Mary Jo Catlett

Mary Jo Catlett

Known for
Acting
Born
September 2, 1938 (age 88)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

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When the Moon Was Twice as Big poster

When the Moon Was Twice as Big

Movie · as Elsie

2026
The Patrick Star Show: Week of Stars!

The Patrick Star Show: Week of Stars!

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2025
Plankton: The Movie poster

Plankton: The Movie

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2025
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants poster

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice) (uncredited)

2024
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie poster

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2024
SpongeBob SquarePants: Kreepaway Kamp poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Kreepaway Kamp

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2024
SpongeBob and Sandy’s Country Christmas poster

SpongeBob and Sandy’s Country Christmas

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2021
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years poster

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years

TV · as Mrs. Puff (voice) · 75 eps

2021
The Patrick Star Show poster

The Patrick Star Show

TV · as Mrs. Puff (voice), Mrs. Puff (voice) / Puffy (voice) · 6 eps

2020
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run poster

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2020
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2020
SpongeBob As Told By poster

SpongeBob As Told By

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2020
Toca Life Stories poster

Toca Life Stories

TV · as Nari · 41 eps

2019
SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout poster

SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout

Movie · as Mrs. Puff

2018
Good Girls poster

Good Girls

TV · as Dorothy · 2 eps

2017
Spongebob Squarepants: Factory Fresh poster

Spongebob Squarepants: Factory Fresh

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2017
Great News poster

Great News

TV · as Marie · 1 ep

2017
Trial & Error poster

Trial & Error

TV · as Brianne · 1 ep

2016
SpongeBob LongPants poster

SpongeBob LongPants

Movie · as Mrs. Puff / Driving Student (voice)

2016
SpongeBob SquarePants: Glove World Forever poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Glove World Forever

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2016
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ poster

Bajillion Dollar Propertie$

TV · as Ethel Simmons · 1 ep

2015
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water poster

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2015
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Pilot a Mini-Movie and the Square Shorts poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Pilot a Mini-Movie and the Square Shorts

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2015
The Odd Couple poster

The Odd Couple

TV · as Elderly Woman · 1 ep

2014
Lucky Stiff poster

Lucky Stiff

Movie · as Shoe Store Lady

2014
Let's Be Cops poster

Let's Be Cops

Movie · as Old Lady

2014
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob, You're Fired! poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob, You're Fired!

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2014
Spongebob Squarepants: Deep-Sea Games poster

Spongebob Squarepants: Deep-Sea Games

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2014
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Buddies poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Buddies

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2014
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bizarro Bikini Bottom poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Bizarro Bikini Bottom

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2014
Spongebob Squarepants: It Came from Goo Lagoon poster

Spongebob Squarepants: It Came from Goo Lagoon

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2013
SpongeBob SquarePants: Extreme Kah-Rah-Tay poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Extreme Kah-Rah-Tay

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2013
Spongebob Squarepants: Disorder In The Deep poster

Spongebob Squarepants: Disorder In The Deep

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2013
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sweet & Sour Squidward poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Sweet & Sour Squidward

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2013
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob on Tour poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob on Tour

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2013
Instant Mom poster

Instant Mom

TV · as Mrs. Sharp · 1 ep

2012
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life poster

Carol Channing: Larger Than Life

Movie · as Self

2011
SpongeBob’s Runaway Roadtrip poster

SpongeBob’s Runaway Roadtrip

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2011
SpongeBob SquarePants: Heroes of Bikini Bottom poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Heroes of Bikini Bottom

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2011
2 Broke Girls poster

2 Broke Girls

TV · as Elaine · 1 ep

2010
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2010
Anderson's Cross poster

Anderson's Cross

Movie · as Mrs. Elway

2010
SpongeBob SquarePants: Viking-sized Adventures poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Viking-sized Adventures

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2010
Rizzoli & Isles poster

Rizzoli & Isles

TV · as Bunny · 1 ep

2010
Shake It Up poster

Shake It Up

TV · as Elderly Woman · 1 ep

2009
How to Be a Serial Killer poster

How to Be a Serial Killer

Movie · as Mrs. Wilson

2009
Spongebob Squarepants: 10 Happiest Moments poster

Spongebob Squarepants: 10 Happiest Moments

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2009
SpongeBob SquarePants: To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2009
Modern Family poster

Modern Family

TV · as Edith · 1 ep

2009
Glee poster

Glee

TV · as Mrs. Carlisle · 1 ep

2008
SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the West poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the West

Movie · as Polene Puff (voice)

2008
SpongeBob SquarePants: To Love a Patty poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: To Love a Patty

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2007
SpongeBob SquarePants: Friend or Foe? poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Friend or Foe?

