Katherine Helmond
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1929-07-05 (90 years old)
Deathday
2019-02-23
Place of Birth
Galveston, Texas, USA
Also known As
Katherine Marie Helmond
کاترین هلموند
Katherine Helmond
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 Dol...
Acting
1985
as Mrs. Ida Lowry
2006
as Lizzie (voice)
1985
as Lady Constance Landau
1978
as Vera Lesser
1998
as Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
1987
as Edith Mintz
2000
1976
as Mrs. Maloney
2003
as Crazy Cora Wilkens
1993
as Aunt Minerva
1981
as Mrs. Ogre
2002
as Queen Carlotta
1971
as Marilyn Mead
1975
as Mrs. Mildred Breslau
1988
as Amanda
1955
as Irene
2007
as Roxie Famosa
1986
as Mrs. Mutterance
1979
as Elaine Thurston
2011
as Irene Longfellow
2012
as Lizzie (voice)
1994
as Dr. Pamela Schilling
1997
as Maude Marley
1992
as Honor Zetterland
1975
as Mrs. Bittner
1975
as Nurse Katherine Gunther
1974
as Claire Fletcher
1980
as Pearl Bartlett
1977
as Miss Colby
1974
as Libby Oppel
1976
as Mrs. Hudkins
1975
as Emma Borden
1975
as Mrs. Little
1992
as Emma Carr
1990
as Barbara Patterson
2011
as Lizzie (voice)
2020
as Betty
1993
as Mildred Schwartz
1988
1982
as Frances Clooney
2000
as Mrs. Ford
2000
as Mrs. McBride
1983
as Jack's Mother
1976
as Claire Folger
2017
as Lizzie (voice)
1976
as Mattie Riley
2010
as Lizzie
2014
as Lizzie (voice)
2008
as Self
2006
as Lizzie (voice)
1974
as Lady at House
1991
as Farm Woman
1974
as Maureen Whitten
1982
as Bea Winchell
1976
as Aunt Sara
1991
as Geena Milner
2009
as Lizzie (voice)
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