Kathleen Chalfant was born on January 14, 1945 in San Francisco, California, USA as Kathleen Ann Bishop. She is an actress, known for 口是心非 (2009), 魔鬼二世 (1994) and 完美陌生人 (2007). She has been married to Henry Chalfant since November 26, 1966. They have two children.
Studied acting with Wynn Handman, who was a protege of Sandy Meisner.
At the time she was playing terminally ill cancer patient Vivian Bearing in "Wit," her brother was battling cancer. She shaved her head for the role.
Veteran stage actress who has won numerous acting awards, including the Outer Critics, Drama Desk, Obie and Lucille Lortel awards for her searing performance in "Wit." She won a second Obie award for "Talking Heads."
Was nominated for Broadway's 1993 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for 托尼·库什纳's "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches."
Appearing in filmmaker Ann-Sofi Siden's experimental film "QM, I think I call her QM", at the Massachusetts Museum of Comtemporary Art (MASS MOCA). [September 2005]
Played Tim Robbin's mother in two different films: Five Corners (1987) and Bob Roberts (1992).
K. Todd Freeman, Jeffrey King, Ron Leibman, Cynthia Mace, Joe Mantello, Ellen McLaughlin, Stephen Spinella and she were awarded the 1992 Drama Logue Award for Ensemble Performance for "Angels in America" Part One "Millennium Approaches" and Part Two: "Perestroika" in a Gordon Davidson/Mark Taper Forum production at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
