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Kathleen Chalfant
Born
14 January 1945
Place
San Francisco, California, USA
Acting

Kathleen Chalfant

Kathleen Chalfant (b. 1945, San Francisco) is an American actress, primarily a stage performer. She earned a Tony nomination for Angels in America (1993) and won multiple awards for Wit (1998), including a Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Obie. She received the Obie for Lifetime Achievement in 2018. On screen, her highlights include Old (2021) and Familiar Touch (2024), the latter earning her the Venice Orizzonti Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. She is married to photographer Henry Chalfant.

As actor

Familiar Touch

2025 · Ruth

Where to Land

2025 · Elizabeth

Turning Blue

2024 · Clara

The Courtroom

2022 · Judge Easterbrook

Old

2021 · Agnes

500 Calories

2020 · Ms. Evangeline

Ambition's Debt

2017 · Soothsayer

They Shall Not Perish

2017 · Mabel Elliot

Class Rank

2017 · Barbara – The Editor in Chief

Welcome to This House

2015 · Elizabeth Bishop

My America

2014

Isn't It Delicious

2013 · Joan Weldon

A Dream of Flying

2013 · Old Woman

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

2013 · Ethel Harlan

Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

2011 · Herself

The Last New Yorker

2010 · Mimi

Duplicity

2009 · Pam Frailes

Georgia O'Keeffe

2009 · Mrs. Stieglitz

The People Speak

2009 · Self

Perfect Stranger

2007 · Elizabeth Clayton

First Born

2007 · Mrs. Kasperian

Lackawanna Blues

2005 · Mrs. Carmichael

Kinsey

2004 · Barbara Merkle

2BPerfectlyHonest

2004 · Female Customer

The Pornographer: A Love Story

2004 · Mom

The Laramie Project

2002 · Anonymous Female Rancher

A Death in the Family

2002 · Aunt Hannah

Book of Kings

2002 · Nina

Company Man

2000 · Mother Quimp

QM, I Think I'll Call Her QM

1998 · Dr. Ruth Fielding