
Katherine Helmond
Known for Acting · 96 credits
- Born
- 1929-07-05
- Died
- 2019-02-23
- Place of birth
- Galveston, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Katherine Marie Helmond · کاترین هلموند
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (40)

Mannix
1967
as Mrs. Sylvia Jarrud / Martha Cole

The Love Boat
1977
as Harriet Darnell Stevens / Vivian Endler

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee

True Blood
2008
as Caroline Bellefleur

Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Connie (voice)

Everybody Loves Raymond
1996
as Lois Whelan

The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Middy

Strong Medicine
2000
as Cicely Nordeco

Coach
1989
as Doris Sherman

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee

Barnaby Jones
1973
as Edna Morrison

Medical Center
1969
as Rachel Weldman

The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Dugong (voice)

Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Mona Robinson

Providence
1999
as Rose Bidwell

Gunsmoke
1955
as Ena Spratt

The Rookies
1972

Who's the Boss?
1984
as Mona Robinson

The Bob Newhart Show
1972
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest / Self - Guest / Mona Robinson

Pound Puppies
2010
as Mildred (voice)

Harry's Law
2011
as Gloria Gold

Soap
1977
as Jessica Tate

The Bionic Woman
1976

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Jack's Mother

Benson
1979
as Jessica Tate

Harry O
1974

Petrocelli
1974
as Nancy Berwick

The Upper Hand
1990
as Madame Alexandra

The Comedy Factory
1985
as Mildred Deegan
$weepstake$
1979
as Lynn

Adam's Rib
1973
as Martha Layne

Girls On Top
1985
as Goldie

The Snoop Sisters
1973
as Cissy Prine

Joe Forrester
1975

Spencer's Pilots
1976

Pearl
1978
as Mrs. Sally Colto

Meeting of Minds
1977

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
1995
as Hedda Hopper

World War III
1982
as Dorothy Longworth
Movies (56)

Cars
2006
as Lizzie (voice)

Cars 2
2011
as Lizzie (voice)

Cars 3
2017
as Lizzie (voice)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
as Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel

Overboard
1987
as Edith Mintz

Brazil
1985
as Mrs. Ida Lowry

Time Bandits
1981
as Mrs. Ogre

Family Plot
1976
as Mrs. Maloney

Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
2008
as Lizzie (voice)

Mater and the Ghostlight
2006
as Lizzie (voice)

The Hindenburg
1975
as Mrs. Mildred Breslau

The Hospital
1971
as Marilyn Mead

Amore!
1993
as Mildred Schwartz

Beethoven's 5th
2003
as Crazy Cora Wilkens

The Radiator Springs 500½
2014
as Lizzie (voice)

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
2000
as Shatzie

Lady in White
1988
as Amanda

Time Travel Mater
2012
as Lizzie (voice)

Living in Fear
2000
as Mrs. Ford

Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
1982
as Frances Clooney

Scout's Honor
1980
as Pearl Bartlett

Ms. Scrooge
1997
as Maude Marley

Little Ladies of the Night
1977
as Miss Colby

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974
as Lady at House

What Is Brazil?
2008
as Self

Larry
1974
as Maureen Whitten

Shadey
1985
as Lady Constance Landau

Wanted: The Sundance Woman
1976
as Mattie Riley

The Perfect Tribute
1991
as Farm Woman

Mr. St. Nick
2002
as Queen Carlotta

Frank and Ava
2020
as Betty

Baby Blue Marine
1976
as Mrs. Hudkins

Collaborator
2011
as Irene Longfellow

Inside Monkey Zetterland
1992
as Honor Zetterland

Grass Roots
1992
as Emma Carr

Dr. Max
1974
as Libby Oppel

Cage Without a Key
1975
as Mrs. Little

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
1979
as Elaine Thurston

Deception: A Mother’s Secret
1991
as Geena Milner

James Dean
1976
as Claire Folger

The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975
as Emma Borden

The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
1975
as Nurse Katherine Gunther

A Grandpa for Christmas
2007
as Roxie Famosa

Jack and the Beanstalk
1983
as Jack's Mother

The Spy Within
1994
as Dr. Pamela Schilling

Christmas Snow
1986
as Mrs. Mutterance

The Perfect Nanny
2000
as Mrs. McBride

When Will I Be Loved?
1990
as Barbara Patterson

The Elvira Show
1993
as Aunt Minerva

The Family Nobody Wanted
1975
as Mrs. Bittner

Locusts
1974
as Claire Fletcher

Getting Married
1978
as Vera Lesser

Save the Dog!
1988
Liza’s Pioneer Diary
1976
as Aunt Sara

For Lovers Only
1982
as Bea Winchell

Wine of Morning
1955
as Irene
About 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… With 96 credits spanning from 1944 to 2020, Katherine Helmond has appeared in 56 films and 40 TV shows.
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- Cars (2006) — as Lizzie (voice)
- Cars 2 (2011) — as Lizzie (voice)
- Cars 3 (2017) — as Lizzie (voice)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) — as Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
- Overboard (1987) — as Edith Mintz
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