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Kathryn Joosten
1939 Dec, 20

Kathryn Joosten

Kathryn Joosten, American actress (d. 2012)
Kathryn Joosten (born Kathryn Rausch; December 20, 1939 – June 2, 2012) was an American television actress. Her best known roles include Dolores Landingham on NBC's The West Wing from 1999 to 2002 and Karen McCluskey on ABC's Desperate Housewives from 2005 to 2012, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards in 2005 and 2008.

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Events on 1939

  • 3 Mar

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

    In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
  • 1 Apr

    Francisco Franco

    Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
  • 6 Sep

    Nazi Germany

    World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
  • 14 Dec

    Soviet Union

    Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
  • 24 Dec

    Pope Pius XII

    World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.