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Portrait of Kathleen Chalfant

Acting

Kathleen Chalfant

Career

Active from 1991 to 2025, busiest in 2017 and 2025 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
14
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Familiar Touch
Familiar Touch
GoodWatch score82/100

Characters

3

The characters Kathleen Chalfant played, best-known titles first.

Kathleen Chalfant as Margaret Butler
Kathleen Chalfant as St. George
Kathleen Chalfant as Laurie Solt

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kathleen Chalfant Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    3.1, average 4.1
  • Physical Comedy
    1.5, average 2.4
  • Wonder
    2.6, average 3.4
  • Adrenaline
    4.0, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 2
  • Family Dynamics 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    63
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    7 titles · average score 62
    The Copenhagen Test
    The Copenhagen Test (2025)
    GoodWatch score 67

    TV show · as St. George

    Familiar Touch
    Familiar Touch (2025)
    GoodWatch score 82

    as Ruth

    Where to Land
    Where to Land (2025)
    GoodWatch score 45

    as Elizabeth

    Turning Blue
    Turning Blue (2024)

    as Clara

    The Courtroom
    The Courtroom (2022)

    as Judge Easterbrook

    Old
    Old (2021)
    GoodWatch score 52

    as Agnes

    500 Calories
    500 Calories (2020)

    as Ms. Evangeline

    2010s

    17 titles · average score 71
    New Amsterdam
    New Amsterdam (2018)
    GoodWatch score 56

    TV show · as Molly

    Class Rank
    Class Rank (2017)
    GoodWatch score 66

    as Barbara – The Editor in Chief

    The Strain
    The Strain (2014)
    GoodWatch score 72

    TV show · as Abraham's Grandmother

    Madam Secretary
    Madam Secretary (2014)
    GoodWatch score 68

    TV show · as Dean Felicia Ward / Dean Ward

    The Affair
    The Affair (2014)
    GoodWatch score 78

    TV show · as Margaret Butler

    Forever
    Forever (2014)
    GoodWatch score 70

    TV show · as Gloria Carlyle

    The Blacklist
    The Blacklist (2013)
    GoodWatch score 75

    TV show · as Alberta Gilbert

    House of Cards
    House of Cards (2013)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show · as Margaret Tilden

    The Americans
    The Americans (2013)
    GoodWatch score 89

    TV show · as Aunt Helen

    A Dream of Flying
    A Dream of Flying (2013)

    as Old Woman

    Isn't It Delicious
    Isn't It Delicious (2013)

    as Joan Weldon

    Elementary
    Elementary (2012)
    GoodWatch score 82

    TV show · as Mrs. Clennon

    2000s

    18 titles · average score 59
    Duplicity
    Duplicity (2009)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Pam Frailes

    Georgia O'Keeffe
    Georgia O'Keeffe (2009)
    GoodWatch score 55

    as Mrs. Stieglitz

    Mercy
    Mercy (2009)
    GoodWatch score 51

    TV show

    First Born
    First Born (2007)
    GoodWatch score 39

    as Mrs. Kasperian

    Perfect Stranger
    Perfect Stranger (2007)
    GoodWatch score 37

    as Elizabeth Clayton

    Rescue Me
    Rescue Me (2004)
    GoodWatch score 82

    TV show · as Sean's Ma

    Kinsey
    Kinsey (2004)
    GoodWatch score 76

    as Barbara Merkle

    The Pornographer: A Love Story
    The Pornographer: A Love Story (2004)
    GoodWatch score 54

    as Mom

    Book of Kings
    Book of Kings (2002)

    as Nina

    A Death in the Family
    A Death in the Family (2002)

    as Aunt Hannah

    The Guardian
    The Guardian (2001)
    GoodWatch score 68

    TV show · as Laurie Solt

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
    GoodWatch score 68

    TV show · as Priscilla Van Acker / Bessie Holland

    1990s

    17 titles · average score 63
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    GoodWatch score 73

    TV show · as President Roberts / Mrs. Nash

    Storm of the Century
    Storm of the Century (1999)
    GoodWatch score 71

    TV show · as Joanna Stanhope

    QM, I Think I'll Call Her QM
    QM, I Think I'll Call Her QM (1998)

    as Dr. Ruth Fielding

    The Last Days of Disco
    The Last Days of Disco (1998)
    GoodWatch score 72

    as Zenia

    Spin City
    Spin City (1996)
    GoodWatch score 71

    TV show · as Mother Superior

    MURDER and murder
    MURDER and murder (1996)

    as Mildred

    New York Undercover
    New York Undercover (1994)
    GoodWatch score 76

    TV show

    Junior
    Junior (1994)
    GoodWatch score 46

    as Casitas Madres Receptionist

    Bob Roberts
    Bob Roberts (1992)
    GoodWatch score 72

    as Constance Roberts

    Jumpin' at the Boneyard
    Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1991)
    GoodWatch score 49

    as Mom

    Law & Order
    Law & Order (1990)
    GoodWatch score 73

    TV show · as Defense Attorney Lisa Cutler / Lisa Cutler

    Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
    Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
    GoodWatch score 55

    as Dean (segment ‘Lot 249’)

    1980s

    4 titles · average score 65
    Miss Firecracker
    Miss Firecracker (1989)
    GoodWatch score 48

    as Miss Lilly

    Five Corners
    Five Corners (1987)
    GoodWatch score 68

    as Mrs. Fitzgerald

    L.A. Law
    L.A. Law (1986)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show · as Sister Marlene Branson

    American Playhouse
    American Playhouse (1982)
    GoodWatch score 69

    TV show · as Self / Erna Hauser