Actor
Katherine Helmond
July 5, 1929 · Galveston, Texas, USA
Katherine Marie Helmond (July 5, 1929 – February 23, 2019) was an American film, theater, and television actress, and director. Over her five decades of television acting, she was known for her starring role as ditzy matriarch Jessica Tate on the ABC prime time soap opera sitcom Soap (1977–1981) and her co-starring role as feisty mother Mona Robinson on Who's the Boss? (1984–1992). She also played Doris Sherman on Coach and Lois Whelan, the mother of Debra Barone, on Everybody Loves Raymond. She guest starred on a number of TV shows including True Blood, Strong Medicine, Providence, The Love Boat, The Bionic Woman (1976), The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bob New hart Show, Mannix, and Gunsmoke. She had supporting roles in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot (1976), Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985), and Overboard (1987).
Notable work
7Cars (2006)
as Lizzie (voice)
6.2Cars 2 (2011)
as Lizzie (voice)
6.9Cars 3 (2017)
as Lizzie (voice)
7.2Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
as Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
7.7Brazil (1985)
as Mrs. Ida Lowry
7.6True Blood (2008)
as Caroline Bellefleur
8.6Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
as Connie (voice)
6.6Time Bandits (1981)
as Mrs. Ogre
6.8Overboard (1987)
as Edith Mintz
6.8Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)
as Lois Whelan
6.8Family Plot (1976)
as Mrs. Maloney
6.3Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
as Lizzie (voice)
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