Mary Jo Catlett
Acting • Born 1938-09-02
Biography
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.
Filmography
82 credits
Red Riding Hood
Movie • 2006
Shopkeeper Woman
How to Be a Serial Killer
Movie • 2009
Mrs. Wilson
Beethoven's 5th
Movie • 2003
Sweet Grandmother
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
Movie • 2024
Mrs. Puff (voice)
Trading Favors
Movie • 1997
Mrs. Langley
The Littlest Angel
Movie • 1969
The Scribe I
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Movie • 1986
Kindergarten Teacher
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand
Movie • 2010
Mrs. Puff (voice)
Battling for Baby
Movie • 1992
Mrs. Capello
Ablaze
Movie • 2002
Nurse Winslow
Legend of the Mummy
Movie • 1998
Mrs. Grant
Serial Mom
Movie • 1994
Rosemary Ackerman
Lucky Stiff
Movie • 2014
Shoe Store Lady
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Movie • 2012
Self
Let's Be Cops
Movie • 2014
Old Lady
Where the Ladies Go
Movie • 1980
Frances
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Movie • 2015
Mrs. Puff (voice)
Blood Beach
Movie • 1980
Harriett Crabbe
The Champ
Movie • 1979
Josie
Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip
Movie • 2011
Mrs. Puff
Plankton: The Movie
Movie • 2025
Mrs. Puff (voice)
Gone Are the Dayes
Movie • 1984
Marge
The Benchwarmers
Movie • 2006
Mrs. Ellwood
O'Hara's Wife
Movie • 1982
Gloria
All You Need
Movie • 2001
Ruth
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Movie • 2020
Mrs. Puff (voice)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Movie • 2004
Mrs. Puff (voice)
Semi-Tough
Movie • 1977
Earlene
The Beach Girls
Movie • 1982
Mrs. Brinker
Bananas
Movie • 1971
Woman in Hotel Lobby Cheering Honeymoon (uncredited)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Movie • 1982
Rita
Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice
Movie • 1996
When the Moon Was Twice as Big
Movie
Elsie
SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp
Movie • 2024
Mrs. Puff (voice)
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
Movie • 1976
Soprano
SpongeBob LongPants
Movie • 2016
Mrs. Puff / Driving Student (voice)
Size 'Em Up
Movie • 2001
Florence
SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout
Movie • 2019
Mrs. Puff
Anderson's Cross
Movie • 2010
Mrs. Elway
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
Movie • 2025
Mrs. Puff (voice) (uncredited)
Spongebob and Sandy’s Country Christmas
Movie • 2024
Mrs. Puff
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
TV • 1993
Mrs. Bluntley
M*A*S*H
TV • 1972
Nurse Walsh
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Guest #1 (voice)
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Betty Joe Henders (2009)
Diff'rent Strokes
TV • 1978
Pearl Gallagher
Kojak
TV • 1973
Verna
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
TV • 2021
Mrs. Puff (voice)
Gimme a Break!
TV • 1981
ALF
TV • 1986
Mary Jo
Modern Family
TV • 2009
Edith
The Waltons
TV • 1972
Foul Play
TV • 1981
Stella Finkle
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
TV • 2001
Witch
The McLean Stevenson Show
TV • 1976
Semi-Tough
TV • 1980
2 Broke Girls
TV • 2011
Elaine
Glee
TV • 2009
Mrs. Carlisle
The Patrick Star Show
TV • 2021
Mrs. Puff (voice)
SpongeBob As Told By
TV • 2020
Self
Good Girls
TV • 2018
Dorothy
Kim Possible
TV • 2002
Aunt June (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants
TV • 1999
Mrs. Puff (voice)
Great News
TV • 2017
Marie
The Odd Couple
TV • 2015
Elderly Woman
Extreme Ghostbusters
TV • 1997
Trial & Error
TV • 2017
Brianne
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
TV • 2016
Ethel Simmons
Night Court
TV • 1984
Cynthia Dalbey
That's So Raven
TV • 2003
Mrs. Applebaum
Rizzoli & Isles
TV • 2010
Bunny
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
TV • 1997
Mrs. Hanson (segment "The Motorcycle")
Out of the Blue
TV • 1979
Nurse
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Mrs. Metcalf
Shake It Up
TV • 2010
Elderly Woman
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Terrible Tessie
Fantasy Island
TV • 1978
Carlotta Smith
The Bob Newhart Show
TV • 1972
Mrs. Englehart
Quack Pack
TV • 1996
(voice)
Toca Life Stories
TV • 2020
Nari
Instant Mom
TV • 2013
Mrs. Sharp