Kathleen Freeman (February , â€" August , ) was an American film,
television, voice actress, and stage actress. In a career that spanned
more than years, she portrayed acerbic maids, secretaries, teachers,
busybodies, nurses, and battle-axe neighbors and relatives, almost
invariably to comic effect. In film she is perhaps best remembered for
appearing in Jerry Lewis comedies in the s and s, The Blues Brothers
() and its sequel, and Naked Gun â…": The Final Insult ().Freeman was
born in Chicago. She began her career as a child, dancing in her
parents' vaudeville act. After a stint studying music at the
University of California, Los Angeles, she went into acting full-time,
working on the stage, and finally entering films in . In , she was a
founding member of the Circle Players at The Circle Theatre, now known
as El Centro Theatre.[citation needed] Freeman was a Democrat who
supported Adlai Stevenson during the presidential election.Freeman
made her film debut in Wild Harvest (). For a short time in the early
s, Freeman was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player, appearing mostly
in small and uncredited bit parts. Her most notable early role was an
uncredited part in the MGM musical Singin' in the Rain as Jean
Hagen's diction coach Phoebe Dinsmore.
television, voice actress, and stage actress. In a career that spanned
more than years, she portrayed acerbic maids, secretaries, teachers,
busybodies, nurses, and battle-axe neighbors and relatives, almost
invariably to comic effect. In film she is perhaps best remembered for
appearing in Jerry Lewis comedies in the s and s, The Blues Brothers
() and its sequel, and Naked Gun â…": The Final Insult ().Freeman was
born in Chicago. She began her career as a child, dancing in her
parents' vaudeville act. After a stint studying music at the
University of California, Los Angeles, she went into acting full-time,
working on the stage, and finally entering films in . In , she was a
founding member of the Circle Players at The Circle Theatre, now known
as El Centro Theatre.[citation needed] Freeman was a Democrat who
supported Adlai Stevenson during the presidential election.Freeman
made her film debut in Wild Harvest (). For a short time in the early
s, Freeman was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player, appearing mostly
in small and uncredited bit parts. Her most notable early role was an
uncredited part in the MGM musical Singin' in the Rain as Jean
Hagen's diction coach Phoebe Dinsmore.
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