Mary Jo Catlett (born September 2, 1938; age 86) is a main cast member for the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise, voicing Mrs. Puff.

She has been an actress since the 1960s, starring in the 1964 Broadway musical Hello, Dolly! and television shows like Diff'rent Strokes, M*A*S*H, and General Hospital.

In 2001, Catlett was nominated for an Annie Award for her voice-over work as Mrs. Puff, placing in the category "Best Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Production."^[1] Tom Kenny (voice of the title character) was also nominated in the same year, making them the first two SpongeBob cast members to be nominated for an award.

For the first seven seasons, Mary Jo Catlett exclusively voiced Mrs. Puff. Starting in season 8, she has voiced some other characters, such as Granny Tentacles and some background fish.

Trivia[]

• She is the oldest member of the main cast, followed by Rodger Bumpass.
• She was good friends with Stephen Hillenburg.
• Her previous acting roles in other productions have been referenced on the show; for example, SpongeBob says, "Hello, Dolly!" in "Something Smells," nodding to the 1964 Broadway musical that introduced the phrase and starred Mary Jo Catlett as a main cast member.
• In 2009, Mary Jo Catlett starred in the film Surprise Surprise, and she was constantly asked to do her Mrs. Puff voice. According to her costars, "not one person on the movie let a day [on the set] go by without calling some relative ... and handing their cell phones to Mary Jo [Catlett] to do her best 'Oh no, SpongeBob, no!'"^[2]
• She attended the 2013 SpongeBob Fan Shellabration where she signed autographs and posed for pictures with a mascot costume of Mrs. Puff.

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1. ^ Staff (2001). 29th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2001). Annie Award. ASIFA-Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved on July 4, 2016.
2. ^ “Surprise Surprise,” a Q&A with actor/playwright Travis Michael Holder

