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.
Stephanie Drake
Maureen
Betsy
Agent Edie Boal
Gloria Williams
Jenny
Karen McCluskey
Neysa Gordon
Nurse Stampel
Claire
Vera
Marilyn
Nurse Townsend
Genevive Holt
Maisy Fortner
Dolores Landingham
Donny's Mom
Thelma McCready
Sister Agnes
Secretary #83
Mrs. Pierce
Mrs. Prows
Mrs. Tanner
Grocery Checker
Lois
Cafeteria Lady
Claire
Mrs. Nolan
Felicia
Mrs. Hammerhill
Funeral Guest
Mrs. Goldsmith
Ruth
Natalie
Maisie Joyce
Judge Drabowsky
Phyllis
Old Lady
Constance 'Connie ' Langtry
Miss O'Meara
Mrs. Nielsen
Morganna Styles
Saleswoman
Sister Alice
Mariah Westbrook
Mrs. Schuster
Aunt Jackie
(voice)
Chazz's Mom
Louise
Mrs. Dixon
Theatre Patron
Mother
Waitress
Mrs. Brown
Angie
Lois
Miss Knight
Edie
Judge
Esther
Mrs. Clark
Wheelchair Lady
Cara Goodman
Winifred
Mrs. Inkwell
Erma
Neighbor
Self
Nurse
Mrs. Oshatz
Self
Old Lady