Kathleen Ankers was an American scenic designer. Born in Ealing, London, she moved to the US in the late 1940s. She did occasional Broadway costume design (Fancy Meeting You Again [1952]; My Sister, My Sister [1974]) and set design (Mr. Pickwick [1952]) but spent most of her career in television.

Her television credits include Late Night with David Letterman

Late Night with David Letterman

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, ESPN

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's SportsCenter

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, the original Sale of the Century

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, The Rosie O'Donnell Show

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, He Said, She Said

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, and The $128,000 Question

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.

She appeared on Late Night as the "NBC

NBC

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 Bookmobile Lady", "Peggy, the Foul-Mouthed Chambermaid", and on Late Show with David Letterman

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as various characters.

She won two Daytime Emmy Awards for her work on The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2000 and 2002 [posthumous]) and one Primetime Emmy for Late Night With David Letterman (1995).