Person Details
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Aliases: Katherine Marie Helmond
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Galveston, Texas, USA
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Movie Involvements: 29
TV Involvements: 10
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Batman: The Animated Series
(1992) Connie Stromwell (voice)True Blood
(2008) Caroline BellefleurGunsmoke
(1955) Ena SprattProvidence
(1999) Rose BidwellLady in White
(1988) AmandaTime Travel Mater
(2012) Lizzie (voice)Pound Puppies
(2010) Mildred (voice)World War III
(1982) Dorothy LongworthActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2020 | Betty | |
2017 | Lizzie (voice) | |
2014 | Lizzie (voice) | |
2012 | Lizzie (voice) | |
2011 | Irene Longfellow | |
Lizzie (voice) | ||
2010 | Mildred (voice) | |
2008 | Lizzie | |
Caroline Bellefleur | ||
Self | ||
2007 | Roxie Famosa | |
2006 | Lizzie (voice) | |
Lizzie (voice) | ||
2004 | N/A | |
2003 | Crazy Cora Wilkens | |
2002 | Queen Carlotta | |
2000 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Mrs. McBride | ||
1999 | Rose Bidwell | |
1998 | Dugong (voice) | |
Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel | ||
1997 | Maude Marley | |
1996 | Lois Whelan | |
1995 | Hedda Hopper | |
1994 | Dr. Pamela Schilling | |
1993 | Mildred Schwartz | |
1992 | Honor Zetterland | |
Connie Stromwell (voice) | ||
Emma Carr | ||
1991 | Farm Woman | |
1990 | Barbara Patterson | |
1989 | Doris Sherman | |
1988 | Amanda | |
N/A | ||
1987 | Edith Mintz | |
1986 | Mrs. Mutterance | |
1985 | N/A | |
Lady Constance Landau | ||
Mrs. Ida Lowry | ||
1984 | Mona Robinson | |
1983 | Jack's Mother | |
1982 | Frances Clooney | |
Bea Winchell | ||
Jack's Mother | ||
Dorothy Longworth | ||
1981 | Mrs. Ogre | |
1980 | Pearl Bartlett | |
1979 | Elaine Thurston | |
N/A | ||
1978 | Mrs. Sally Colto | |
Vera Lesser | ||
1977 | Vivian Endler | |
Jessica Tate | ||
Miss Colby | ||
N/A | ||
1976 | Mattie Riley | |
N/A | ||
Mrs. Hudkins | ||
Mrs. Maloney | ||
Claire Folger | ||
N/A | ||
1975 | Mrs. Mildred Breslau | |
N/A | ||
Nurse Katherine Gunther | ||
Mrs. Little | ||
Mrs. Bittner | ||
Emma Borden | ||
1974 | Claire Fletcher | |
N/A | ||
Maureen Whitten | ||
Libby Oppel | ||
Lady at House | ||
1973 | N/A | |
1972 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
1971 | Marilyn Mead | |
1969 | N/A | |
1967 | N/A | |
1955 | Ena Spratt | |
Irene | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1984 | Director | |
1979 | Director | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |