“That was Kathryn Joosten, who played Mrs. [Karen] McCluskey.” Joosten had an early start on the show, which ran for eight ...

R.?” storyline. “Desperate Housewives” (2004-12) Kathryn Joosten worked as a nurse before appearing as a guest star on numerous shows. Her most acclaimed role would be as Karen McCluskey on ...

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Marc Cherry, creator of 'Desperate Housewives,' promised Kathryn Joosten that her character, Karen McCluskey, would not be ...

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 ...

“That was Kathryn Joosten, who played Mrs. [Karen] McCluskey.” Joosten had an early start on the show, which ran for eight seasons from 2004-2012. She was cast after a previous actress kept ...