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