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Mary Jo Catlett

Mary Jo Catlett

Acting1938Denver, Colorado, USA

Biography

Mary Jo Catlett (born September 2, 1938) is an American film, stage and television actress. She is notable for her role as housekeeper Pearl Gallagher on the television sitcom seriesDiff'rent Strokes, and currently for her role as Mrs. Puff in Spongebob Squarepants, which she has held since the show's debut.

Acting History

2025
Plankton: The Movie
as Mrs. Puff (voice)
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
as Mrs. Puff (voice) (uncredited)
2021
The Patrick Star Show
TVas Mrs. Puff (voice)2 eps
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
TVas Mrs. Puff (voice)75 eps
2020
Good Girls
TVas Dorothy2 eps
SpongeBob As Told By
TVas Self2 eps
Toca Life Stories
TVas Nari1 eps
2017
Trial & Error
TVas Brianne1 eps
Great News
TVas Marie1 eps
2016
SpongeBob LongPants
as Mrs. Puff / Driving Student (voice)
The Odd Couple
TVas Elderly Woman1 eps
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
TVas Ethel Simmons1 eps
2014
Lucky Stiff
as Shoe Store Lady
Let's Be Cops
as Old Lady
Instant Mom
TVas Mrs. Sharp1 eps
2013
Rizzoli & Isles
TVas Bunny1 eps
Modern Family
TVas Edith1 eps
2012
Shake It Up
TVas Elderly Woman1 eps
2011
2 Broke Girls
TVas Elaine1 eps
2010
Anderson's Cross
as Mrs. Elway
Glee
TVas Mrs. Carlisle1 eps
2009
Cold Case
TVas Betty Joe Henders (2009)1 eps
2007
American Dad!
TVas Guest #1 (voice)1 eps
Kim Possible
TVas Aunt June (voice)1 eps
2006
The Benchwarmers
as Mrs. Ellwood
Red Riding Hood
as Shopkeeper Woman
2004
That's So Raven
TVas Mrs. Applebaum4 eps
2003
Beethoven's 5th
as Sweet Grandmother
2002
Ablaze
as Nurse Winslow
2001
Size 'Em Up
as Florence
1999
SpongeBob SquarePants
TVas Mrs. Puff (voice)634 eps
1998
Legend of the Mummy
as Mrs. Grant
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
TVas Mrs. Hanson (segment "The Motorcycle")1 eps
1994
Serial Mom
as Rosemary Ackerman
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
TVas Mrs. Bluntley1 eps
1992
Battling for Baby
as Mrs. Capello
1989
Night Court
TVas Cynthia Dalbey1 eps
1987
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Mrs. Metcalf1 eps
1986
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
as Kindergarten Teacher
ALF
TVas Mary Jo1 eps
1984
1982
The Beach Girls
as Mrs. Brinker
O'Hara's Wife
as Gloria
Diff'rent Strokes
TVas Pearl Gallagher87 eps
1981
Foul Play
TVas Stella Finkle10 eps
1980
Blood Beach
as Harriett Crabbe
1979
The Champ
as Josie
Out of the Blue
TVas Nurse1 eps
1978
Fantasy Island
TVas Carlotta Smith1 eps
1976
Starsky & Hutch
TVas Terrible Tessie1 eps
M*A*S*H
TVas Nurse Walsh2 eps
1975
Kojak
TVas Verna1 eps
The Bob Newhart Show
TVas Mrs. Englehart1 eps
1971
Bananas
as Woman in Hotel Lobby Cheering Honeymoon (uncredited)
1969
The Littlest Angel
as The Scribe I

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
9/2/1938(87 years old)
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, USA