Katherine Helmond

Known for ActingBorn 1929-07-05Died 2019-02-23Galveston, 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. Some info from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Liza’s Pioneer Diary

When Will I Be Loved?

For Lovers Only

Batman: The Animated Series

Meeting of Minds

Grass Roots

Faerie Tale Theatre

The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant

True Blood

Harry's Law

Brazil

Strong Medicine

Scout's Honor

Who's the Boss?

Adam's Rib

The Snoop Sisters

The Bob Newhart Show

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

The Upper Hand

Cars

Soap

Cars 3

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Wild Thornberrys

Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales

Petrocelli

Benson

Cagney & Lacey

Everybody Loves Raymond

Joe Forrester

The Bionic Woman

Dr. Max

Barnaby Jones

Providence

What Is Brazil?

Overboard

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

A Grandpa for Christmas

The Rookies

Family Plot

Coach

The Elvira Show

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story

The Radiator Springs 500½

Wanted: The Sundance Woman

Mannix

The Tony Danza Show