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Katherine Helmond

Born 1929-07-05
Died 2019-02-23
📍 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). She also voiced Lizzie in the Cars trilogy by Disney/Pixar.

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Filmography 96

Frank and Ava
as Betty
2020
Cars 3
as Lizzie (voice)
2017
The Radiator Springs 500½
as Lizzie (voice)
2014
Time Travel Mater
as Lizzie (voice)
2012
Collaborator
as Irene Longfellow
2011
Cars 2
as Lizzie (voice)
2011
Harry's Law
as Gloria Gold
2011
Pound Puppies
as Mildred (voice)
2010
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
as Lizzie (voice)
2008
True Blood
as Caroline Bellefleur
2008
What Is Brazil?
as Self
2008
A Grandpa for Christmas
as Roxie Famosa
2007
Mater and the Ghostlight
as Lizzie (voice)
2006
Cars
as Lizzie (voice)
2006
Beethoven's 5th
as Crazy Cora Wilkens
2003
Mr. St. Nick
as Queen Carlotta
2002
Living in Fear
as Mrs. Ford
2000
Strong Medicine
as Cicely Nordeco
2000
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
as Shatzie
2000
The Perfect Nanny
as Mrs. McBride
2000
Providence
as Rose Bidwell
1999
The Wild Thornberrys
as Dugong (voice)
1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
as Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
1998
Ms. Scrooge
as Maude Marley
1997
Everybody Loves Raymond
as Lois Whelan
1996
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
as Hedda Hopper
1995
The Spy Within
as Dr. Pamela Schilling
1994
Amore!
as Mildred Schwartz
1993
The Elvira Show
as Aunt Minerva
1993
Inside Monkey Zetterland
as Honor Zetterland
1992
Batman: The Animated Series
as Connie (voice)
1992
Grass Roots
as Emma Carr
1992
Deception: A Mother’s Secret
as Geena Milner
1991
The Perfect Tribute
as Farm Woman
1991
When Will I Be Loved?
as Barbara Patterson
1990
The Upper Hand
as Madame Alexandra
1990
Coach
as Doris Sherman
1989
Lady in White
as Amanda
1988
Save the Dog!
1988
Overboard
as Edith Mintz
1987
Christmas Snow
as Mrs. Mutterance
1986
Girls On Top
as Goldie
1985
The Comedy Factory
as Mildred Deegan
1985
Shadey
as Lady Constance Landau
1985
Brazil
as Mrs. Ida Lowry
1985
Who's the Boss?
as Mona Robinson
1984
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Jack's Mother
1983
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
as Frances Clooney
1982
For Lovers Only
as Bea Winchell
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Jack's Mother
1982
Cagney & Lacey
as Mona Robinson
1982
World War III
as Dorothy Longworth
1982
Time Bandits
as Mrs. Ogre
1981
Scout's Honor
as Pearl Bartlett
1980
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
as Elaine Thurston
1979
Benson
as Jessica Tate
1979
Pearl
as Mrs. Sally Colto
1978
Getting Married
as Vera Lesser
1978
The Love Boat
as Harriet Darnell Stevens
1977
The Love Boat
as Vivian Endler
1977
Soap
as Jessica Tate
1977
Little Ladies of the Night
as Miss Colby
1977
Meeting of Minds
1977
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
as Mattie Riley
1976
Spencer's Pilots
1976
Baby Blue Marine
as Mrs. Hudkins
1976
Family Plot
as Mrs. Maloney
1976
James Dean
as Claire Folger
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
The Hindenburg
as Mrs. Mildred Breslau
1975
Joe Forrester
1975
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
as Nurse Katherine Gunther
1975
Cage Without a Key
as Mrs. Little
1975
The Family Nobody Wanted
as Mrs. Bittner
1975
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as Emma Borden
1975
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Lady at House
1974
Locusts
as Claire Fletcher
1974
Harry O
1974
Petrocelli
as Nancy Berwick
1974
Larry
as Maureen Whitten
1974
Dr. Max
as Libby Oppel
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Middy
1974
The Snoop Sisters
as Cissy Prine
1973
Adam's Rib
as Martha Layne
1973
Barnaby Jones
as Edna Morrison
1973
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
The Rookies
1972
The Hospital
as Marilyn Mead
1971
Medical Center
as Rachel Weldman
1969
Mannix
as Mrs. Sylvia Jarrud
1967
Mannix
as Martha Cole
1967
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
Gunsmoke
as Ena Spratt
1955
Wine of Morning
as Irene
1955
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944