Mrs. Claus

Mrs. Claus is the wife of Santa Claus, first mentioned in the 1849 short story "A Christmas Legend" by James Rees. She is known for making cookies with the elves, caring for the reindeer, and preparing toys with her husband. Since the 1960s, she has frequently appeared in many Christmas-themed media featuring Santa.

Portrayals

The following is a list of the actresses who have played Mrs. Claus.

Live-action

Picture	Performer	Feature	Year	Notes
	Doris Rich	Santa Claus Conquers the Martians	1964	First known representation of Santa's wife in film.
	Rita Tuckett	One Magic Christmas	1985	Mrs. Claus plays a minor part, and can be seen briefly answering the door for Abbie and helping her husband put a sweater on.
	Judy Cornwell	Santa Claus: The Movie		The story of Anya Claus is told as she takes a role in such workshop endeavors as approving of the construction of Santa's suit.
	Jeanne Cairns	Barney and the Backyard Gang: "Waiting for Santa"	1990	Barney and the Backyard Gang greet Mrs. Claus. She shows Derek his new address on Santa's computer, called "123 Hickory Street".
	Barbara Logan	We Wish You a Merry Christmas	1992	The Kidsongs Kids and Ms. Morganstern visit Santa and Mrs. Claus at the North Pole.
	Angela Lansbury	Mrs. Santa Claus	1996	Feeling neglected, Mrs. Claus goes to New York City in 1910 for women's rights and against child labor in toy making.
	Betty White	Noddy: "Anything Can Happen at Christmas"	1998
	Elizabeth Mitchell	The Santa Clause 2 / The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause and The Santa Clauses	2002-2006 / 2022	Mild-mannered principal Carol Newman marries Scott Calvin and becomes Santa's wife.
	Miranda Richardson	Fred Claus	2007	The British actress plays Annette, the wife of Paul Giamatti's Santa.
	Patrika Darbo	The Search for Santa Paws	2009
	Marcia Bennett	The Night Before the Night Before Christmas	2010
	Tedde Moore	Mistletoe Over Manhattan	2011	After sensing her husband is losing his Christmas spirit, Rebecca Claus travels to a place where she knows the spirit of Christmas still exists: New York City.
	Shelley Long	Merry-In-Laws	2012	Shelley Long appears alongside George Wendt (whom she previously starred with on Cheers) as Santa.
	Cheryl Ladd	Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
	Mira Sorvino	Finding Mrs. Claus
	Jill St. John	Northpole	2014	Former Bond Girl Jill St. John played Mrs. Claus in this Hallmark Channel Original Movie with her husband Robert Wagner playing Santa.
	Jayne Eastwood	Last Chance for Christmas	2015	In this film, Mrs. Claus sends Santa's stable hand John to find a reindeer to stand in for Prancer after he gets a foot injury. Her first name in this film is Christine whilst Santa's is Christopher.
	Meredith Baxter	Becoming Santa		In this film, her first name is Jessica (like in Santa Claus is Comin' to Town).
	Goldie Hawn	The Christmas Chronicles 1 & 2	2018-2020
	Ella Kenion	The Knight Before Christmas	2019
	Monika Krzywkowska	David and the Elves	2021	Mrs. Claus plays one of main roles in this Polish Christmas movie, in which she travels to the human world to find and save Albert the Elf, who ran away from North Pole.
	Bonnie Hunt	Red One	2024	also known as her initials M.C.

