Kathy Lamkin obit

 

Kathy Lamkin, Actress in ‘No Country for Old Men,’ Dies at 74

She also played the mysterious Tea Lady in a pair of 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' films.

She was not on the list.

Kathy Lamkin, the Texas actress who portrayed the manager of the Desert Aire trailer park opposite Javier Bardem’s Anton Chigurh in the Coen brothers’ Oscar best picture winner No Country for Old Men, has died. She was 74.

Lamkin lived in Pearland, Texas, and died April 4 after a short illness, the Linda McAlister Talent agency announced.

“Kathy was immensely talented and such a kind and funny soul,” the agency said. “She lives on in the great roles that she so creatively and uniquely brought to life. How amazing to have known this incredible person.”

Lamkin also was known for her turns as the enigmatic Tea Lady in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and its 2006 follow-up, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.

In addition to standing up to the foreboding Chigurh in No Country for Old Men (2007), Lamkin was a welcome presence in such other films as Waiting for Guffman (1996), The Life of David Gale (2003), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), The Astronaut Farmer (2006), The Heartbreak Kid (2007), Welcome to the Rileys (2010) and Sweetwater (2013).

On television, she showed up on episodes of Malcolm in the Middle, Nip/Tuck, Medium, Bones, Boston Legal and My Name Is Earl.

Born on Dec. 10, 1947, in Graham, Texas, Lamkin attended Texas Woman’s University and then Central Missouri State University, from which she earned her master’s degree. She began commuting between Houston and Los Angeles in 2002 in a bid to boost her acting career.

Lamkin also taught theater at Codwell Elementary School in Houston and created and ran the Unicorn School of Acting and its performing wing, USA Theatre, in Pearland.

Survivors include her husband of 52 years, Stephen; children Kati and Greg; and grandchildren Benjamin and Morgan. Donations in her memory can be made to The Actors Fund.

 

Actress (46 credits)

 2014 Chimeras (Short)

Anita

 2014 Flutter

Sylvia

 2013 Sweetwater

Bertha Jean

 2010 Psychic Experiment

Mrs. Anderson

 2010 Expecting Mary

Molly

 2010 Welcome to the Rileys

Charlene

 2009 Staunton Hill (Video)

Louise

 2009 My Name Is Earl (TV Series)

Aunt Gail

- Pinky (2009) ... Aunt Gail

 2009 ExTerminators

Land Lady

 2008 Will to Power

Joan Miller

 2008 Mind of Mencia (TV Series)

Clerk

- Episode #4.5 (2008) ... Clerk

 2008 Sunshine Cleaning

Fair N Square Owner (uncredited)

 2007 Boston Legal (TV Series)

Judge Marcia Fudge

- Attack of the Xenophobes (2007) ... Judge Marcia Fudge

 2007 The Heartbreak Kid

Lila's Mom

 2007 In the Valley of Elah

Chicken Shack Manager

 2007 No Country for Old Men

Desert Aire Manager

 2007 Bones (TV Series)

Marianne Epps

- The Man in the Cell (2007) ... Marianne Epps

 2007 Medium (TV Series)

Gladys Discala

- Better Off Dead (2007) ... Gladys Discala

 2006 The Astronaut Farmer

Jodie

 2006 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Tea Lady

 2005 Skylab (Short)

Cousin Kathy

 2005 Three Wise Guys (TV Movie)

Nurse

 2005 The First Miss (Short)

Mom

 2005 Nip/Tuck (TV Series)

Momma Boone

- Momma Boone (2005) ... Momma Boone

 2005 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Woman in Hospital Blues

 2005 Live-in (Short)

Aunt Dorothy

 2005/I Confession

Marie

 2005 Another Man's Treasure (Short)

Myrtle

 2004 $5.15/Hr. (TV Movie)

Customer #2

 2004 Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series)

Customer #1

- Standee (2004) ... Customer #1

 2004 Stag Party (Short)

Dan's Mother

 2004 Arsenic Is a French Dish (Short)

Petunia

 2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Tea Lady in Trailer

 2003 The Aura (Short)

Accomplice

 2003 Screen Door Jesus

Screen Door Believer

 2003 The Life of David Gale

Interviewee

 1999 Fool's Gold

Counter Person

 1998 The Con (TV Movie)

Woman #1

 1997 Comfort, Texas (TV Movie)

Mrs. Tudburt

 1996 Waiting for Guffman

Beautiful Dreamer Auditioner (uncredited)

 1994 Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (TV Movie)

Temperance Woman #1

 1992 The Broken Spur

Birdie

 1992 The Marianao Kid

Fainting Lady

 1991 Hard Promises

Donut Lady (uncredited)

 1991 Miller & Mueller (TV Series)

Wine Store Cashier (uncredited)

 1990 Good Girl, Bad Girl

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