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.
Cars 2
as Lizzie (voice)Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand...
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Cars 3
as Lizzie (voice)Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is...
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Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the...
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Brazil
as Mrs. Ida LowryLow-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring...
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
as Desk Clerk at Mint HotelRaoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las...
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Overboard
as Edith MintzHeiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses...
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Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
as LizzieMater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable...
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Time Bandits
as Mrs. OgreYoung history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one...
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The Hospital
as Marilyn MeadDr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his...
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Mater and the Ghostlight
as Lizzie (voice)Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary...
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Family Plot
as Mrs. MaloneySpiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers...
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The Radiator Springs 500½
as Lizzie (voice)A 'leisurely drive' planned in honor of Radiator Springs’ town founder, Stanley, turns...
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Beethoven's 5th
as Crazy Cora WilkensWhen Sara takes Beethoven to spend summer vacation with wacky Uncle Freddie in an old mining...
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The Hindenburg
as Mrs. Mildred BreslauColonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to...
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Time Travel Mater
as Lizzie (voice)When a clock lands on Mater's engine, he travels back in time to 1909 where he meets Stanley, an...
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Lady in White
as AmandaLocked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl...
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Lady at HouseIn February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York...
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The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as Emma BordenA dramatization of the famous 1893 Massachusetts trial of the woman accused of murdering her...
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Frank and Ava
as BettyThe wild and tempestuous relationship between icons Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner.
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Mr. St. Nick
as Queen CarlottaKing Nicholas XX is ready to retire and pass the throne to his son, Nick St. Nicholas. But he is...
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How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
as uncreditedThree broke men try to become rich by finding rich women.
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The Elvira Show
as Aunt MinervaFilmed for CBS in 1993, this unaired pilot features the witch Elvira, her aunt, and their pet...
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Collaborator
as Irene LongfellowA playwright whose marriage and career are in a free fall has an explosive run-in with his...
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Living in Fear
as Mrs. FordA man returning to his childhood home for the reading of a will is met with hostility. Do the...
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What Is Brazil?
as SelfWhat is this film called Brazil? Find out in this witty documentary.
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Amore!
as Mildred SchwartzSaul Schwartz, a married successful businessman, is bored with his life and decides he has had...
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When Will I Be Loved?
as Barbara PattersonThree disillusioned wives who are contemplating divorce compare notes on their stormy marriages.
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Dr. Max
as Libby OppelA small-town doctor neglects his family to look after his patients.
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The Perfect Tribute
as Farm WomanA boy risks life and limb to travel across the war-torn southern states of America during the...
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Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
as Elaine ThurstonA rebellious 17-year-old girl ignores parental advice and joins her friends as a beach-bound...
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Ms. Scrooge
as Maude MarleyTelevision movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita...
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Getting Married
as Vera LesserA man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her...
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Baby Blue Marine
as Mrs. HudkinsA would-be Marine fails basic training, and is sent home wearing the "baby blue" fatigues of a...
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A Grandpa for Christmas
as Roxie FamosaAn old-time movie-star singer/ hoofer rebonds with his estranged daughter and 9-year-old...
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Cage Without a Key
as Mrs. LittleA high school girl who needs a ride accepts one from a boy she doesn't know. He then forces her...
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Locusts
as Claire FletcherA swarm of locusts appears on the horizon near a Midwestern town and the inhabitants must find a...
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James Dean
as Claire FolgerA dramatization of the story of legendary movie actor James Dean. The film's writer, William...
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Jack and the Beanstalk
as Jack's MotherImaginative and creative Jack seeks adventure while trying to provide for himself and his...
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Shadey
as Lady Constance LandauA young man discovers that not only does he have the ability to read minds, but that if he holds...
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Christmas Snow
as Mrs. MutteranceA shop owner who is being evicted at Christmas rescues her Scrooge-like landlord from an accident.
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Grass Roots
as Emma CarrThis sequel to the 1983 miniseries, "Chiefs," continues the saga of the Lee family with Will...
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The Perfect Nanny
as Mrs. McBrideUpon her release from a mental institution where she was recovering from a suicide attempt,...
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The Flight of the Dove
as Dr. Pamela SchillingAn explosives expert fleeing his past and a beautiful spy trading sex for secrets find...
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For Lovers Only
as Bea WinchellA man, his daughter, and son-in-law run a honeymoon resort in the Poconos.
