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 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.
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Movies (56)
Frank and Ava
2018 · Betty
Cars 3
2017 · Lizzie (voice)
Las 500 ½ de Radiador Springs: Cars Toons
2014 · Lizzie (voice)
Time Travel Mater
2012 · Lizzie (voice)
Collaborator
2011 · Irene Longfellow
Cars 2
2011 · Lizzie (voice)
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
2008 · Lizzie (voice)
What Is Brazil?
2008 · Self
A Grandpa for Christmas
2007 · Roxie Famosa
Mate y la luz fantasma
2006 · Lizzie (voice)
Cars
2006 · Lizzie (voice)
Beethoven 5: El perro buscatesoros
2003 · Crazy Cora Wilkens
Mr. St. Nick
2002 · Queen Carlotta
Living in Fear
2000 · Mrs. Ford
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
2000 · Shatzie
The Perfect Nanny
2000 · Mrs. McBride
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998 · Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
Ms. Scrooge
1997 · Maude Marley
The Spy Within
1994 · Dr. Pamela Schilling
Amore!
1993 · Mildred Schwartz
The Elvira Show
1993 · Minerva
Inside Monkey Zetterland
1992 · Honor Zetterland
Grass Roots
1992 · Emma Carr
Deception: A Mother’s Secret
1991 · Geena Milner
The Perfect Tribute
1991 · Farm Woman
When Will I Be Loved?
1990 · Barbara Patterson
Lady in White
1988 · Amanda
Save the Dog!
1988
Overboard
1987 · Edith Mintz
Christmas Snow
1986 · Mrs. Mutterance
Shadey
1985 · Lady Constance Landau
Brazil
1985 · Mrs. Ida Lowry
Jack and the Beanstalk
1983 · Jack's Mother
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
1982 · Frances Clooney
For Lovers Only
1982 · Bea Winchell
Time Bandits
1981 · Mrs. Ogre
Scout's Honor
1980 · Pearl Bartlett
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
1979 · Elaine Thurston
Getting Married
1978 · Vera Lesser
Little Ladies of the Night
1977 · Miss Colby
Liza’s Pioneer Diary
1976 · Aunt Sara
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
1976 · Mattie Riley
Baby Blue Marine
1976 · Mrs. Hudkins
Family Plot
1976 · Mrs. Maloney
James Dean
1976 · Claire Folger
The Hindenburg
1975 · Mrs. Mildred Breslau
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
1975 · Nurse Katherine Gunther
Cage Without a Key
1975 · Mrs. Little
The Family Nobody Wanted
1975 · Mrs. Bittner
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975 · Emma Borden
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974 · Lady at House
Locusts
1974 · Claire Fletcher
Larry
1974 · Maureen Whitten
Dr. Max
1974 · Libby Oppel
The Hospital
1971 · Marilyn Mead
Wine of Morning
1955 · Irene
TV shows (40)
Harry's Law
2011 · Gloria Gold
Pound Puppies
2010 · Mildred (voice)
True Blood
2008 · Caroline Bellefleur
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self - Guest, Self - Guest / Mona Robinson
Strong Medicine
2000 · Cicely Nordeco
Providence
1999 · Rose Bidwell
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 · Dugong (voice)
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996 · Lois Whelan
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
1995 · Hedda Hopper
Batman: The Animated Series
1992 · Connie (voice)
The Upper Hand
1990 · Madame Alexandra
Coach
1989 · Doris Sherman
Girls On Top
1985 · Goldie
The Comedy Factory
1985 · Mildred Deegan
Who's the Boss?
1984 · Mona Robinson, Director
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Jack's Mother
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Mona Robinson
World War III
1982 · Dorothy Longworth
Benson
1979 · Jessica Tate, Director
$weepstake$
1979 · Lynn
Pearl
1978 · Mrs. Sally Colto
The Love Boat
1977 · Harriet Darnell Stevens, Vivian Endler
Soap
1977 · Jessica Tate
Meeting of Minds
1977
Spencer's Pilots
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
Joe Forrester
1975
Harry O
1974
Petrocelli
1974 · Nancy Berwick
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Middy
The Snoop Sisters
1973 · Cissy Prine
Adam's Rib
1973 · Martha Layne
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Edna Morrison
The Bob Newhart Show
1972 · Dr. Webster
The Rookies
1972
Medical Center
1969 · Rachel Weldman
Mannix
1967 · Mrs. Sylvia Jarrud, Martha Cole
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee
Gunsmoke
1955 · Ena Spratt
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee, Self