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Kathryn Joosten

1939 - 2012

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Kathryn Joosten (née Rausch; December 20, 1939 – June 2, 2012) was an American actress. Her best known roles include Delores Landingham on NBC's The West Wing from 1999 to 2002 and Karen McCluskey on ABC's Desperate Housewives from 2005 to 2012, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards in 2005 and 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Kathryn Joosten is the 1,246th most popular actor (down from 1,071st in 2024), the 2,373rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,860th in 2019) and the 610th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Kathryn Joosten ranks 1,246 out of 13,578. Before her are Jean Dujardin, Honor Blackman, Michael Ironside, Barbara Sukowa, Ralph Bellamy, and Eva Green. After her are Yvonne De Carlo, David Hemmings, Malin Åkerman, Catherine Bell, Deborra-Lee Furness, and Robin Tunney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Kathryn Joosten ranks 111. Before her are Kenzō Takada, John O'Keefe, Marco Bellocchio, Dusty Springfield, Warda Al-Jazairia, and Feroz Khan. After her are George F. R. Ellis, Michael Moorcock, Velibor Vasović, Krzysztof Zanussi, Ryozo Suzuki, and Tarcisio Burgnich. Among people deceased in 2012, Kathryn Joosten ranks 97. Before her are Maurice Herzog, Dorothea Tanning, Santiago Carrillo, Meles Zenawi, Warda Al-Jazairia, and Estanislau Basora. After her are Alfred Schmidt, Galina Vishnevskaya, Sid Watkins, John Connelly, Nora Ephron, and Ignatius IV of Antioch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kathryn Joosten ranks 2,373 out of 20,380. Before her are Liberace (1919), John G. Avildsen (1935), Warren Christopher (1925), Joseph Erlanger (1874), Greg Mankiw (1958), and Ralph Bellamy (1904). After her are Robert Jordan (1948), John Woodruff (1915), Joe Wilson (1947), Lee Iacocca (1924), Richard Sheldon (1878), and Robin Tunney (1972).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Kathryn Joosten ranks 610. Before her are Eva Mendes (1974), Ashton Kutcher (1978), Jorge Garcia (1973), Billy Zane (1966), Matt Dillon (1964), and Ralph Bellamy (1904). After her are Robin Tunney (1972), Victor Mature (1913), Al Lettieri (1928), Thomas Mitchell (1892), Eva Longoria (1975), and Samantha Fox (1950).

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