Mary Jo Catlett
Known for acting · Born 2 September 1938 · 88 · Denver, Colorado, USA
94 credits
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
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
2021
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
2020
Toca Life Stories
2020
M*A*S*H
1972
Good Girls
2018
The Patrick Star Show
2021
That's So Raven
2003
How to Be a Serial Killer
2009
The Champ
1979
Acting (94)
2026Untitled The Patrick Star Show Mini-SeriesMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2025The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePantsMrs. Puff (voice) (uncredited)Film
2025Plankton: The MovieMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2024Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks MovieMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2024SpongeBob SquarePants: Kreepaway KampMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2024SpongeBob and Sandy’s Country ChristmasMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2024SpongeBob SquarePants: Snow YellowPuffy (voice)Film
2021Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under YearsMrs. Puff (voice) · 75 episodesSeries
2021The Patrick Star ShowMrs. Puff (voice) · 6 episodes, Mrs. Puff (voice) / Puffy (voice)Series
2020The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the RunMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2020SpongeBob As Told BySelf · 2 episodesSeries
2020Toca Life StoriesNari · 41 episodesSeries
2019SpongeBob’s Big Birthday BlowoutMrs. PuffFilm
2018Good GirlsDorothy · 2 episodesSeries
2017Great NewsMarieSeries
2017Trial & ErrorBrianneSeries
2016Bajillion Dollar Propertie$Ethel SimmonsSeries
2016SpongeBob LongPantsMrs. Puff / Driving Student (voice)Film
2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of WaterMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2015The Odd CoupleElderly WomanSeries
2014Let's Be CopsOld LadyFilm
2014Lucky StiffShoe Store LadyFilm
2013Instant MomMrs. SharpSeries
2012Carol Channing: Larger Than LifeSelfFilm
20112 Broke GirlsElaineSeries
2011SpongeBob’s Runaway RoadtripMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2010Rizzoli & IslesBunnySeries
2010Shake It UpElderly WomanSeries
2010Anderson's CrossMrs. ElwayFilm
2010SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last StandMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2009Modern FamilyEdithSeries
2009GleeMrs. CarlisleSeries
2009How to Be a Serial KillerMrs. WilsonFilm
2008SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the WestPolene Puff (voice)Film
2006The BenchwarmersMrs. EllwoodFilm
2006Red Riding HoodShopkeeper WomanFilm
2005American Dad!Guest #1 (voice)Series
2005SpongeBob Squarepants - Absorbing FavoritesMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2005Spongebob Squarepants: Fear of a Krabby PattyMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2005SpongeBob SquarePants: Home Sweet PineappleMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2004The SpongeBob SquarePants MovieMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2004Desperate HousewivesDebi BrownSeries
2004SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Goes PrehistoricMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2004SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeGuard on DutyMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2004SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge for HireMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2003Cold CaseBetty Joe Henders (2009)Series
2003That's So RavenMrs. Applebaum · 4 episodesSeries
2003Beethoven's 5thSweet GrandmotherFilm
2003SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could FlyMrs. Puff (voice)Film
2002Kim PossibleAunt June (voice)Series
2002AblazeNurse WinslowFilm
2001The Grim Adventures of Billy and MandyWitchSeries
2001All You NeedRuthFilm
2001Size 'Em UpFlorenceFilm
1999SpongeBob SquarePantsMrs. Puff (voice) · 689 episodesSeries
1998Legend of the MummyMrs. GrantFilm
1997Extreme GhostbustersSeries
1997Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionMrs. Hanson (segment "The Motorcycle")Series
1997Trading FavorsMrs. LangleyFilm
1996Quack PackThe Claw's Mother (voice), Nosey Neigbors Leader (voice)Series
1996Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on IceFilm
1994Serial MomRosemary AckermanFilm
1993Saved by the Bell: The New ClassMrs. BluntleySeries
1992Battling for BabyMrs. CapelloFilm
1991RugratsDoreen (voice)Series
1987DuckTalesCookie Blurf (voice)Series
1986ALFMary JoSeries
1986The Mouse and the MotorcycleKindergarten TeacherFilm
1984Murder, She WroteMrs. MetcalfSeries
1984Night CourtCynthia DalbeySeries
1984Gone Are the DayesMargeFilm
1982The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasRitaFilm
1982The Beach GirlsMrs. BrinkerFilm
1982O'Hara's WifeGloriaFilm
1981Gimme a Break!Series
1981Foul PlayStella Finkle · 10 episodesSeries
1980Blood BeachHarriett CrabbeFilm
1980Where the Ladies GoFrancesFilm
1980Semi-Tough · 4 episodesSeries
1979The ChampJosieFilm
1979Out of the BlueNurseSeries
1978Diff'rent StrokesPearl Gallagher · 87 episodesSeries
1978Fantasy IslandCarlotta Smith, HooliganSeries
1977Semi-ToughEarleneFilm
1976The McLean Stevenson ShowSeries
1976How to Break Up a Happy DivorceSopranoFilm
1975Starsky & Hutch, Terrible TessieSeries
1973KojakVernaSeries
1972M*A*S*HNurse Walsh · 2 episodesSeries
1972The WaltonsSeries
1972The Bob Newhart ShowMrs. EnglehartSeries
1971BananasWoman in Hotel Lobby Cheering Honeymoon (uncredited)Film
1969The Littlest AngelThe Scribe IFilm
—When the Moon Was Twice as BigElsieFilm