schuster
(1989) Seinfeld
as Betsy
(2005) Grey's Anatomy
as Stephanie Drake
(2001) Reba
as ---
(2005) The Closer
as Nurse Townsend
(1997) Ally McBeal
as Sister Alice
(1991) Home Improvement
as Thelma McCready
(2003) Joan of Arcadia
as ---
(2001) The Division
as ---
(1999) Providence
as Miss O'Meara
(1999) Judging Amy
as Judge Drabowsky
(2002) Monk
as Neysa Gordon
(2005) My Name Is Earl
as Donny's Mom
(1996) Spin City
as Sister Agnes
(2003) Las Vegas
as ---
(2002) Everwood
as Mrs. Hammerhill
(2000) Even Stevens
as ---
(1988) Roseanne
as ---
(2005) Love, Inc.
as ---
(1999) Thanks
as ---
(1993) Frasier
as Vera
(1997) Dharma & Greg
as Claire
(1989) Family Matters
as Grocery Checker
(1993) The X-Files
as Agent Edie Boal
(1998) Becker
as Mrs. Goldsmith
(2001) Scrubs
as Mrs. Tanner
(1998) Will & Grace
as Felicia
(1997) Just Shoot Me!
as Mrs. Pierce
(2000) Gilmore Girls
as Maisy Fortner
(1994) ER
as Lois
(2006) The Greg Behrendt Show
as ---
(1997) Brooklyn South
as Mrs. Mariah Westbrook
(1997) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Genevive Holt
(1999) The West Wing
as Dolores Landingham
(1999) Providence
as Mrs. Nielsen
(2000) Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Jenny
(2003) Hope & Faith
as Funeral Guest
(2008) The Mentalist
as Gloria Williams
(2004) Desperate Housewives
as Karen McCluskey
(1996) 3rd Rock from the Sun
as Cafeteria Lady
(2004) Father of the Pride
as (voice)
(2002) Monk
as Nurse Stampel
(2011) Harry's Law
as Maisie Joyce
(1993) NYPD Blue
as Mrs. Prows
(1988) Murphy Brown
as Secretary #83
(1996) Profiler
as Morganna Styles
(1995) The Drew Carey Show
as Ruth
(1995) The Drew Carey Show
as Natalie
(2008) The Bonnie Hunt Show
as Self
(2005) The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
as Marilyn
(1996) Men Behaving Badly
as Saleswoman
(2002) Life with Bonnie
as Phyllis
(1998) The King of Queens
as Maureen
(2000) Strong Medicine
as Mrs. Nolan
(2000) Malcolm in the Middle
as Claire