Actor
Kathleen Chalfant
81 years · San Francisco, California, USA · 42 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 42
Where to Land
2025 · Elizabeth
Familiar Touch
2025 · Ruth
On MUBI
Turning Blue
2024 · Clara
The Courtroom
2022 · Judge Easterbrook
Old
2021 · Agnes
On YouTube TV
They Shall Not Perish
2017 · Mabel Elliot
Class Rank
2017 · Barbara – The Editor in Chief
On Plex
Ambition's Debt
2017 · Soothsayer
On Plex
Welcome to This House
2015 · Elizabeth Bishop
My America
2014 · Actor
A Dream of Flying
2013 · Old Woman
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013 · Ethel Harlan
On HBO Max
Isn't It Delicious
2013 · Joan Weldon
On Hoopla
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
2011 · Herself
On Here TV
The Last New Yorker
2010 · Mimi
On Cineverse
The People Speak
2009 · Self
On Hoopla
Georgia O'Keeffe
2009 · Mrs. Stieglitz
Duplicity
2009 · Pam Frailes
Perfect Stranger
2007 · Elizabeth Clayton
On Kanopy
First Born
2007 · Mrs. Kasperian
On Plex
Lackawanna Blues
2005 · Mrs. Carmichael
Kinsey
2004 · Barbara Merkle
On Hoopla
2BPerfectlyHonest
2004 · Female Customer
On Cineverse
The Pornographer: A Love Story
2004 · Mom