Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 5, 1929
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 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 - Movies
Cars 2
as Lizzie (voice)
Cars
as Lizzie (voice)
Cars 3
as Lizzie (voice)
Brazil
as Mrs. Ida Lowry
Overboard
as Edith Mintz
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
as Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
Time Bandits
as Mrs. Ogre
Family Plot
as Mrs. Maloney
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
as Lizzie (voice)
The Hospital
as Marilyn Mead
Known For - TV Shows
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
Strong Medicine
as Cicely Nordeco
The Love Boat
as Harriet Darnell Stevens
The Love Boat
as Vivian Endler
Mannix
as Mrs. Sylvia Jarrud
Mannix
as Martha Cole
Batman: The Animated Series
as Connie (voice)
True Blood
as Caroline Bellefleur
Everybody Loves Raymond
as Lois Whelan