Mary Jo Catlett
Actor
September 2, 1938 (87 years)
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
Filmography
| 2025 | The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants · as Mrs. Puff (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2025 | Plankton: The Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice) |
| 2024 | Spongebob and Sandy’s Country Christmas · as Mrs. Puff |
| 2024 | Kreepaway Kamp · as Mrs. Puff (voice) |
| 2024 | Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice) |
| 2024 | M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television · as Nurse Walsh |
| 2021 | The Patrick Star Show · as Mrs. Puff (voice) |
| 2021 | Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years · as Mrs. Puff (voice) |
| 2020 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run · as Mrs. Puff (voice) |
| 2020 | Toca Life Stories · as Nari |
| 2018 | The Kids Are Alright · as Mrs. Strausser |
| 2018 | Good Girls · as Dorothy |
| 2017 | Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer · as Aunt Agnes |
| 2017 | Great News · as Marie |
| 2017 | Trial & Error · as Brianne |
| 2016 | SpongeBob LongPants · as Mrs. Puff / Driving Student (voice) |
| 2016 | Better Things · as Rosie |
| 2016 | Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ · as Ethel Simmons |
| 2015 | The Odd Couple (2015) · as Elderly Woman |
| 2015 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water · as Mrs. Puff (voice) |
| 2014 | The McCarthys · as Mrs. Murphy |
| 2014 | Lucky Stiff · as Shoe Store Lady |
| 2014 | Let's Be Cops · as Old Lady |
| 2013 | SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob's Extreme Ka-ra-tay · as Mrs. Puff |
| 2013 | Instant Mom · as Mrs. Sharp |
| 2012 | Mr. Box Office · as Gertrude |
| 2011 | Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip · as Mrs. Puff |
| 2011 | 2 Broke Girls · as Elaine |
| 2011 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Heroes of Bikini Bottom · as Mrs. Puff |
| 2010 | Shake It Up · as Elderly Woman |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles · as Bunny |
| 2010 | Anderson's Cross · as Mrs. Elway |
| 2010 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand · as Mrs. Puff (voice) |
| 2010 | Surprise, Surprise · as Winnie Blythman |
| 2009 | Modern Family · as Edith |
| 2009 | Glee · as Mrs. Carlisle |
| 2009 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus · as Mrs. Puff |
| 2008 | How to Be a Serial Killer · as Mrs. Wilson |
| 2008 | The Mentalist · as Ruth |
| 2007 | State of Mind · as Mrs. Delvecchio |
| 2007 | Pandemic · as Sister Grace WoodwardOn Plex |
| 2006 | Red Riding Hood · as Shopkeeper Woman |
| 2006 | The Benchwarmers · as Mrs. Ellwood |
| 2005 | American Dad! · as Guest #1 (voice) |
| 2004 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie · as Mrs. Puff (voice) |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives · as Debi Brown |
| 2004 | Peppa Pig · as Rica Rabbit |
| 2004 | Spongebob Squarepants: The Seascape Capers · as Mrs. Puff |
| 2003 | Beethoven's 5th · as Sweet Grandmother |
| 2003 | Cold Case · as Betty Joe Henders (2009) |
| 2003 | That's So Raven · as Mrs. Applebaum |
| 2002 | Kim Possible · as Aunt June (voice) |
| 2001 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy · as Witch |
| 2001 | Ablaze · as Nurse WinslowOn Plex |
| 2001 | All You Need · as Ruth |
| 2001 | Lloyd in Space · as Cast |
| 1999 | SpongeBob SquarePants · as Mrs. Puff (voice) |
| 1999 | Shadows of the Past · as Etta |
| 1998 | Legend of the Mummy · as Mrs. GrantOn Plex |
| 1997 | Trading Favors · as Mrs. Langley |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction · as Mrs. Hanson (segment "the Motorcycle")On Plex |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Quack Pack · as (voice) |
| 1994 | Serial Mom · as Rosemary Ackerman |
| 1993 | Saved by the Bell: The New Class · as Mrs. Bluntley |
| 1993 | Bonkers · as Helga |
| 1992 | The Powers That Be · as Evelyn |
| 1992 | Battling for Baby · as Mrs. Capello |
| 1991 | Drexell's Class · as Patty |
| 1991 | Rugrats · as Doreen |
| 1990 | Over My Dead Body · as Sister Margolin |
| 1990 | Bobby's World · as Cast |
| 1987 | DuckTales · as Cookie Blurf |
| 1986 | The Mouse and the Motorcycle · as Kindergarten Teacher |
| 1986 | ALF · as Mary JoOn Plex |
| 1985 | Mr. Belvedere · as Betsy 'beebe' Baxter |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote · as Mrs. Metcalf |
| 1984 | Gone Are the Dayes · as Marge |
| 1984 | Night Court · as Cynthia Dalbey |
| 1982 | Flush · as Bertha |
| 1982 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas · as Rita |
| 1982 | O'Hara's Wife · as Gloria |
| 1982 | The Beach Girls · as Mrs. Brinker |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | The Smurfs · as Additional Voices |
| 1980 | Blood Beach · as Harriett CrabbeOn Plex |
| 1979 | Out of the Blue · as Nurse |
| 1979 | The Champ · as Josie |
| 1979 | The Dukes of Hazzard · as Alice |
| 1978 | Diff'rent Strokes · as Pearl Gallagher |
| 1977 | Semi-Tough · as Earlene |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries · as Dora Warner |
| 1977 | ABC Weekend Special · as Kindergarten Teacher |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island · as Carlotta Smith |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | How to Break Up a Happy Divorce · as Soprano |
| 1975 | Welcome Back, Kotter · as Mrs. Myrna Fishbein |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch · as Terrible Tessie |
| 1974 | Police Woman · as Car Rental Clerk |
| 1973 | Kojak · as Verna |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H · as Nurse Walsh |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show · as Mrs. Englehart |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Maude · as Nurse |
| 1971 | Bananas · as Woman In Hotel Lobby Cheering Honeymoon (uncredited) |
| 1969 | The Littlest Angel · as The Scribe IOn Plex |
| 1969 | Sesame Street · as Narrator |
| 1965 | Days of our Lives · as Bev |
| 1963 | General Hospital · as Mary Finnegan |
| 2024 | Gary · as Self - 'pearl' In Diff' Rent Strokes |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · as Self |
| 2020 | SpongeBob: As Told By · as Self |
| 2012 | Carol Channing: Larger Than Life · as Self |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story · as Self |
| 1983 | Body Language · as Self |