Katherine Helmond
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 5, 1929
- Died
- February 23, 2019 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- Galveston, Texas, USA
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 Newhart 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Katherine Helmond, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Frank and Ava
Movie · as Betty
Cars 3
Movie · as Lizzie (voice)
The Radiator Springs 500½
Movie · as Lizzie (voice)
Time Travel Mater
Movie · as Lizzie (voice)
Collaborator
Movie · as Irene Longfellow
Cars 2
Movie · as Lizzie (voice)
Harry's Law
TV · as Gloria Gold · 1 ep
Pound Puppies
TV · as Mildred (voice) · 1 ep
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
Movie · as Lizzie (voice)
What Is Brazil?
Movie · as Self
True Blood
TV · as Caroline Bellefleur · 1 ep
A Grandpa for Christmas
Movie · as Roxie Famosa
Cars
Movie · as Lizzie (voice)
Mater and the Ghostlight
Movie · as Lizzie (voice)
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest / Mona Robinson · 2 eps
Beethoven's 5th
Movie · as Crazy Cora Wilkens
Mr. St. Nick
Movie · as Queen Carlotta
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
Movie · as Shatzie
Living in Fear
Movie · as Mrs. Ford
The Perfect Nanny
Movie · as Mrs. McBride
Strong Medicine
TV · as Cicely Nordeco · 1 ep
Providence
TV · as Rose Bidwell · 2 eps
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Movie · as Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
The Wild Thornberrys
TV · as Dugong (voice) · 1 ep
Ms. Scrooge
Movie · as Maude Marley
Everybody Loves Raymond
TV · as Lois Whelan · 14 eps
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
TV · as Hedda Hopper · 2 eps
The Spy Within
Movie · as Dr. Pamela Schilling
Amore!
Movie · as Mildred Schwartz
The Elvira Show
Movie · as Minerva
Inside Monkey Zetterland
Movie · as Honor Zetterland
Grass Roots
Movie · as Emma Carr
Batman: The Animated Series
TV · as Connie (voice) · 1 ep
The Perfect Tribute
Movie · as Farm Woman
Deception: A Mother’s Secret
Movie · as Geena Milner
When Will I Be Loved?
Movie · as Barbara Patterson
The Upper Hand
TV · as Madame Alexandra · 1 ep
Coach
TV · as Doris Sherman · 22 eps
Lady in White
Movie · as Amanda
Save the Dog!
Movie · as Maude McGraw
Overboard
Movie · as Edith Mintz
Christmas Snow
Movie · as Mrs. Mutterance
Brazil
Movie · as Mrs. Ida Lowry
Shadey
Movie · as Lady Constance Landau
Girls On Top
TV · as Goldie · 1 ep
The Comedy Factory
TV · as Mildred Deegan · 1 ep
Who's the Boss?
TV · as Mona Robinson · 196 eps
Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie · as Jack's Mother
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
Movie · as Frances Clooney
For Lovers Only
Movie · as Bea Winchell
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as Jack's Mother · 1 ep
World War III
TV · as Dorothy Longworth · 2 eps
Cagney & Lacey
TV · as Mona Robinson · 1 ep
Time Bandits
Movie · as Mrs. Ogre
Scout's Honor
Movie · as Pearl Bartlett
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
Movie · as Elaine Thurston
Benson
TV · as Jessica Tate · 2 eps
$weepstake$
TV · as Lynn · 1 ep
Getting Married
Movie · as Vera Lesser
Pearl
TV · as Mrs. Sally Colto · 3 eps
Little Ladies of the Night
Movie · as Miss Colby
Soap
TV · as Jessica Tate · 85 eps
Meeting of Minds
TV · 2 eps
The Love Boat
TV · as Harriet Darnell Stevens, Vivian Endler · 1 ep
Family Plot
Movie · as Mrs. Maloney
Baby Blue Marine
Movie · as Mrs. Hudkins
James Dean
Movie · as Claire Folger
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
Movie · as Mattie Riley
Liza’s Pioneer Diary
Movie · as Aunt Sara
The Bionic Woman
TV · 2 eps
Spencer's Pilots
TV · 1 ep
The Hindenburg
Movie · as Mrs. Mildred Breslau
The Family Nobody Wanted
Movie · as Mrs. Bittner
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Movie · as Nurse Katherine Gunther
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Movie · as Emma Borden
Cage Without a Key
Movie · as Mrs. Little
Joe Forrester
TV · 1 ep
Locusts
Movie · as Claire Fletcher
Dr. Max
Movie · as Libby Oppel
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Movie · as Lady at House
Larry
Movie · as Maureen Whitten
Harry O
TV · 1 ep
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV · as Middy · 1 ep
Petrocelli
TV · as Nancy Berwick · 1 ep
Adam's Rib
TV · as Martha Layne · 1 ep
The Snoop Sisters
TV · as Cissy Prine · 1 ep
Barnaby Jones
TV · as Edna Morrison · 1 ep
The Rookies
TV · 2 eps
The Bob Newhart Show
TV · as Dr. Webster · 1 ep
The Hospital
Movie · as Marilyn Mead
Medical Center
TV · as Rachel Weldman · 1 ep
Mannix
TV · as Mrs. Sylvia Jarrud, Martha Cole · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep
Wine of Morning
Movie · as Irene
Gunsmoke
TV · as Ena Spratt · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self, Self - Nominee · 1 ep