Joosten was born in Chicago. Her first career was as a psychiatric nurse at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, living in nearby Lake Forest, Illinois, where she married a psychiatrist and raised two sons. Following her 1980 divorce, she began acting in community theater in 1982, at age 42.
Hostage
(Louise)
Bedtime Stories
(Mrs. Dixon)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
(Aunt Jackie)
Wedding Crashers
(Chazz's Mom)
Hellraiser: Inferno
(Mother)
Breaking Dawn
(Neighbor)
Phoenix
(Esther)
Rails & Ties
(Mrs. Brown)
The TV Set
(Lois)
Best Men
(Edie)
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
(Wheelchair Lady)
Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
(Angie)
Wish Wizard
(Mrs. Inkwell)
Grandview, U.S.A.
(Mrs. Clark)
The Making of a Hollywood Madam
(Mrs. Oshatz)
Red Roses and Petrol
Secret Santa
(Winifred)
Combustion
(Miss Knight)
The Stranger Beside Me
(Judge)
The Package
(Waitress)
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
(Cara Goodman)
Wasabi Tuna
(Erma)
Annul Victory
(Self)
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
(Theatre Patron)
Titus
Less than Perfect
(Old Lady)
Arliss
Boston Common
(Mrs. Schuster)
Seinfeld
(Betsy)
Grey's Anatomy
(Stephanie Drake)
Reba
The Closer
(Nurse Townsend)
Ally McBeal
(Sister Alice)
Home Improvement
(Thelma McCready)
Joan of Arcadia
The Division
Providence
(Miss O'Meara)
Judging Amy
(Judge Drabowsky)
Monk
(Neysa Gordon)
My Name Is Earl
(Donny's Mom)
Spin City
(Sister Agnes)
Las Vegas
Everwood
(Mrs. Hammerhill)
Even Stevens
Roseanne
Love, Inc.
Thanks
Frasier
(Vera)
Dharma & Greg
(Claire)
Family Matters
(Grocery Checker)
The X-Files
(Agent Edie Boal)
Becker
(Mrs. Goldsmith)
Scrubs
(Mrs. Tanner)
Will & Grace
(Felicia)
Just Shoot Me!
(Mrs. Pierce)
Gilmore Girls
(Maisy Fortner)
ER
(Lois)
The Greg Behrendt Show
Brooklyn South
(Mrs. Mariah Westbrook)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(Genevive Holt)
The West Wing
(Dolores Landingham)
Providence
(Mrs. Nielsen)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
(Jenny)
Hope & Faith
(Funeral Guest)
The Mentalist
(Gloria Williams)
Desperate Housewives
(Karen McCluskey)
3rd Rock from the Sun
(Cafeteria Lady)
Father of the Pride
((voice))
Monk
(Nurse Stampel)
Harry's Law
(Maisie Joyce)
NYPD Blue
(Mrs. Prows)
Murphy Brown
(Secretary #83)
Profiler
(Morganna Styles)
The Drew Carey Show
(Ruth)
The Drew Carey Show
(Natalie)
The Bonnie Hunt Show
(Self)
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
(Marilyn)
Men Behaving Badly
(Saleswoman)
Life with Bonnie
(Phyllis)
The King of Queens
(Maureen)
Strong Medicine
(Mrs. Nolan)
Malcolm in the Middle
(Claire)