Mary Jo Catlett
Acting·September 2, 1938 — 87 years old·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
Modern Family
2009·7.9
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004·7.1
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999·7.7
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
2020·7.4
Let's Be Cops
2014·6.5
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
2015·6.1
American Dad!
2005·7.0
2 Broke Girls
2011·7.2
ALF
1986·7.7
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001·8.1
Glee
2009·6.8
The Benchwarmers
2006·5.9
Filmography · 85
—When the Moon Was Twice as BigElsie2025The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePantsMrs. Puff (voice) (uncredited)2025Plankton: The MovieMrs. Puff (voice)2024Spongebob and Sandy’s Country ChristmasMrs. Puff (voice)2024SpongeBob SquarePants: Snow YellowPuffy (voice)2024SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway KampMrs. Puff (voice)2024Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks MovieMrs. Puff (voice)2021The Patrick Star ShowTVMrs. Puff (voice) · Mrs. Puff (voice) / Puffy (voice)2021Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under YearsTVMrs. Puff (voice)2020The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the RunMrs. Puff (voice)2020SpongeBob As Told ByTVSelf2020Toca Life StoriesTVNari2019SpongeBob’s Big Birthday BlowoutMrs. Puff2018Good GirlsTVDorothy2017Great NewsTVMarie2017Trial & ErrorTVBrianne2016SpongeBob LongPantsMrs. Puff / Driving Student (voice)2016Bajillion Dollar Propertie$TVEthel Simmons2015The Odd CoupleTVElderly Woman2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of WaterMrs. Puff (voice)2014Lucky StiffShoe Store Lady2014Let's Be CopsOld Lady2013Instant MomTVMrs. Sharp2012Carol Channing: Larger Than LifeSelf2011Spongebob’s Runaway RoadtripMrs. Puff20112 Broke GirlsTVElaine2010Shake It UpTVElderly Woman2010Rizzoli & IslesTVBunny2010Anderson's CrossMrs. Elway2010SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last StandMrs. Puff (voice)2009Modern FamilyTVEdith2009How to Be a Serial KillerMrs. Wilson2009GleeTVMrs. Carlisle2008SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the WestPolene Puff (voice)2006Red Riding HoodShopkeeper Woman2006The BenchwarmersMrs. Ellwood2005American Dad!TVGuest #1 (voice)2004The SpongeBob SquarePants MovieMrs. Puff (voice)2003Beethoven's 5thSweet Grandmother2003Cold CaseTVBetty Joe Henders (2009)2003SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could FlyMrs. Puff (voice)2003That's So RavenTVMrs. Applebaum2002AblazeNurse Winslow2002Kim PossibleTVAunt June (voice)2001Size 'Em UpFlorence2001The Grim Adventures of Billy and MandyTVWitch2001All You NeedRuth1999SpongeBob SquarePantsTVMrs. Puff (voice)1998Legend of the MummyMrs. Grant1997Extreme GhostbustersTV1997Trading FavorsMrs. Langley1997Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionTVMrs. Hanson (segment "The Motorcycle")1996Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice1996Quack PackTV(voice)1994Serial MomRosemary Ackerman1993Saved by the Bell: The New ClassTVMrs. Bluntley1992Battling for BabyMrs. Capello1987DuckTalesTVCookie Blurf (voice)1986The Mouse and the MotorcycleKindergarten Teacher1986ALFTVMary Jo1984Murder, She WroteTVMrs. Metcalf1984Gone Are the DayesMarge1984Night CourtTVCynthia Dalbey1982The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasRita1982The Beach GirlsMrs. Brinker1982O'Hara's WifeGloria1981Gimme a Break!TV1981Foul PlayTVStella Finkle1980Blood BeachHarriett Crabbe1980Semi-ToughTV1980Where the Ladies GoFrances1979Out of the BlueTVNurse1979The ChampJosie1978Diff'rent StrokesTVPearl Gallagher1978Fantasy IslandTVCarlotta Smith · Hooligan1977Semi-ToughEarlene1976The McLean Stevenson ShowTV1976How to Break Up a Happy DivorceSoprano1975Starsky & HutchTVTerrible Tessie1973KojakTVVerna1972M*A*S*HTVNurse Walsh1972The Bob Newhart ShowTVMrs. Englehart1972The WaltonsTV1971BananasWoman in Hotel Lobby Cheering Honeymoon (uncredited)1969The Littlest AngelThe Scribe I