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