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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 5, 1929
Died
February 23, 2019
Place of Birth
Galveston, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- Katherine Marie Helmond
- کاترین هلموند
Katherine Helmond
1.5 Popularity
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
4.9
Betty
Frank and Ava
2020
6.9
Lizzie (voice)
Cars 3
2017
6.2
Lizzie (voice)
The Radiator Springs 500½
2014
6.1
Lizzie (voice)
Time Travel Mater
2012
4.8
Irene Longfellow
Collaborator
2011
6.2
Lizzie (voice)
Cars 2
2011
7.3
Gloria Gold
Harry's Law
2011
5.2
Mildred (voice)
Pound Puppies
2010
6.8
Lizzie (voice)
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
2008
7.6
Caroline Bellefleur
True Blood
2008
Credits
Frank and Ava
as Betty
2020
4.9
Cars 3
as Lizzie (voice)
2017
6.9
The Radiator Springs 500½
as Lizzie (voice)
2014
6.2
Time Travel Mater
as Lizzie (voice)
2012
6.1
Collaborator
as Irene Longfellow
2011
4.8
Cars 2
as Lizzie (voice)
2011
6.2
Harry's Law
as Gloria Gold
2011
7.3
Pound Puppies
as Mildred (voice)
2010
5.2
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
as Lizzie (voice)
2008
6.8
True Blood
as Caroline Bellefleur
2008
7.6
What Is Brazil?
as Self
2008
6.4
A Grandpa for Christmas
as Roxie Famosa
2007
6.4
Mater and the Ghostlight
as Lizzie (voice)
2006
6.2
Cars
as Lizzie (voice)
2006
7.0
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
6.1
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest / Mona Robinson
2004
6.1
Beethoven's 5th
as Crazy Cora Wilkens
2003
5.3
Mr. St. Nick
as Queen Carlotta
2002
5.6
Living in Fear
as Mrs. Ford
2000
3.9
Strong Medicine
as Cicely Nordeco
2000
7.3
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
as Shatzie
2000
3.4
The Perfect Nanny
as Mrs. McBride
2000
6.1
Providence
as Rose Bidwell
1999
6.5
The Wild Thornberrys
as Dugong (voice)
1998
7.0
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
as Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
1998
7.2
Ms. Scrooge
as Maude Marley
1997
5.6
Everybody Loves Raymond
as Lois Whelan
1996
6.8
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
as Hedda Hopper
1995
6.0
The Spy Within
as Dr. Pamela Schilling
1994
4.6
Amore!
as Mildred Schwartz
1993
3.2
The Elvira Show
as Aunt Minerva
1993
6.5
Inside Monkey Zetterland
as Honor Zetterland
1992
3.0
Batman: The Animated Series
as Connie (voice)
1992
8.6
Grass Roots
as Emma Carr
1992
0.0
Deception: A Mother’s Secret
as Geena Milner
1991
0.0
The Perfect Tribute
as Farm Woman
1991
6.0
When Will I Be Loved?
as Barbara Patterson
1990
0.0
The Upper Hand
as Madame Alexandra
1990
7.0
Coach
as Doris Sherman
1989
6.7
Lady in White
as Amanda
1988
6.1
Save the Dog!
1988
5.0
Overboard
as Edith Mintz
1987
6.8
Christmas Snow
as Mrs. Mutterance
1986
6.0
Girls On Top
as Goldie
1985
4.3
The Comedy Factory
as Mildred Deegan
1985
0.0
Shadey
as Lady Constance Landau
1985
3.8
Brazil
as Mrs. Ida Lowry
1985
7.7
Who's the Boss?
as Mona Robinson
1984
7.4
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Jack's Mother
1983
5.0
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
as Frances Clooney
1982
0.0
For Lovers Only
as Bea Winchell
1982
0.0
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Jack's Mother
1982
8.1
World War III
as Dorothy Longworth
1982
6.2
Time Bandits
as Mrs. Ogre
1981
6.6
Scout's Honor
as Pearl Bartlett
1980
7.0
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
as Elaine Thurston
1979
6.0
Benson
as Jessica Tate
1979
7.1
🎬
$weepstake$
as Lynn
1979
0.0
Pearl
as Mrs. Sally Colto
1978
5.5
Getting Married
as Vera Lesser
1978
4.0
The Love Boat
as Harriet Darnell Stevens
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Vivian Endler
1977
6.3
Soap
as Jessica Tate
1977
7.3
Little Ladies of the Night
as Miss Colby
1977
2.8
Meeting of Minds
1977
9.5
🎬
Liza’s Pioneer Diary
as Aunt Sara
1976
0.0
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
as Mattie Riley
1976
6.4
Spencer's Pilots
1976
5.0
Baby Blue Marine
as Mrs. Hudkins
1976
4.9
Family Plot
as Mrs. Maloney
1976
6.8
James Dean
as Claire Folger
1976
4.3
The Bionic Woman
1976
6.9
The Hindenburg
as Mrs. Mildred Breslau
1975
6.3
Joe Forrester
1975
7.0
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
as Nurse Katherine Gunther
1975
0.0
Cage Without a Key
as Mrs. Little
1975
6.0
The Family Nobody Wanted
as Mrs. Bittner
1975
5.8
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as Emma Borden
1975
6.8
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Lady at House
1974
6.6
Locusts
as Claire Fletcher
1974
4.8
Harry O
1974
4.6
Petrocelli
as Nancy Berwick
1974
7.2
Larry
as Maureen Whitten
1974
5.5
Dr. Max
as Libby Oppel
1974
0.0
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Middy
1974
7.3
The Snoop Sisters
as Cissy Prine
1973
7.2
Adam's Rib
as Martha Layne
1973
5.0
Barnaby Jones
as Edna Morrison
1973
6.9
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
7.5
The Rookies
1972
6.8
The Hospital
as Marilyn Mead
1971
6.6
Medical Center
as Rachel Weldman
1969
6.1
Mannix
as Mrs. Sylvia Jarrud
1967
6.7
Mannix
as Martha Cole
1967
6.7
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
Gunsmoke
as Ena Spratt
1955
6.6
Wine of Morning
as Irene
1955
5.5
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1944
7.2