Person

Mary Jo Catlett

Acting · Born 1938-09-02 · Denver, 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.

Known for

Filmography

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
1986ALFMary Jo
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
1980Semi-Tough
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
1973KojakVerna
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

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