Dec 20, 1939 - Chicago, Illinois, USA
Joosten was born in Chicago. Her first career was as a psychiatric nurse at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, living in nearby Lake Forest, Illinois, where she married a psychiatrist and raised two sons. Following her 1980 divorce, she began acting in community theater in 1982, at age 42.
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| Movie | 2005 | Hostage | Louise | |
| Movie | 2008 | Bedtime Stories | Mrs. Dixon | |
| Movie | 2009 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | Aunt Jackie | |
| Movie | 2000 | Hellraiser: Inferno | Mother | |
| Movie | 2005 | Wedding Crashers | Chazz's Mom | |
| Movie | 2004 | Breaking Dawn | Neighbor | |
| Movie | 1998 | Phoenix | Esther | |
| Movie | 2007 | Rails & Ties | Mrs. Brown | |
| Movie | 2007 | The TV Set | Lois | |
| Movie | 1999 | Kiss Toledo Goodbye | Wheelchair Lady | |
| Movie | 2011 | Mega Python vs. Gatoroid | Angie | |
| Movie | 2014 | Wish Wizard | Mrs. Inkwell | |
| Movie | 1984 | Grandview, U.S.A. | Mrs. Clark | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Making of a Hollywood Madam | Mrs. Oshatz | |
| Movie | 2003 | Red Roses and Petrol | Nurse | |
| Movie | 2003 | Secret Santa | Winifred | |
| Movie | 2004 | Combustion | Miss Knight | |
| Movie | 1995 | The Stranger Beside Me | Judge | |
| Movie | 1989 | The Package | Waitress | |
| Movie | 2007 | Jane Doe: Ties That Bind | Cara Goodman | |
| Movie | 2003 | Wasabi Tuna | Erma | |
| Movie | 2009 | Annul Victory | Self | |
| Movie | 2005 | Cheaper by the Dozen 2 | Theatre Patron | |
| Movie | 1997 | Best Men | Edie | |
| Movie | 2002 | Cojones | Old Lady | |
| TV Show | 2000 | Titus | Betty | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Less than Perfect | Old Lady | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Arliss | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1996 | Boston Common | Mrs. Schuster | 1 |
| TV Show | 1989 | Seinfeld | Betsy | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Stephanie Drake | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Reba | Director | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | The Closer | Nurse Townsend | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Ally McBeal | Sister Alice | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Home Improvement | Thelma McCready | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Joan of Arcadia | Old Lady God | 8 |
| TV Show | 2001 | The Division | Constance 'Connie ' Langtry | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Providence | Miss O'Meara | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Judging Amy | Judge Drabowsky | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Monk | Neysa Gordon | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | My Name Is Earl | Donny's Mom | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Spin City | Sister Agnes | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Las Vegas | Robby | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Everwood | Mrs. Hammerhill | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Even Stevens | Edna Manning | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | Roseanne | 2 | |
| TV Show | 2005 | Love, Inc. | Doris | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Thanks | 6 | |
| TV Show | 1993 | Frasier | Vera | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Dharma & Greg | Claire | 7 |
| TV Show | 1989 | Family Matters | Grocery Checker | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | The X-Files | Agent Edie Boal | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | Becker | Mrs. Goldsmith | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Scrubs | Mrs. Tanner | 3 |
| TV Show | 1998 | Will & Grace | Felicia | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Just Shoot Me! | Mrs. Pierce | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Gilmore Girls | Maisy Fortner | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | ER | Lois | 1 |
| TV Show | 2006 | The Greg Behrendt Show | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1997 | Brooklyn South | Mariah Westbrook | 2 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Genevive Holt | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | The West Wing | Dolores Landingham | 30 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Providence | Mrs. Nielsen | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Jenny | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Hope & Faith | Funeral Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 2008 | The Mentalist | Gloria Williams | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Karen McCluskey | 76 |
| TV Show | 1996 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Cafeteria Lady | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Father of the Pride | (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Monk | Nurse Stampel | 1 |
| TV Show | 2011 | Harry's Law | Maisie Joyce | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Profiler | Morganna Styles | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | The Drew Carey Show | Ruth | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | The Drew Carey Show | Natalie | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | NYPD Blue | Mrs. Prows | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | Murphy Brown | Secretary #83 | 1 |
| TV Show | 2008 | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Marilyn | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Men Behaving Badly | Saleswoman | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Life with Bonnie | Phyllis | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | The King of Queens | Maureen | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Strong Medicine | Mrs. Nolan | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle | Claire | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Raising Dad | Mrs. Paultis | 1 |
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