Mary Jo Catlett

Mary Jo Catlett

Acting

Born September 2, 1938 · Denver, Colorado, USA

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,…

Known for

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

Modern Family

Modern Family

2009

Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

2004

Glee

Glee

2009

Cold Case

Cold Case

2003

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984

2 Broke Girls

2 Broke Girls

2011

Kim Possible

Kim Possible

2002

Acting(87)

2025The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePantsMrs. Puff (voice) (uncredited)

2025Plankton: The MovieMrs. Puff (voice)

2024SpongeBob and Sandy’s Country ChristmasMrs. Puff (voice)

2024SpongeBob SquarePants: Snow YellowPuffy (voice)

2024SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway KampMrs. Puff (voice)

2024Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks MovieMrs. Puff (voice)

2021The Patrick Star ShowMrs. Puff (voice)

2021Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under YearsMrs. Puff (voice)

2020The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the RunMrs. Puff (voice)

2020SpongeBob As Told BySelf

2020Toca Life StoriesNari

2019SpongeBob’s Big Birthday BlowoutMrs. Puff

2018Good GirlsDorothy

2017Great NewsMarie

2017Trial & ErrorBrianne

2016SpongeBob LongPantsMrs. Puff / Driving Student (voice)

2016Bajillion Dollar Propertie$Ethel Simmons

2015The Odd CoupleElderly Woman

2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of WaterMrs. Puff (voice)

2014Lucky StiffShoe Store Lady

2014Let's Be CopsOld Lady

2013Instant MomMrs. Sharp

2012Carol Channing: Larger Than LifeSelf

2011SpongeBob’s Runaway RoadtripMrs. Puff (voice)

20112 Broke GirlsElaine

2010Shake It UpElderly Woman

2010Rizzoli & IslesBunny

2010Anderson's CrossMrs. Elway

2010SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last StandMrs. Puff (voice)

2009Modern FamilyEdith

2009How to Be a Serial KillerMrs. Wilson

2009GleeMrs. Carlisle

2008SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the WestPolene Puff (voice)

2006Red Riding HoodShopkeeper Woman

2006The BenchwarmersMrs. Ellwood

2005American Dad!Guest #1 (voice)

2004The SpongeBob SquarePants MovieMrs. Puff (voice)

2004Desperate HousewivesDebi Brown

2004SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Goes PrehistoricMrs. Puff (voice)

2003Beethoven's 5thSweet Grandmother

2003Cold CaseBetty Joe Henders (2009)

2003SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could FlyMrs. Puff (voice)

2003That's So RavenMrs. Applebaum

2002AblazeNurse Winslow

2002Kim PossibleAunt June (voice)

2001Size 'Em UpFlorence

2001The Grim Adventures of Billy and MandyWitch

2001All You NeedRuth

1999SpongeBob SquarePantsMrs. Puff (voice)

1998Legend of the MummyMrs. Grant

1997Extreme Ghostbusters

1997Trading FavorsMrs. Langley

1997Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionMrs. Hanson (segment "The Motorcycle")

1996Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice

1996Quack Pack(voice)

1994Serial MomRosemary Ackerman

1993Saved by the Bell: The New ClassMrs. Bluntley

1992Battling for BabyMrs. Capello

1987DuckTalesCookie Blurf (voice)

1986The Mouse and the MotorcycleKindergarten Teacher

1984Murder, She WroteMrs. Metcalf

1984Gone Are the DayesMarge

1984Night CourtCynthia Dalbey

1982The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasRita

1982The Beach GirlsMrs. Brinker

1982O'Hara's WifeGloria

1981Gimme a Break!

1981Foul PlayStella Finkle

1980Blood BeachHarriett Crabbe

1980Where the Ladies GoFrances

1979Out of the BlueNurse

1979The ChampJosie

1978Diff'rent StrokesPearl Gallagher

1978Fantasy IslandCarlotta Smith

1977Semi-ToughEarlene

1976The McLean Stevenson Show

1976How to Break Up a Happy DivorceSoprano

1975Starsky & Hutch

1972M*A*S*HNurse Walsh

1972The Bob Newhart ShowMrs. Englehart

1972The Waltons

1971BananasWoman in Hotel Lobby Cheering Honeymoon (uncredited)

1969The Littlest AngelThe Scribe I

When the Moon Was Twice as BigElsie