Kathryn Joosten, 'Desperate Housewives' and 'West Wing' star, dies at 72

by kyle Posted 2012/06/02 21:39:31

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Kathryn Joosten, the Emmy-winning actress best known as the irascible Karen McCluskey on Desperate Housewives and President Bartlet’s trusty secretary Mrs. Landingham on The West Wing, died Friday, June 1, of lung cancer. She was 72.

Joosten’s memorable roles on the two Emmy-winning dramas — she played
the no-nonsense Dolores Landingham on Wing for three seasons and became a
series regular on Housewives in 2004 — were particularly significant
because of her late entry into Hollywood. The star, who working as a
psychiatric nurse in Illinois and living with her husband and two sons,
decided to follow her lifelong dream of acting after
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sally 2012/06/05 02:13:34

Awe how sad. It only feels like yesterday that I was watching the pilot episode of Desperate Housewives.

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Bob, the reasonable one 2012/06/03 03:33:05 (edited)

I thought she was fantastic on Northern Exposure as well....

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Diana 2012/06/02 23:17:06

She was a very good actress and very like able.I knew she had lung cancer.They put the story line in her part and the last chapter she died.How very sad.
May she rest in peace.God Bless her.

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♒ßεllεchεvεllε®♒ 2012/06/02 23:05:44

That makes me sad. I enjoyed her work. :(

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