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The Family Nobody Wanted
as Mrs. BittnerA minister and his wife take in poor and troubled children that nobody else wants and soon they...
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Little Ladies of the Night
as Miss ColbyThe sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles Police detective Lyle York was murdered working...
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Wanted: The Sundance Woman
as Mattie RileyKatharine Ross repeats her portrayal of Etta Place (from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid")...
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The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
as Nurse Katherine GuntherA young doctor fresh out of medical school takes a job at a big-city hospital, and on his first...
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Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
as Frances ClooneyThe story of singer Rosemary Clooney's rise to fame, her marriage to Jose Ferrer, and her...
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Larry
as Maureen WhittenA man who has been confined from early childhood to a dubiously run home for the mentally...
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Inside Monkey Zetterland
as Honor ZetterlandAn off beat comedy about an out of work screen writing/artist that complains about being too...
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Scout's Honor
as Pearl BartlettGary Coleman stars as little Joey Seymour, a clever but lonely orphan shuffled from one foster...
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Wine of Morning
as IreneA story of bloodshed and shipwreck, of intrigue and murder, of love and redemption. The film...
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True Blood
as Caroline BellefleurThanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic, blood vampires have progressed from...
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Batman: The Animated Series
as Connie (voice)Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in...
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Everybody Loves Raymond
as Lois WhelanRay Barone is a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife Debra, daughter...
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The Love Boat
as Harriet Darnell StevensPassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...
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The Love Boat
as Vivian EndlerPassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...
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Tony Awards
as Self - NomineeThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Strong Medicine
as Cicely NordecoThe lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.
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The Wild Thornberrys
as Dugong (voice)Travel the world with the Thornberrys and come face-to-face with blue sheep in Nepal, emus in...
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Mannix
as uncreditedMannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....
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Mannix
as Mrs. Sylvia JarrudMannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....
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The Six Million Dollar Man
as MiddyFollow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent,...
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Who's the Boss?
as Mona RobinsonA former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York...
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Golden Globe Awards
as Self - WinnerAn annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...
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Golden Globe Awards
as Self - NomineeAn annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...
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Coach
as Doris ShermanHayden Fox, the curmudgeonly coach of Minnesota State University's Screaming Eagles football...
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Pound Puppies
as Mildred (voice)Lucky, Cookie and the rest of the dogs in Shelter 17 have an important secret mission: to help...
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The Bob Newhart Show
as uncreditedThe Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired...
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Soap
as Jessica TateThe antics of a wealthy family, the Tates, and a working-class family, the Campbells, in the...
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Providence
as Rose BidwellProvidence is an American television drama series.
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Medical Center
as Rachel WeldmanMedical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...
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The Rookies
as uncreditedThe Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows...
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The Bionic Woman
as uncreditedAfter fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first...
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Faerie Tale Theatre
as Jack's MotherA live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
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Petrocelli
as Nancy BerwickPetrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974...
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Harry O
as uncreditedAfter being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego...
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Gunsmoke
as Ena SprattGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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Benson
as Jessica TateA butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.
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The Upper Hand
as Madame AlexandraThe Upper Hand is a British television sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and...
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Joe Forrester
as uncreditedJoe Forrester is an American Crime/Drama TV series, starring Lloyd Bridges.
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Pearl
as Mrs. Sally ColtoMiniseries about the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Spencer's Pilots
as uncreditedSpencer's Pilots is an American adventure series that aired on CBS from September 17 to November...
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Comedy Factory
as Mildred DeeganThe Comedy Factory (no known affiliation with the comedy club of the same name) was a...
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Girls On Top
as GoldieFour girls share a flat together in London. Having nothing in common aside from their gender,...
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World War III
as Dorothy LongworthWhen starving mobs begin rioting in the streets of Moscow, Soviet leaders believe they have no...
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Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
as Hedda HopperThe story of the life of the actress Elizabeth Taylor. The making of an iconic American film...
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The Snoop Sisters
as Cissy PrineTwo elderly mystery novelists solve real crimes.
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Adam's Rib
as Martha LayneAdam's Rib is an American situation comedy broadcast on ABC-TV from September 14 to December 28,...
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Meeting of Minds
as uncreditedMeeting of Minds is a television series, created by Steve Allen, which aired on PBS from 1977 to...
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