
Acting
Kathleen Chalfant
Born 1945-01-14· San Francisco, California, USA
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.
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The Guardian
2001
DRAMA
The Blacklist
2013
DRAMA
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
DRAMA
Elementary
2012
DRAMA
House of Cards
2013
DRAMA
The Americans
2013
CRIME
L.A. Law
1986
DRAMA
Madam Secretary
2014
DRAMA
Spin City
1996
COMEDY
The Strain
2014
SCI-FI
New Amsterdam
2018
DRAMA
Rescue Me
2004
DRAMA
The Affair
2014
DRAMA
New York Undercover
1994
DRAMA
Forever
2014
DRAMA
Old
2021
THRILLER
Mercy
2009
DRAMA
The Copenhagen Test
2025
ACTION
Storm of the Century
1999
SCI-FI
Junior
1994
COMEDY
Duplicity
2009
ROMANCE
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990
THRILLER
Perfect Stranger
2007
THRILLER
Kinsey
2004
DRAMA