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Cast members (V • E)
Main character voices:	Tom Kenny • Bill Fagerbakke • Rodger Bumpass • Clancy Brown • Lori Alan • Carolyn Lawrence • Mary Jo Catlett • Doug Lawrence • Jill Talley
Supporting character voices:	Stephen Hillenburg • Paul Tibbitt • Ernest Borgnine • Tim Conway • Brian Doyle-Murray • John O'Hurley • Marion Ross • Dee Bradley Baker • Sirena Irwin • Carlos Alazraqui • Thomas F. Wilson • Bob Joles • Mark Fite • Sara Paxton • John Gegenhuber
The Patrick Star Show main character voices:	Bill Fagerbakke • Thomas F. Wilson • Cree Summer • Jill Talley • Dana Snyder • Tom Kenny
Other:	Abdul Hafiz Aziz • Adam West • Aksu Palmén • Aku Laitinen • Alec Baldwin • Alen Šalinović • Alex Saudinós • Alexander Ward • Alton Brown • Ammar Daniel Osman • Amy Poehler • Amy Sedaris • Andrea Martin • Andy Samberg • Antonio Banderas • Antonio Raul Corbo • Antti L.J. Pääkkönen • Antti Pääkkönen • April Stewart • Arto Nieminen • Aubrey Plaza • Awkwafina • Bart McCarthy • Bernie Malejana • Betty White • Billy West • Biz Markie • Blues Saraceno • Bob Barker • Bobcat Goldthwait • Bobby Cannavale • Brad Abrell • Burt Ward • Carlos Bustamante • Caspar Lee • Charles Nelson Reilly • Charlie Adler • Chris Elliott • Chris von Sneidern • Christian Trimble • Christopher Guest • Dahlya Glick • Dale Horowitz • Dan Southworth • Daniel Dizdar • Daniel Hagen • Daniella Perkins • Darije Somi • David Bowie • David Glen Eisley • David Hasselhoff • David Lander • Davy Jones • Debi Mae West • Dee Snider • Dennis Quaid • Dimitrije Stojanović • Dylan Haggerty • Ed Asner • Eddie Deezen • Ella Pyhältö • Enn Reitel • Eric Bauza • Ethan Slater • Faizal Isa • Frank Welker • Fred Tatasciore • Garnett Sailor • Gary Anthony Williams • Gene Shalit • Gene Simmons • Gilbert Gottfried • Ginnifer Goodwin • Giora Kenneth • Goran Malus • Greg Baldwin • Grey DeLisle • Hal Douglas • Henry Winkler • Iina Salin • India de Beaufort • Irwan Isnin • J. K. Simmons • Jace Norman • Jack Gore • Jack Griffo • Jamalludin Zakaria • James Arnold Taylor • Jason Maybaum • Jay Kortehisto • Jeanette Miller • Jeff Bennett • Jeff Garlin • Jeff Rechner • Jeff Utanes • Jeffrey Combs • Jeffrey Tambor • Jenni Sivonen • Jennifer Tilly • Jim Jarmusch • Jim Ward • Jim Wise • JoJo Siwa • Joe Alaskey • Joe Pantoliano • Joe Sugg • Joe Whyte • John DiMaggio • John Goodman • John Lurie • John Rhys-Davies • John Sterchi • Johnny Depp • Johnny Knoxville • Jojo Galvez • Jon Hamm • Jon Taffer • Juha Paananen • Julie Nathanson • Kari Tamminen • Kate Higgins • Kate Micucci • Keanu Reeves • Keijin Okuda • Keith David • Kel Mitchell • Kevin Carlson • Kevin Michael Richardson • Kharul Izwan Idahan • Kristen Wiig • Kristopher Logan • Laraine Newman • LeBron James • Lewis Black • Lillian Ellen Jones • Marion Ross • Mark Dacascos • Mark Hamill • Markus Bäckman • Martin Olson • Marvil Ramirez • Matt Berry • Maurice LaMarche • Max Schreck • Michael McKean • Neil Ross • Nica Rojo • Nigel Planer • Nolan North • Nyasha Hatendi • Oleksandr Chmykhalov • Pasi Ruohonen • Pat Morita • Patrick Pinney • Patton Oswalt • Pauli Virta • Pepe Laaksonen • Peter Browngardt • Petri Hanttu • Petri Liski • Presley Williams • R. Lee Ermey • Rauno Ahonen • Ray Liotta • Reggie Watts • Rhys Darby • Rhys Parry Jones • Rich Fulcher • Richard Horvitz • Ricky Gervais • Rik Mayall • Riki Lindhome • Rinna Paatso • Rob Gronkowski • Rob Paulsen • Robert Ugrina • Robin Sachs • Robin Williams • Rochelle Greenwood • Rodney Bingenheimer • Ronald Žlabur • Roxanne Sarlak • RuPaul • Rudolf Baldonado • Saul Hudson • Scarlett Johansson • Sebastian Bach • Sergio Ristie • Sharul Titis • Snoop Dogg • Steve Buscemi • Susan Boyajian • Taiki Matsuno • Teresa Parente • Tiffany Haddish • Tim Blaney • Tsanko Tasev • Victoria Beckham • Vladislava Đorđević • Wei Bo-cin • Wendel Bezerra • Will Ferrell • Zairaini Sarbini

Awards and nominations for SpongeBob SquarePants V • E Annie Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production Voice actors: Mary Jo Catlett as Mrs. Puff (in "No Free Rides," 2001) Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production Voice actors: Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (in "Wormy," 2001) Outstanding Individual Achievement for a Song in an Animated Production Songwriters: Peter Straus and Paul Tibbitt for "The Very First Christmas" (in "Christmas Who?," 2001) Directing in an Animated Feature Production Directors: Stephen Hillenburg (for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, 2004) Music in an Animated Feature Production Composers: Gregor F. Narholz (for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, 2004) Best Writing in an Animated Television Production Writers: C.H. Greenblatt, Paul Tibbitt, Mike Bell, and Tim Hill (for "Fear of a Krabby Patty," 2005) • Dani Michaeli, Sean Charmatz, Nate Cash, Luke Brookshier, and Paul Tibbitt (for "Patrick's Staycation," 2011) Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production Voice actors: Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (in "Spy Buddies," 2007) • Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (in "Truth or Square," 2009) Direction in an Animated Television Production Directors: Alan Smart (for "Penny Foolish," 2008) • Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh (for "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!," 2012) Best Home Entertainment Production DVDs: SpongeBob vs. The Big One (2009) Music in a Television Production Composers: Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nicolas Carr, and Tuck Tucker (2010) Character Animation in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production Animators: Dan Driscoll and Savelen Forrest (for "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!," 2012) Animated Effects in an Animated Production Animators: Brice Mallier, Paul Buckley, Brent Droog, Alex Whyte, and Jonathan Freisler (for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, 2015) Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Voice Actors: Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, 2015) Best Animated Special Production Episodes: "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" (2019)