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Mary Jo Catlett

Actor

Mary Jo Catlett

Born September 2, 1938 in Denver, Colorado, USA50 films

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.

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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run posterFirst watchThe SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run20207.4as Mrs. Puff (voice)When his best friend Gary is suddenly snatched away, SpongeBob takes Patrick on a madcap mission far beyond Bikini Bottom to save their pink-shelled pal.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie poster7.1The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie2004Let's Be Cops poster6.5Let's Be Cops2014The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water poster6.1The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water2015Bananas poster6.7Bananas1971Serial Mom poster6.7Serial Mom1994The Benchwarmers poster5.9The Benchwarmers2006The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants poster6.8The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants2025The Champ poster7.0The Champ1979

Filmography

50 films as actor
  1. TBAWhen the Moon Was Twice as BigElsie
  2. 2026Untitled The Patrick Star Show Mini-SeriesMrs. Puff (voice)
  3. 2025The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePantsMrs. Puff (voice) (uncredited)
  4. 2025Plankton: The MovieMrs. Puff (voice)
  5. 2024SpongeBob and Sandy’s Country ChristmasMrs. Puff (voice)
  6. 2024SpongeBob SquarePants: Snow YellowPuffy (voice)
  7. 2024SpongeBob SquarePants: Kreepaway KampMrs. Puff (voice)
  8. 2024Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks MovieMrs. Puff (voice)
  9. 2020The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the RunMrs. Puff (voice)
  10. 2019SpongeBob’s Big Birthday BlowoutMrs. Puff
  11. 2016SpongeBob LongPantsMrs. Puff / Driving Student (voice)
  12. 2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of WaterMrs. Puff (voice)
  13. 2014Lucky StiffShoe Store Lady
  14. 2014Let's Be CopsOld Lady
  15. 2011SpongeBob’s Runaway RoadtripMrs. Puff (voice)
  16. 2010Anderson's CrossMrs. Elway
  17. 2010SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last StandMrs. Puff (voice)
  18. 2009How to Be a Serial KillerMrs. Wilson
  19. 2008SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the WestPolene Puff (voice)
  20. 2006Red Riding HoodShopkeeper Woman
  21. 2006The BenchwarmersMrs. Ellwood
  22. 2005SpongeBob Squarepants - Absorbing FavoritesMrs. Puff (voice)
  23. 2005Spongebob Squarepants: Fear of a Krabby PattyMrs. Puff (voice)
  24. 2005SpongeBob SquarePants: Home Sweet PineappleMrs. Puff (voice)
  25. 2004The SpongeBob SquarePants MovieMrs. Puff (voice)
  26. 2004SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge for HireMrs. Puff (voice)
  27. 2004SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeGuard on DutyMrs. Puff (voice)
  28. 2004SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Goes PrehistoricMrs. Puff (voice)
  29. 2003Beethoven's 5thSweet Grandmother
  30. 2003SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could FlyMrs. Puff (voice)
  31. 2002AblazeNurse Winslow
  32. 2001Size 'Em UpFlorence
  33. 2001All You NeedRuth
  34. 1998Legend of the MummyMrs. Grant
  35. 1997Trading FavorsMrs. Langley
  36. 1996Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice
  37. 1994Serial MomRosemary Ackerman
  38. 1992Battling for BabyMrs. Capello
  39. 1986The Mouse and the MotorcycleKindergarten Teacher
  40. 1984Gone Are the DayesMarge
  41. 1982The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasRita
  42. 1982The Beach GirlsMrs. Brinker
  43. 1982O'Hara's WifeGloria
  44. 1980Blood BeachHarriett Crabbe
  45. 1980Where the Ladies GoFrances
  46. 1979The ChampJosie
  47. 1977Semi-ToughEarlene
  48. 1976How to Break Up a Happy DivorceSoprano
  49. 1971BananasWoman in Hotel Lobby Cheering Honeymoon (uncredited)
  50. 1969The Littlest AngelThe Scribe I