Katherine Helmond
Acting
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.
Born: July 5, 1929
Place of Birth: Galveston, Texas, USA
Known For
Meeting of Minds
The show featured guests who played significant roles in world history. Guests would interact with each other and host Steve Allen, discussing philosophy, religion, history, science, and many other topics. As nearly as was possible, the actual words of the historical figures were used. The show was fully scripted, yet the scripts were carefully crafted to give the appearance of spontaneous discussion among historic figures. Typically, each episode would be split into two parts, broadcast separately, with most or all of the guests introduced over the course of the first part, and the discussions continuing into the second part. A total of 24 episodes were produced.
Batman: The Animated Series
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".
Faerie Tale Theatre
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
Brazil
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
True Blood
Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and vampire fundamentalists around the world have chosen their sides. But in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.
The Bob Newhart Show
The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to April 1, 1978. Comedian Bob Newhart portrays a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers. The show was filmed before a live audience.
Strong Medicine
The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.
Who's the Boss?
A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. Tony 's laid-back personality contrasts with Angela's type-A behavior.
Soap
The antics of a wealthy family, the Tates, and a working-class family, the Campbells, in the fictional town of Dunn's River, Connecticut.
The Six Million Dollar Man
Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells. Steve uses the superior strength and speed provided by his bionic arm and legs, and the enhanced vision provided by his artificial eye, to fight enemy agents, aliens, mad scientists, and a wide variety of other villains.
Filmography
as Betty
as Lizzie (voice)
as Lizzie (voice)
as Lizzie (voice)
as Irene Longfellow
as Lizzie (voice)
as Gloria Gold
as Mildred (voice)
as Lizzie (voice)
as Caroline Bellefleur
as Self
as Roxie Famosa
as Lizzie (voice)
as Lizzie (voice)
as Crazy Cora Wilkens
as Queen Carlotta
as Mrs. Ford
as Cicely Nordeco
as Mrs. McBride
as Rose Bidwell
as Dugong (voice)
as Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
as Maude Marley
as Lois Whelan
as Hedda Hopper
as Dr. Pamela Schilling
as Mildred Schwartz
as Aunt Minerva
as Honor Zetterland
as Connie (voice)
as Emma Carr
as Geena Milner
as Farm Woman
as Barbara Patterson
as Madame Alexandra
as Doris Sherman
as Amanda
as Edith Mintz
as Mrs. Mutterance
as Goldie
as Mildred Deegan
as Lady Constance Landau
as Mrs. Ida Lowry
as Mona Robinson
as Jack's Mother
as Frances Clooney
as Bea Winchell
as Jack's Mother
as Dorothy Longworth
as Mrs. Ogre
as Pearl Bartlett
as Elaine Thurston
as Jessica Tate
as Mrs. Sally Colto
as Vera Lesser
as Harriet Darnell Stevens
as Vivian Endler
as Jessica Tate
as Miss Colby
as Mattie Riley
as Mrs. Hudkins
as Mrs. Maloney
as Claire Folger
as Mrs. Mildred Breslau
as Nurse Katherine Gunther
as Mrs. Little
as Mrs. Bittner
as Emma Borden
as Lady at House
as Claire Fletcher
as Nancy Berwick
as Maureen Whitten
as Libby Oppel
as Middy
as Cissy Prine
as Martha Layne
as Edna Morrison
as Marilyn Mead
as Rachel Weldman
as Mrs. Sylvia Jarrud
as Martha Cole
as Ena Spratt
as Irene
as Self - Nominee
as Self