Katherine Helmond
Acting • Born 1929-07-05 – Died 2019-02-23
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.
Filmography
99 credits
Brazil
Movie • 1985
Mrs. Ida Lowry
Cars
Movie • 2006
Lizzie (voice)
Shadey
Movie • 1985
Lady Constance Landau
Getting Married
Movie • 1978
Vera Lesser
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Movie • 1998
Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
Overboard
Movie • 1987
Edith Mintz
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
Movie • 2000
Shatzie
Family Plot
Movie • 1976
Mrs. Maloney
Beethoven's 5th
Movie • 2003
Crazy Cora Wilkens
The Elvira Show
Movie • 1993
Aunt Minerva
Time Bandits
Movie • 1981
Mrs. Ogre
Mr. St. Nick
Movie • 2002
Queen Carlotta
The Hospital
Movie • 1971
Marilyn Mead
The Hindenburg
Movie • 1975
Mrs. Mildred Breslau
Lady in White
Movie • 1988
Amanda
Wine of Morning
Movie • 1955
Irene
A Grandpa for Christmas
Movie • 2007
Roxie Famosa
Christmas Snow
Movie • 1986
Mrs. Mutterance
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
Movie • 1979
Elaine Thurston
Collaborator
Movie • 2011
Irene Longfellow
Time Travel Mater
Movie • 2012
Lizzie (voice)
The Spy Within
Movie • 1994
Dr. Pamela Schilling
Ms. Scrooge
Movie • 1997
Maude Marley
Inside Monkey Zetterland
Movie • 1992
Honor Zetterland
The Family Nobody Wanted
Movie • 1975
Mrs. Bittner
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Movie • 1975
Nurse Katherine Gunther
Locusts
Movie • 1974
Claire Fletcher
Scout's Honor
Movie • 1980
Pearl Bartlett
Little Ladies of the Night
Movie • 1977
Miss Colby
Dr. Max
Movie • 1974
Libby Oppel
Baby Blue Marine
Movie • 1976
Mrs. Hudkins
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Movie • 1975
Emma Borden
Cage Without a Key
Movie • 1975
Mrs. Little
Grass Roots
Movie • 1992
Emma Carr
When Will I Be Loved?
Movie • 1990
Barbara Patterson
Cars 2
Movie • 2011
Lizzie (voice)
Frank and Ava
Movie • 2020
Betty
Amore!
Movie • 1993
Mildred Schwartz
Save the Dog!
Movie • 1988
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
Movie • 1982
Frances Clooney
Living in Fear
Movie • 2000
Mrs. Ford
The Perfect Nanny
Movie • 2000
Mrs. McBride
Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie • 1983
Jack's Mother
James Dean
Movie • 1976
Claire Folger
Cars 3
Movie • 2017
Lizzie (voice)
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
Movie • 1976
Mattie Riley
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
Movie • 2008
Lizzie (voice)
The Radiator Springs 500½
Movie • 2014
Lizzie (voice)
What Is Brazil?
Movie • 2008
Self
Mater and the Ghostlight
Movie • 2006
Lizzie (voice)
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Movie • 1974
Lady at House
The Perfect Tribute
Movie • 1991
Farm Woman
Larry
Movie • 1974
Maureen Whitten
For Lovers Only
Movie • 1982
Bea Winchell
Liza’s Pioneer Diary
Movie • 1976
Aunt Sara
Deception: A Mother’s Secret
Movie • 1991
Geena Milner
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self - Guest
The Rookies
TV • 1972
Who's the Boss?
TV • 1984
Mona Robinson
Providence
TV • 1999
Rose Bidwell
The Bionic Woman
TV • 1976
Everybody Loves Raymond
TV • 1996
Lois Whelan
Girls On Top
TV • 1985
Goldie
The Bob Newhart Show
TV • 1972
Soap
TV • 1977
Jessica Tate
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Ena Spratt
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Jack's Mother
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
Cicely Nordeco
Harry O
TV • 1974
Adam's Rib
TV • 1973
Martha Layne
Meeting of Minds
TV • 1977
Spencer's Pilots
TV • 1976
Joe Forrester
TV • 1975
Batman: The Animated Series
TV • 1992
Connie (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
TV • 1998
Dugong (voice)
True Blood
TV • 2008
Caroline Bellefleur
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self - Guest / Mona Robinson
World War III
TV • 1982
Dorothy Longworth
Pound Puppies
TV • 2010
Mildred (voice)
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Harriet Darnell Stevens
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Middy
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
TV • 1995
Hedda Hopper
The Upper Hand
TV • 1990
Madame Alexandra
Pearl
TV • 1978
Mrs. Sally Colto
Petrocelli
TV • 1974
Nancy Berwick
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Vivian Endler
Benson
TV • 1979
Jessica Tate
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
The Snoop Sisters
TV • 1973
Cissy Prine
Coach
TV • 1989
Doris Sherman
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Rachel Weldman
The Comedy Factory
TV • 1985
Mildred Deegan
Mannix
TV • 1967
Mrs. Sylvia Jarrud
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Edna Morrison
Harry's Law
TV • 2011
Gloria Gold
Mannix
TV • 1967
Martha Cole
$weepstake$
TV • 1979
Lynn
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Mona Robinson