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Mr&MrsSantaClaus

Mrs. Claus with her husband in a 1919 Christmas greeting card.

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
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Doris Rich Santa Claus Conquers the Martians 1964 First known representation of Santa's wife in film.
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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.
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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.
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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".
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Barbara Logan We Wish You a Merry Christmas 1992 The Kidsongs Kids and Ms. Morganstern visit Santa and Mrs. Claus at the North Pole.
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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.
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Betty White Noddy: "Anything Can Happen at Christmas" 1998
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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.
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Miranda Richardson Fred Claus 2007 The British actress plays Annette, the wife of Paul Giamatti's Santa.
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Patrika Darbo The Search for Santa Paws 2009
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Marcia Bennett The Night Before the Night Before Christmas 2010
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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.
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Shelley Long Merry-In-Laws 2012 Shelley Long appears alongside George Wendt (whom she previously starred with on Cheers) as Santa.
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Cheryl Ladd Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
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Mira Sorvino Finding Mrs. Claus
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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.
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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.
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Meredith Baxter Becoming Santa In this film, her first name is Jessica (like in Santa Claus is Comin' to Town).
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Goldie Hawn The Christmas Chronicles 1 & 2 2018-2020
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Ella Kenion The Knight Before Christmas 2019
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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.

Animated

Picture Performer Feature Year Notes
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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.
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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.

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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 version of Mrs. Claus also appears in the opening shot from Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey.
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Virginia Gregg A Flintstone Christmas 1977
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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.
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June Foray Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales 1979
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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.
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Lucille Bliss The Christmas That Almost Wasn't 1983
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Ruth Buzzi Milroy, Santa's Misfit Mutt 1987
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The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 Mrs. Claus makes a cameo appearance.
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Betty White The Story of Santa Claus 1996 In this special, her first name is Gretchen.
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Tress MacNeille Olive, the Other Reindeer 1998
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Debbie Reynolds Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie 1998
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Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire 1999 In this special, she is known as Mrs. Santa and has a beard.
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Maria Bamford CatDog: "A Very CatDog Christmas" 1999
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Nell Carter We Wish You a Merry Christmas 1999
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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.
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Caroline Rhea The Santa Claus Brothers
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Kathleen Barr Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys
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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.
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N/A My Life as a Teenage Robot: "A Robot for All Seasons"
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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.
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Phyllis Diller Robot Chicken: "Robot Chicken Christmas Special" 2005
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Tress MacNeille Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: "Mickey Saves Santa" 2006
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Edie McClurg Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen Mrs. Claus hosts a cooking show where Rusty Reindeer attempts to help.
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Shirley Jones Christmas is Here Again 2007 In this movie, her name is Victoria.
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Jill Talley Elf Bowling: The Movie 2007
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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.
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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).
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Cathy Weseluck Holly and Hal Moose: Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wendi McLendon-Covey Puppy Dog Pals: "A Santa for Bob" 2018
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Camryn Grimes Mickey Saves Christmas 2022

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