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. Some info from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
96 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 96
Mannix
1967
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Love Boat
1977
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
True Blood
2008
Strong Medicine
2000
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996
Tony Awards
1956
Coach
1989
Medical Center
1969
Cagney & Lacey
1982
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Barnaby Jones
1973
Providence
1999
The Rookies
1972
Harry's Law
2011
Who's the Boss?
1984
Pound Puppies
2010
Gunsmoke
1955
The Tony Danza Show
2004
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
Soap
1977
Cars
2006
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Cars 2
2011
The Bionic Woman
1976
Harry O
1974
Benson
1979
Cars 3
2017
Petrocelli
1974
The Upper Hand
1990
The Comedy Factory
1985
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
$weepstake$
1979
Overboard
1987
Girls On Top
1985
Brazil
1985
The Snoop Sisters
1973
Adam's Rib
1973
Joe Forrester
1975
Pearl
1978
Time Bandits
1981
Spencer's Pilots
1976
Meeting of Minds
1977
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
1995
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
2008
Mater and the Ghostlight
2006
Family Plot
1976
World War III
1982
The Hospital
1971
Beethoven's 5th
2003
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
2000
The Hindenburg
1975
Amore!
1993
The Radiator Springs 500½
2014
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
1976
Lady in White
1988
Ms. Scrooge
1997
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975
Baby Blue Marine
1976
What Is Brazil?
2008
Time Travel Mater
2012
Deception: A Mother’s Secret
1991
James Dean
1976
Frank and Ava
2020
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974
Little Ladies of the Night
1977
Cage Without a Key
1975
Living in Fear
2000
The Perfect Tribute
1991
Grass Roots
1992
A Grandpa for Christmas
2007
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
1979
Scout's Honor
1980
Shadey
1985
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
1975
Mr. St. Nick
2002
Larry
1974
The Elvira Show
1993
Collaborator
2011
Christmas Snow
1986
The Perfect Nanny
2000
The Spy Within
1994
When Will I Be Loved?
1990
The Family Nobody Wanted
1975
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
1982
Locusts
1974
Inside Monkey Zetterland
1992
Getting Married
1978
For Lovers Only
1982
Jack and the Beanstalk
1983
Dr. Max
1974
Save the Dog!
1988
Liza’s Pioneer Diary
1976
Wine of Morning
1955