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2007
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Adventures poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Adventures

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2006
Red Riding Hood poster

Red Riding Hood

Movie · as Shopkeeper Woman

2006
The Benchwarmers poster

The Benchwarmers

Movie · as Mrs. Ellwood

2006
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lost in Time poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Lost in Time

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2006
SpongeBob SquarePants - Karate Island poster

SpongeBob SquarePants - Karate Island

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2006
SpongeBob SquarePants: Whale of a Birthday poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Whale of a Birthday

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2005
SpongeBob SquarePants: Home Sweet Pineapple poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Home Sweet Pineapple

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2005
Spongebob Squarepants: Fear of a Krabby Patty poster

Spongebob Squarepants: Fear of a Krabby Patty

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2005
SpongeBob Squarepants - Absorbing Favorites poster

SpongeBob Squarepants - Absorbing Favorites

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Guest #1 (voice) · 1 ep

2004
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie poster

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2004
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2004
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeGuard on Duty poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeGuard on Duty

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2004
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge for Hire poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge for Hire

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2004
Desperate Housewives poster

Desperate Housewives

TV · as Debi Brown · 1 ep

2003
Beethoven's 5th poster

Beethoven's 5th

Movie · as Sweet Grandmother

2003
SpongeBob SquarePants: Anchors Away poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Anchors Away

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2003
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge-a-Rama poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge-a-Rama

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2003
SpongeBob SquarePants: Laugh Your Pants Off poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Laugh Your Pants Off

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2003
Cold Case poster

Cold Case

TV · as Betty Joe Henders (2009) · 1 ep

2003
That's So Raven poster

That's So Raven

TV · as Mrs. Applebaum · 4 eps

2002
Ablaze poster

Ablaze

Movie · as Nurse Winslow

2002
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could Fly poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could Fly

Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice)

2002
Kim Possible poster

Kim Possible

TV · as Aunt June (voice) · 1 ep

2001
All You Need poster

All You Need

Movie · as Ruth

2001
Size 'Em Up poster

Size 'Em Up

Movie · as Florence

2001
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy poster

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

TV · as Witch · 1 ep

1999
SpongeBob SquarePants poster

SpongeBob SquarePants

TV · as Mrs. Puff (voice) · 659 eps

1998
Legend of the Mummy poster

Legend of the Mummy

Movie · as Mrs. Grant

1997
Trading Favors poster

Trading Favors

Movie · as Mrs. Langley

1997
Extreme Ghostbusters poster

Extreme Ghostbusters

TV · 1 ep

1997
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction poster

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

TV · as Mrs. Hanson (segment "The Motorcycle") · 1 ep

1996
Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice poster

Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice

Movie

1996
Quack Pack poster

Quack Pack

TV · as The Claw's Mother (voice), Nosey Neigbors Leader (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Serial Mom poster

Serial Mom

Movie · as Rosemary Ackerman

1993
Saved by the Bell: The New Class poster

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

TV · as Mrs. Bluntley · 1 ep

1992
Battling for Baby poster

Battling for Baby

Movie · as Mrs. Capello

1991
Rugrats poster

Rugrats

TV · as Doreen (voice) · 1 ep

1987
DuckTales poster

DuckTales

TV · as Cookie Blurf (voice) · 1 ep

1986
The Mouse and the Motorcycle poster

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Movie · as Kindergarten Teacher

1986
ALF poster

ALF

TV · as Mary Jo · 1 ep

1984
Gone Are the Dayes poster

Gone Are the Dayes

Movie · as Marge

1984
Night Court poster

Night Court

TV · as Cynthia Dalbey · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Mrs. Metcalf · 1 ep

1982
O'Hara's Wife poster

O'Hara's Wife

Movie · as Gloria

1982
The Beach Girls poster

The Beach Girls

Movie · as Mrs. Brinker

1982
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas poster

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Movie · as Rita

1981
Gimme a Break! poster

Gimme a Break!

TV · 1 ep

1981
Foul Play poster

Foul Play

TV · as Stella Finkle · 10 eps

1980
Where the Ladies Go poster

Where the Ladies Go

Movie · as Frances

1980
Blood Beach poster

Blood Beach

Movie · as Harriett Crabbe

1980
Semi-Tough

Semi-Tough

TV · as Big Barb · 1 ep

1979
The Champ poster

The Champ

Movie · as Josie

1979
Out of the Blue poster

Out of the Blue

TV · as Nurse · 1 ep

1978
Diff'rent Strokes poster

Diff'rent Strokes

TV · as Pearl Gallagher · 87 eps

1978
Fantasy Island poster

Fantasy Island

TV · as Carlotta Smith, Hooligan · 1 ep

1977
Semi-Tough poster

Semi-Tough

Movie · as Earlene

1976
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce poster

How to Break Up a Happy Divorce

Movie · as Soprano

1976
The McLean Stevenson Show

The McLean Stevenson Show

TV · 1 ep

1975
Starsky & Hutch poster

Starsky & Hutch

TV · as Terrible Tessie · 1 ep

1973
Kojak poster

Kojak

TV · as Verna · 1 ep

1972
M*A*S*H poster

M*A*S*H

TV · as Nurse Walsh · 2 eps

1972
The Waltons poster

The Waltons

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Bob Newhart Show poster

The Bob Newhart Show

TV · as Mrs. Englehart · 1 ep

1971
Bananas poster

Bananas

Movie · as Woman in Hotel Lobby Cheering Honeymoon (uncredited)

1969
The Littlest Angel poster

The Littlest Angel

Movie · as The Scribe I