Desperate Housewives Kathryn Joosten

June 2nd, 2012

Kathryn Joosten, the Emmy Award-winning actress best known for “Desperate Housewives” and “The West Wing,” has died.

She was 72.

Joosten, who began her Hollywood career later in life after working as a psychiatric nurse, had battled lung cancer for years.

She won Emmys for Outstanding Guest Actress in 2005 and 2008 for the role of Karen McCluskey on “Desperate Housewives.”