History Main / MrsClaus

* Imelda Staunton plays the role in ''WesternAnimation/ArthurChristmas'' as a hyper-competent organizer who handles the political end of the Santa Claus operation (she mentions a "treaty with Greenland").

* [[ADayInTheLimelight She's the star]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'' (or at least the FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator), a special where she's trying to help her husband get motivated. She's also the one who takes Iggy, Jingle and Jangle to see [[ElementalEmbodiment Snow Miser and Heat Miser]].

* In the 1966 Italian Christmas film ''Il natale che quasi non fu'' (aka ''Film/TheChristmasThatAlmostWasnt''), she's one of the film's main characters who is actually joins on husband on his Christmas Eve delivery. She's later seen reading a letter Phineas T. Prune sent to Santa when he was a child wishing for a Sailboat for Christmas. The letter was accidentally misplaced and never processed causing Prune to develop a disdain for Christmas and children in general.

* In the 1998 feature film ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1998 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: the Movie'', Mrs. Claus is a minor character who is seen attending ceremonies in the North Pole and showing support for her husband. [[FlatCharacter However she doesn't interact with Rudolph and doesn't have as much depth as Santa.]]

** Likewise the narrator of "Santa Baby"...or at the very least, Mrs. Claus wouldn't like her.

* {{Creator/Peter Fenton}}’s Maureen Gaines Claus, wife of Santa Claus, in ''{{Theatre/SeeAmidTheWinterSnow}}'' defies much of the normal tropes of Mrs. Claus and takes inspiration from {{UsefulNotes/Hillary Clinton}}. Here, she’s the Mayor of the North Pole seeking re-election and is arguably as powerful as her husband — though she retains her reputation in the world outside the North Pole as just “Santa’s wife”.

* In the [[AnAssKickingChristmas action cartoon]] ''Super Santa'' (from Nickelodeon's ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' series), the [[BadassSanta super-powered Santa]] is paired with Emma Claus, named after Emma Peel of ''Series/TheAvengers'', who wears a SpyCatsuit under her more typical matronly robes.

* As the story primarily takes place in Christmas Town, Mrs. Claus gets a slightly bigger role in
''Manga/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasZerosJourney'' than the original film. She helps with the Christmas Eve feast, and Santa toasts his gratitude to her.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Klaus}},'' she's a PosthumousCharacter named Lydia. Klaus explains that he started making toys because they wanted a big family, but [[LawOfInverseFertility they never had children]] before [[TheLostLenore she died. It's strongly implied that the strange way that the wind acts around Klaus is Lydia's spirit guiding him. [[spoiler:In the DistantFinale, he follows the wind into the woods, intending to join Lydia, and disappears. Somehow this results in him actually becoming the magical version of SantaClaus that children believe him to be]].

* ''Film/TheSantaClause 2'' revolves around him trying to find a wife, due a second clause, called "The Mrs. Clause''.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' ChristmasSpecial, Alvin has given away his prized "Golden Echo Harmonica" to a sick boy, and now needs to raise money for a replacement, so he can play it at Carnegie Hall. (He is afraid, [[MilhollandRelationshipMoment incorrectly]], that Dave will get mad at him if he finds out.) He fails, and is moping at the department store when [[MysteriousBacker a kindly old lady]] who is "very far from home" buys it for him, in exchange for a song. The last scene reveals that she was actually Mrs. Claus.

* [[ADayInTheLimelight She's the star]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'' (or at least the FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator), a special where she's trying to help her husband get motivated.

Her outfit is typically a red and white version of the classic granny dress. Sometimes the red is replaced with green, to complement her husband's outfit and complete the Christmas theme. Sometimes she will wear a HappyHolidaysDress, but almost never a SexySantaDress (unless she is crossed with GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave). Still, ladies who are merely dressing as Mrs. Claus will often wear those dresses when paired with a guy dressed as Santa, especially a MallSanta.

* She appears in ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' as a vaguely European dark-haired woman who urges Santa to eat ("whoever heard of a skinny Santa?!"), and who criticizes him for not appreciating the elves' singing.

* Creator/AngelaLansbury plays Mrs. Clause in the film ''Film/MrsSantaClaus''. She flies off to New York City in 1910, boards with a Jewish family and becomes involved in causes like child labor and woman's suffrage.

* Betty White also plays her in ''The Story of Santa Claus.'' Her name is Gretchen, and "Santa" is initially her pet name for her husband Nicholas Claus, because of his saintly kindness. A running theme throughout the special is that Nicholas, in his attempts to do good, keeps messing things up for them and others, but she stands by him regardless. She also advises Aurora, a [[TheSmartGuy brainy]] elf child who helps Santa in their mission, to appreciate CloudCuckooLander Clement, whose weird ideas help establish numerous Christmas traditions.

* [[ADayInTheLimelight She's the star]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'', a special where she's trying to help her husband get motivated.

* Creator/AngelaLansbury plays Mrs. Clause in the film ''Film/MrsSantaClaus''.

** This is actually the first appearance of Mrs. Claus in a movie or tv show.
* In ''Film/{{Scrooged}}'' she appears in the ShowWithinAShow film ''The Day the Reindeer Died'', as the type of [[NeverMessWithGranny old woman you don't want to mess with.]] (The same movie has a BadassSanta too.)

* She's actually given an origin in ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsComingToTown'', one of the few specials that portrays Santa as a young man. Named Jessica, she's a {{Schoolmarm}} who initially supports Burgermeister Meisterburger's ban on toys, but [[DefrostingIceQueen quickly defrosts]] when Kris presents her with the china doll that she always wanted as a child. When he, [[ChristmasElves the Kringles]] and the Winter Warlock are imprisoned she breaks them out (empowering the flying reindeer in the process) and goes on the run with them.

* She appears in ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' as a vaguely European dark-haired woman who urges Santa to eat ("whoever heard of a skinny Santa?"), and who criticizes him for not appreciating the elves' singing.
* In a later Creator/RankinBassProductions ChristmasSpecial, ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', she is a schoolteacher named Jessica who falls in love with Kriss Kringle in his youth. They're married on the run as Kringle is an outlaw, and [[GrowOldWithMe we get to see them grow old together]].
* Played by Shirley Booth, she [[TheNarrator narrates]] and plays a major part in Rankin/Bass' ''WesternAnimation/TheYearWithoutASantaClaus''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' she's a fussing woman who dotes over her husband to give him more of an appetite, as kids would be disappointed if he was skinny.

* She's actually given an origin in ''Santa Claus is Coming to Town'', one of the few specials that portrays Santa as a young man. Given the name Jessica, she's a schoolteacher and the first adult citizen to side with him against Burgermeister Meisterburger's silly laws (he wins her respect by giving her a doll) and becomes his strongest holdout after Santa is branded an outlaw. Eventually, she outright defies Meisterburger, helps Santa and his family escape from jail, and they marry.

* In a later Creator/RankinBassProductions ChristmasSpecial, ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'', she is a schoolteacher named Jessica who falls in love with Kriss Kringle in his youth. They're married on the run as Kringle is an outlaw, and we get to see them grow old together.

* ''The ReducedShakespeareCompany Christmas'' has the song "Mrs. Santa Claus."

[[caption-width-right:203:[-Behind every man is a strong woman.-] ]]