Katherine Helmond

Birthday:
07/05/1929
Place of birth:
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 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.

Credits

Frank and Ava (2020)
as Betty
Cars 3 (2017)
as Lizzie (voice)
The Radiator Springs 500½ (2014)
as Lizzie (voice)
Time Travel Mater (2012)
as Lizzie (voice)
Collaborator (2011)
as Irene Longfellow
Cars 2 (2011)
as Lizzie (voice)
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales (2008)
as Lizzie (voice)
What Is Brazil? (2008)
as Self
A Grandpa for Christmas (2007)
as Roxie Famosa
Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
as Lizzie (voice)
Cars (2006)
as Lizzie (voice)
Beethoven's 5th (2003)
as Crazy Cora Wilkens
Mr. St. Nick (2002)
as Queen Carlotta
Living in Fear (2000)
as Mrs. Ford
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale (2000)
as Shatzie
The Perfect Nanny (2000)
as Mrs. McBride
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
as Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
Ms. Scrooge (1997)
as Maude Marley
The Spy Within (1994)
as Dr. Pamela Schilling
Amore! (1993)
as Mildred Schwartz
The Elvira Show (1993)
as Aunt Minerva
Inside Monkey Zetterland (1992)
as Honor Zetterland
Grass Roots (1992)
as Emma Carr
Deception: A Mother’s Secret (1991)
as Geena Milner
The Perfect Tribute (1991)
as Farm Woman
When Will I Be Loved? (1990)
as Barbara Patterson
Lady in White (1988)
as Amanda
Save the Dog! (1988)
Overboard (1987)
as Edith Mintz
Christmas Snow (1986)
as Mrs. Mutterance
Shadey (1985)
as Lady Constance Landau
Brazil (1985)
as Mrs. Ida Lowry
Jack and the Beanstalk (1983)
as Jack's Mother
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982)
as Frances Clooney
For Lovers Only (1982)
as Bea Winchell
Time Bandits (1981)
as Mrs. Ogre
Scout's Honor (1980)
as Pearl Bartlett
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker (1979)
as Elaine Thurston
Getting Married (1978)
as Vera Lesser
Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
as Miss Colby
Liza’s Pioneer Diary (1976)
as Aunt Sara
Wanted: The Sundance Woman (1976)
as Mattie Riley
Baby Blue Marine (1976)
as Mrs. Hudkins
Family Plot (1976)
as Mrs. Maloney
James Dean (1976)
as Claire Folger
The Hindenburg (1975)
as Mrs. Mildred Breslau
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant (1975)
as Nurse Katherine Gunther
Cage Without a Key (1975)
as Mrs. Little
The Family Nobody Wanted (1975)
as Mrs. Bittner
The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
as Emma Borden
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
as Lady at House
Locusts (1974)
as Claire Fletcher
Larry (1974)
as Maureen Whitten
Dr. Max (1974)
as Libby Oppel
The Hospital (1971)
as Marilyn Mead
Wine of Morning (1955)
as Irene

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