Acting
Mary Jo Catlett
Acting · Born 1938-09-02 · Denver, Colorado, USA
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.
Credits · 85
FilmThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
2025 · Mrs. Puff (voice) (uncredited)
FilmPlankton: The Movie
2025 · Mrs. Puff (voice)
FilmSpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp
2024 · Mrs. Puff (voice)
FilmSaving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
2024 · Mrs. Puff (voice)
The Patrick Star Show
2021 · Mrs. Puff (voice)
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
2021 · Mrs. Puff (voice)
FilmThe SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
2020 · Mrs. Puff (voice)
SpongeBob As Told By
2020 · Self
Toca Life Stories
2020 · Nari
Good Girls
2018 · Dorothy
Great News
2017 · Marie
Trial & Error
2017 · Brianne
FilmSpongeBob LongPants
2016 · Mrs. Puff / Driving Student (voice)
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
2016 · Ethel Simmons
The Odd Couple
2015 · Elderly Woman
FilmThe SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
2015 · Mrs. Puff (voice)
FilmLucky Stiff
2014 · Shoe Store Lady
FilmLet's Be Cops
2014 · Old Lady
Instant Mom
2013 · Mrs. Sharp
FilmCarol Channing: Larger Than Life
2012 · Self
FilmSpongeBob’s Runaway Roadtrip
2011 · Mrs. Puff (voice)
2 Broke Girls
2011 · Elaine
Shake It Up
2010 · Elderly Woman
Rizzoli & Isles
2010 · Bunny
FilmAnderson's Cross
2010 · Mrs. Elway
FilmSpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand
2010 · Mrs. Puff (voice)
Modern Family
2009 · Edith
FilmHow to Be a Serial Killer
2009 · Mrs. Wilson
Glee
2009 · Mrs. Carlisle
FilmSpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the West
2008 · Polene Puff (voice)
FilmRed Riding Hood
2006 · Shopkeeper Woman
FilmThe Benchwarmers
2006 · Mrs. Ellwood
FilmSpongeBob Squarepants - Absorbing Favorites
2005 · Mrs. Puff (voice)
FilmSpongebob Squarepants: Fear of a Krabby Patty
2005 · Mrs. Puff (voice)
American Dad!
2005 · Guest #1 (voice)
FilmThe SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004 · Mrs. Puff (voice)
Desperate Housewives
2004 · Debi Brown
FilmSpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric
2004 · Mrs. Puff (voice)
FilmBeethoven's 5th
2003 · Sweet Grandmother
Cold Case
2003 · Betty Joe Henders (2009)
FilmSpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could Fly
2003 · Mrs. Puff (voice)
That's So Raven
2003 · Mrs. Applebaum
FilmAblaze
2002 · Nurse Winslow
Kim Possible
2002 · Aunt June (voice)
FilmSize 'Em Up
2001 · Florence
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001 · Witch
FilmAll You Need
2001 · Ruth
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999 · Mrs. Puff (voice)
FilmLegend of the Mummy
1998 · Mrs. Grant
Extreme Ghostbusters
1997
FilmTrading Favors
1997 · Mrs. Langley
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997 · Mrs. Hanson (segment "The Motorcycle")
FilmBeauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice
1996
FilmSerial Mom
1994 · Rosemary Ackerman
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993 · Mrs. Bluntley
FilmBattling for Baby
1992 · Mrs. Capello
Rugrats
1991 · Doreen (voice)
DuckTales
1987 · Cookie Blurf (voice)
FilmThe Mouse and the Motorcycle
1986 · Kindergarten Teacher
ALF
1986 · Mary Jo
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Mrs. Metcalf
FilmGone Are the Dayes
1984 · Marge
Night Court
1984 · Cynthia Dalbey
FilmThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982 · Rita
FilmThe Beach Girls
1982 · Mrs. Brinker
FilmO'Hara's Wife
1982 · Gloria
Gimme a Break!
1981
Foul Play
1981 · Stella Finkle
FilmBlood Beach
1980 · Harriett Crabbe
Semi-Tough
Semi-Tough
1980
FilmWhere the Ladies Go
1980 · Frances
Out of the Blue
1979 · Nurse
FilmThe Champ
1979 · Josie
Diff'rent Strokes
1978 · Pearl Gallagher
Fantasy Island
1978 · Carlotta Smith
FilmSemi-Tough
1977 · Earlene
The McLean Stevenson Show
The McLean Stevenson Show
1976
FilmHow to Break Up a Happy Divorce
1976 · Soprano
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Terrible Tessie
Kojak
1973 · Verna
M*A*S*H
1972 · Nurse Walsh
The Bob Newhart Show
1972 · Mrs. Englehart
The Waltons
1972
FilmBananas
1971 · Woman in Hotel Lobby Cheering Honeymoon (uncredited)
FilmThe Littlest Angel
1969 · The Scribe I