Animated

Picture	Performer	Feature	Year	Notes
	Peg Dixon	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	1964	First known representation of Santa's wife on TV. Married to a skinny Santa, Mrs. Claus is charged with fattening her husband up for the big ride on Christmas Eve. Unlike Rankin/Bass' later depictions, she is a brunette.
	Robie Lester	Santa Claus is Comin' to Town	1970	Main article: Jessica Claus Jessica, Somber Town's school teacher, marries Kris Kringle (then considered an outlaw by the Burgermeister Meisterburger) in the forest because no church would marry them on Christmas Eve.
	Shirley Booth	The Year Without a Santa Claus	1974	Mrs. Claus orchestrates a plan to get Santa back into the spirit of Christmas by enlisting the help of a couple of elves and the elements of nature. This special would notably be Shirley Booth's final acting role before her retirement. This version of Mrs. Claus also appears in the opening shot of Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey.
	Virginia Gregg	A Flintstone Christmas	1977
	Darlene Conley	Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July	1979	This version of Mrs. Claus is the same one from Santa Claus is Comin' to Town.
	June Foray	Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales	1979
	June Foray	A Chipmunk Christmas	1981	After Alvin Seville gives his prized golden harmonica away to a sick child, she buys a new one for him as a gift.
	Lucille Bliss	The Christmas That Almost Wasn't	1983
	Ruth Buzzi	Milroy, Santa's Misfit Mutt	1987
		The Nightmare Before Christmas	1993	Mrs. Claus makes a cameo appearance.
	Betty White	The Story of Santa Claus	1996	In this special, her first name is Gretchen.
	Tress MacNeille	Olive, the Other Reindeer	1998
	Debbie Reynolds	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie	1998
	Jean Alexander (original British version) Grey DeLisle (US redub)	Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire	1999	In this special, she is known as Mrs. Santa and has a beard.
	Maria Bamford	CatDog: "A Very CatDog Christmas"	1999
	Nell Carter	We Wish You a Merry Christmas	1999
	Grey DeLisle	The Fairly OddParents: "Christmas Every Day!"	2001	Unlike most depictions, this version is a thin and attractive woman who acts as a secretary to her husband's toy factory in the North Pole.
	Caroline Rhea	The Santa Claus Brothers
	Kathleen Barr	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys
	Kathleen Barr	In Search of Santa	2004	In the castle in Santa's City, immediately following the key to the city ceremony, she greets Royal Penguin Princesses Crystal and Lucinda to declaring them as "heroes" (True Believers). She mentions that she and Santa saw their journey over the "magic looking glass", and mentions that "every elf, reindeer and toy knows of your great adventure." She also appears in the photo album and in the group portrait in Santa's office.
	N/A	My Life as a Teenage Robot: "A Robot for All Seasons"
	Carol Kane	The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: "Billy & Mandy Save Christmas"	2005	Nancy Claus is the Head Head Vampire who fell in love with Santa when they first met and got married, but she was stressed and overworked by too much work, so she turned her husband into a vampire. But with Billy's kind heart and his kind words, she and Santa make amends to each other.
	Phyllis Diller	Robot Chicken: "Robot Chicken Christmas Special"	2005
	Tress MacNeille	Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: "Mickey Saves Santa"	2006
	Edie McClurg	Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen		Mrs. Claus hosts a cooking show where Rusty Reindeer attempts to help.
	Shirley Jones	Christmas is Here Again	2007	In this movie, her name is Victoria.
	Jill Talley	Elf Bowling: The Movie	2007
	Grey DeLisle	The Fairly OddParents: "Merry Wishmas"	2008	In a stark contrast to the previous Fairly OddParents Christmas special, Mrs. Claus is now depicted in her traditional design. DeLisle reprised her role from the previous special.
	Catherine Disher	A Miser Brothers' Christmas		As this special is a sequel to The Year Without a Santa Claus, this version of Mrs. Claus is meant to be the same as the above-mentioned version from that special (albeit with a slightly different design).
	Cathy Weseluck	Holly and Hal Moose: Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure
	Betty White	"Operation: Secret Santa"	2010	In this Prep & Landing spin-off short, the wife of the the Big Red One, with the help of Magee, enlists Wayne and Lanny to retrieve a special gift hidden inside Santa's office. Like her husband, her face is never shown onscreen. She also has a cameo at the end of Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice.
	Imelda Staunton	Arthur Christmas	2011	In this film, Mrs. Claus's first name is Margaret and has two sons with Santa (whose real named is Malcolm): Steve and Arthur.
	N/A	The Looney Tunes Show: "A Christmas Carol"	2012	Mrs. Claus is seen only in a portrait when Daffy Duck hallucinates wandering into Santa's workshop.
	Wendi McLendon-Covey	Puppy Dog Pals: "A Santa for Bob"	2018
	Camryn Grimes	Mickey Saves Christmas	2022
	N/A	Charger's Christmas Adventure	2023

See also

• Santa Claus