Katherine Helmond
Born in Galveston, Texas, USA — Jul 05 1929• Died Feb 23 2019
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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…
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Strong Medicine
Cicely Nordeco
Batman: The Animated Series
Connie (voice)
Mannix
Mrs. Sylvia Jarrud
The Love Boat
Harriet Darnell Stevens
Everybody Loves Raymond
Lois Whelan
Coach
Doris Sherman
The Six Million Dollar Man
Middy
True Blood
Caroline Bellefleur
Providence
Rose Bidwell
Medical Center
Rachel Weldman
The Wild Thornberrys
Dugong (voice)
Who's the Boss?
Mona Robinson
Cagney & Lacey
Mona Robinson
The Rookies
Barnaby Jones
Edna Morrison
The Bob Newhart Show
Benson
Jessica Tate
Harry's Law
Gloria Gold
Faerie Tale Theatre
Jack's Mother
Soap
Jessica Tate
Harry O
Gunsmoke
Ena Spratt
The Bionic Woman
Pound Puppies
Mildred (voice)
Cars 2
Lizzie (voice)
Cars
Lizzie (voice)
Cars 3
Lizzie (voice)
Petrocelli
Nancy Berwick
The Upper Hand
Madame Alexandra
The Comedy Factory
Mildred Deegan
$weepstake$
Lynn
Brazil
Mrs. Ida Lowry
Adam's Rib
Martha Layne
Girls On Top
Goldie
Joe Forrester
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
Overboard
Edith Mintz
The Snoop Sisters
Cissy Prine
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
Lizzie (voice)
Spencer's Pilots
Family Plot
Mrs. Maloney
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
Hedda Hopper
Time Bandits
Mrs. Ogre
Meeting of Minds
Pearl
Mrs. Sally Colto
World War III
Dorothy Longworth
The Hindenburg
Mrs. Mildred Breslau
The Hospital
Marilyn Mead
Grass Roots
Emma Carr
Mater and the Ghostlight
Lizzie (voice)
Mr. St. Nick
Queen Carlotta
James Dean
Claire Folger
Ms. Scrooge
Maude Marley
The Perfect Tribute
Farm Woman
What Is Brazil?
Self
Dr. Max
Libby Oppel
Frank and Ava
Betty
Living in Fear
Mrs. Ford
Inside Monkey Zetterland
Honor Zetterland
The Radiator Springs 500½
Lizzie (voice)
Beethoven's 5th
Crazy Cora Wilkens
The Spy Within
Dr. Pamela Schilling
Time Travel Mater
Lizzie (voice)
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack's Mother
When Will I Be Loved?
Barbara Patterson
Shadey
Lady Constance Landau
Lady in White
Amanda
Little Ladies of the Night
Miss Colby
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Emma Borden
Collaborator
Irene Longfellow
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
Elaine Thurston
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
Shatzie
Baby Blue Marine
Mrs. Hudkins
Getting Married
Vera Lesser
Larry
Maureen Whitten
A Grandpa for Christmas
Roxie Famosa
Scout's Honor
Pearl Bartlett
Christmas Snow
Mrs. Mutterance
Amore!
Mildred Schwartz
The Elvira Show
Aunt Minerva
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
Mattie Riley
The Family Nobody Wanted
Mrs. Bittner
The Perfect Nanny
Mrs. McBride
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Lady at House
Cage Without a Key
Mrs. Little
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Nurse Katherine Gunther
Locusts
Claire Fletcher
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
Frances Clooney
Liza’s Pioneer Diary
Aunt Sara
For Lovers Only
Bea Winchell
Deception: A Mother’s Secret
Geena Milner
Save the Dog!
Wine of Morning
Irene
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee