Katherine Helmond
Acting
- Born:
- 1929-07-05
- Died:
- 2019-02-23
- Place of birth:
- Galveston, Texas, USA
Biography
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). She also voiced Lizzie in the Cars trilogy by Disney/Pixar. Some info from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known For
Filmography
Frank and Ava
Cars 3
The Radiator Springs 500½
Time Travel Mater
Collaborator
Cars 2
Harry's Law
Pound Puppies
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
True Blood
What Is Brazil?
A Grandpa for Christmas
Mater and the Ghostlight
Cars
The Tony Danza Show
Beethoven's 5th
Mr. St. Nick
Living in Fear
Strong Medicine
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
The Perfect Nanny
Providence
The Wild Thornberrys
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Ms. Scrooge
Everybody Loves Raymond
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
The Spy Within
Amore!
The Elvira Show
Inside Monkey Zetterland
Batman: The Animated Series
Grass Roots
Deception: A Mother’s Secret
The Perfect Tribute
When Will I Be Loved?
The Upper Hand
Coach
Lady in White
Save the Dog!
Overboard
Christmas Snow
Girls On Top
The Comedy Factory
Shadey
Brazil
Who's the Boss?
Jack and the Beanstalk
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
For Lovers Only
Faerie Tale Theatre
Cagney & Lacey
World War III
Time Bandits
Scout's Honor
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
Benson
$weepstake$
Pearl
Getting Married
The Love Boat
Soap
Little Ladies of the Night
Meeting of Minds
Liza’s Pioneer Diary
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
Spencer's Pilots
Baby Blue Marine
Family Plot
James Dean
The Bionic Woman
The Hindenburg
Joe Forrester
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Cage Without a Key
The Family Nobody Wanted
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Locusts
Harry O
Petrocelli
Larry
Dr. Max
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Snoop Sisters
Adam's Rib
Barnaby Jones
The Bob Newhart Show
The Rookies
The Hospital
Medical Center
Mannix
Tony Awards
Gunsmoke
Wine of Morning
Golden Globe Awards