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Mary Jo Catlett

Acting • 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.

Known For

SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants

1999

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years

2021

That's So Raven

That's So Raven

2003

Diff'rent Strokes

Diff'rent Strokes

1978

The Patrick Star Show

The Patrick Star Show

2021

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

2004

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Filmography

2026
The Patrick Star Show: Week of Stars!Film
Mrs. Puff (voice)
2025
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePantsFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice) (uncredited)
★ 6.8
2025
Plankton: The MovieFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 6.6
2024
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks MovieFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 6.1
2024
SpongeBob SquarePants: Kreepaway KampFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 7.1
2024
SpongeBob and Sandy’s Country ChristmasFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
2021
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under YearsTV
Mrs. Puff (voice) • 75 episodes
★ 7.2
2021
The Patrick Star ShowTV
Mrs. Puff (voice) • 6 episodes
★ 5.8
2021
The Patrick Star ShowTV
Mrs. Puff (voice) / Puffy (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 5.8
2020
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the RunFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 7.4
2020
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom BashFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 3.0
2020
Toca Life StoriesTV
Nari • 41 episodes
2020
SpongeBob As Told ByTV
Self • 2 episodes
2019
SpongeBob’s Big Birthday BlowoutFilm
Mrs. Puff
2018
Good GirlsTV
Dorothy • 2 episodes
★ 7.8
2017
Great NewsTV
Marie • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
2017
Trial & ErrorTV
Brianne • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2017
Spongebob Squarepants: Factory FreshFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 5.8
2016
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$TV
Ethel Simmons • 1 episodes
★ 6.6
2016
SpongeBob LongPantsFilm
Mrs. Puff / Driving Student (voice)
★ 4.9
2016
SpongeBob SquarePants: Glove World ForeverFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 6.6
2015
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of WaterFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 6.1
2015
The Odd CoupleTV
Elderly Woman • 1 episodes
★ 5.8
2015
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Pilot a Mini-Movie and the Square ShortsFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 5.8
2014
Let's Be CopsFilm
Old Lady
★ 6.5
2014
Spongebob Squarepants: It Came from Goo LagoonFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 6.1
2014
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob, You're Fired!Film
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 7.1
2014
Spongebob Squarepants: Deep-Sea GamesFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 5.3
2014
Lucky StiffFilm
Shoe Store Lady
★ 4.4
2014
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bizarro Bikini BottomFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 8.0
2014
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom BuddiesFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 1.0
2013
Instant MomTV
Mrs. Sharp • 1 episodes
★ 8.2
2013
SpongeBob SquarePants: Extreme Kah-Rah-TayFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 8.3
2013
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sweet & Sour SquidwardFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 10.0
2013
Spongebob Squarepants: Disorder In The DeepFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
2013
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob on TourFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
2012
Carol Channing: Larger Than LifeFilm
Self
★ 7.8
2011
2 Broke GirlsTV
Elaine • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
2011
SpongeBob SquarePants: Heroes of Bikini BottomFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 5.6
2011
SpongeBob’s Runaway RoadtripFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 1.0
2010
Rizzoli & IslesTV
Bunny • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
2010
Shake It UpTV
Elderly Woman • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2010
SpongeBob SquarePants: Viking-sized AdventuresFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 7.0
2010
Anderson's CrossFilm
Mrs. Elway
★ 4.4
2010
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last StandFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 7.0
2009
Modern FamilyTV
Edith • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
2009
GleeTV
Mrs. Carlisle • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
2009
How to Be a Serial KillerFilm
Mrs. Wilson
★ 4.9
2009
SpongeBob SquarePants: To SquarePants or Not to SquarePantsFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 3.0
2009
Spongebob Squarepants: 10 Happiest MomentsFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
2008
SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the WestFilm
Polene Puff (voice)
