# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kathryn-joosten
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:12:47.082Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kathryn-joosten"
name: "Kathryn Joosten"
slug: "kathryn-joosten"
description: "Kathryn Joosten was an American actress. Her best known roles include Delores Landingham on NBC's The West Wing from 1999 to 2002 and Karen McCluskey on ABC's Desperate Housewives from 2005 to 2012, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards in 2005 and 2008."
tagline: "American actress (1939–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kathryn_Joosten_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1939-12-20"
deathDate: "2012-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump