Actor

Kathryn Mullen

February 10, 1940 · New York City, New York, USA

Kathryn "Kathy" Mullen is an actress, voice actress, and puppeteer most closely associated with Jim Henson projects. She began performing on The Muppet Show in its third season, primarily as Gaffer the Backstage Cat. She also voice directed Dog City for Nelvana, worked as a designer for The Muppet Movie, a performing assistant for Yoda on The Empire Strikes Back, and was one of the creators of Between the Lions. While reprising this character for several Muppet movies, she also created the character of Mokey - a gentle, New Age style Fraggle - on Henson's Fraggle Rock. She performed the Gelfling Kira in the movie The Dark Crystal, Allegra on "Allegra's Window", and Leona the Lion on "Between the Lions". Kathy Mullen, with her husband, former Muppet designer Michael K.

Notable work

8.4
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
as Performing Assistant for Yoda
7.9
Heat (1995)
as Doreen Daniel, Diner Patron (uncredited)
7.1
Top Secret! (1984)
as Spanish Woman on Train (uncredited)
7.1
The Dark Crystal (1982)
as Kira, a Gelfling
7.2
The Muppet Movie (1979)
as Camilla (assistant)
6.6
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
as Jill the Frog (voice)
8
The Muppet Show (1976)
as Additional Muppets (voice)
6.9
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
as Chickens / Gaffer the Cat / Monster / Singing Food / Passenger in Cab / Pigeon Sounds

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