★ 7.0
2008
SpongeBob SquarePants: To Love a PattyFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 9.0
2007
SpongeBob SquarePants: Friend or Foe?Film
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 7.5
2007
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom AdventuresFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
2006
The BenchwarmersFilm
Mrs. Ellwood
★ 5.9
2006
Red Riding HoodFilm
Shopkeeper Woman
★ 5.7
2006
SpongeBob SquarePants - Karate IslandFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 10.0
2006
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lost in TimeFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 6.7
2006
SpongeBob SquarePants: Whale of a BirthdayFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
2005
American Dad!TV
Guest #1 (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2005
Spongebob Squarepants: Fear of a Krabby PattyFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 10.0
2005
SpongeBob Squarepants - Absorbing FavoritesFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 5.7
2005
SpongeBob SquarePants: Home Sweet PineappleFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
2004
Desperate HousewivesTV
Debi Brown • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
2004
The SpongeBob SquarePants MovieFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 7.1
2004
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Goes PrehistoricFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 6.4
2004
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge for HireFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
2004
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeGuard on DutyFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
2003
Cold CaseTV
Betty Joe Henders (2009) • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
2003
That's So RavenTV
Mrs. Applebaum • 4 episodes
★ 7.2
2003
Beethoven's 5thFilm
Sweet Grandmother
★ 5.2
2003
SpongeBob SquarePants: Laugh Your Pants OffFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
2003
SpongeBob SquarePants: Anchors AwayFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
2003
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge-a-RamaFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
2002
Kim PossibleTV
Aunt June (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2002
AblazeFilm
Nurse Winslow
★ 4.0
2002
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could FlyFilm
Mrs. Puff (voice)
★ 10.0
2001
The Grim Adventures of Billy and MandyTV
Witch • 1 episodes
★ 8.1
2001
Size 'Em UpFilm
Florence
★ 7.5
2001
All You NeedFilm
Ruth
★ 4.7
1999
SpongeBob SquarePantsTV
Mrs. Puff (voice) • 659 episodes
★ 7.7
1998
Legend of the MummyFilm
Mrs. Grant
★ 4.2
1997
Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionTV
Mrs. Hanson (segment "The Motorcycle") • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1997
Extreme GhostbustersTV
★ 6.7
1997
Trading FavorsFilm
Mrs. Langley
★ 4.6
1996
Quack PackTV
The Claw's Mother (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1996
Quack PackTV
Nosey Neigbors Leader (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1996
Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on IceFilm
★ 8.2
1994
Serial MomFilm
Rosemary Ackerman
★ 6.7
1993
Saved by the Bell: The New ClassTV
Mrs. Bluntley • 1 episodes
★ 5.8
1992
Battling for BabyFilm
Mrs. Capello
★ 5.2
1991
RugratsTV
Doreen (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
1987
DuckTalesTV
Cookie Blurf (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
1986
ALFTV
Mary Jo • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
1986
The Mouse and the MotorcycleFilm
Kindergarten Teacher
★ 5.7
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
Mrs. Metcalf • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1984
Night CourtTV
Cynthia Dalbey • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1984
Gone Are the DayesFilm
Marge
★ 8.0
1982
The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasFilm
Rita
★ 6.2
1982
The Beach GirlsFilm
Mrs. Brinker
★ 4.8
1982
O'Hara's WifeFilm
Gloria
★ 5.7
1981
Gimme a Break!TV
★ 6.6
1981
Foul PlayTV
Stella Finkle • 10 episodes
★ 5.0
1980
Blood BeachFilm
Harriett Crabbe
★ 4.8
1980
Where the Ladies GoFilm
Frances
★ 10.0
1980
Semi-ToughTV
Big Barb • 1 episodes
1979
The ChampFilm
Josie
★ 7.0
1979
Out of the BlueTV
Nurse • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1978
Fantasy IslandTV
Carlotta Smith • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1978
Fantasy IslandTV
Hooligan • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1978
Diff'rent StrokesTV
Pearl Gallagher • 87 episodes
★ 7.1
1977
Semi-ToughFilm
Earlene
★ 5.4
1976
The McLean Stevenson ShowTV
★ 7.5
1976
How to Break Up a Happy DivorceFilm
Soprano
★ 10.0
1975
Starsky & HutchTV
★ 7.4
1975
Starsky & HutchTV
Terrible Tessie • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1973
KojakTV
Verna • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1972
M*A*S*HTV
Nurse Walsh • 2 episodes
★ 8.0
1972
The WaltonsTV
★ 7.1
1972
The Bob Newhart ShowTV
Mrs. Englehart • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
1971
BananasFilm
Woman in Hotel Lobby Cheering Honeymoon (uncredited)
★ 6.7
1969
The Littlest AngelFilm
The Scribe I
★ 5.6