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.
as Mrs. Inkwell
as Angie
as Maisie Joyce
as Aunt Jackie
as Self
as Mrs. Dixon
as Gloria Williams
as Self
as Mrs. Brown
as Lois
as Cara Goodman
as Theatre Patron
as Doris
as Donny's Mom
as Chazz's Mom
as Nurse Townsend
as Stephanie Drake
as Marilyn
as Louise