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.

Cast

Brazil

(Mrs. Ida Lowry)

Cars

(Lizzie (voice))

Shadey

(Lady Constance Landau)

Getting Married

(Vera Lesser)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

(Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel)

Overboard

(Edith Mintz)

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

Family Plot

(Mrs. Maloney)

Beethoven's 5th

(Crazy Cora Wilkens)

The Elvira Show

(Aunt Minerva)

Time Bandits

(Mrs. Ogre)

Mr. St. Nick

(Queen Carlotta)

The Hospital

(Marilyn Mead)

The Hindenburg

(Mrs. Mildred Breslau)

Lady in White

(Amanda)

Wine of Morning

(Irene)

A Grandpa for Christmas

(Roxie Famosa)

Christmas Snow

(Mrs. Mutterance)

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker

(Elaine Thurston)

Collaborator

(Irene Longfellow)

Time Travel Mater

(Lizzie (voice))

The Flight of the Dove

(Dr. Pamela Schilling)

Ms. Scrooge

(Maude Marley)

Inside Monkey Zetterland

(Honor Zetterland)

The Family Nobody Wanted

(Mrs. Bittner)

The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant

(Nurse Katherine Gunther)

Locusts

(Claire Fletcher)

Scout's Honor

(Pearl Bartlett)

Little Ladies of the Night

(Miss Colby)

Dr. Max

(Libby Oppel)

Baby Blue Marine

(Mrs. Hudkins)

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

(Emma Borden)

Cage Without a Key

(Mrs. Little)

Grass Roots

(Emma Carr)

When Will I Be Loved?

(Barbara Patterson)

Cars 2

(Lizzie (voice))

Frank and Ava

(Betty)

Amore!

(Mildred Schwartz)

Save the Dog!

Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story

(Frances Clooney)

Living in Fear

(Mrs. Ford)

The Perfect Nanny

(Mrs. McBride)

Jack and the Beanstalk

(Jack's Mother)

James Dean

(Claire Folger)

Cars 3

(Lizzie (voice))

Wanted: The Sundance Woman

(Mattie Riley)

Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales

(Lizzie)

The Radiator Springs 500½

(Lizzie (voice))

What Is Brazil?

(Self)

Mater and the Ghostlight

(Lizzie (voice))

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

(Lady at House)

The Perfect Tribute

(Farm Woman)

Larry

(Maureen Whitten)

For Lovers Only

(Bea Winchell)

The Tony Danza Show

(Self - Guest)

The Rookies

Who's the Boss?

(Mona Robinson)

Providence

(Rose Bidwell)

The Bionic Woman

Everybody Loves Raymond

(Lois Whelan)

Girls On Top

(Goldie)

The Bob Newhart Show

Soap

(Jessica Tate)

Mannix

Gunsmoke

(Ena Spratt)

Faerie Tale Theatre

(Jack's Mother)

Strong Medicine

(Cicely Nordeco)

Harry O

Adam's Rib

(Martha Layne)

Meeting of Minds

Spencer's Pilots

Sweepstakes

Joe Forrester

Batman: The Animated Series

(Connie (voice))

The Wild Thornberrys

(Dugong (voice))

True Blood

(Caroline Bellefleur)

The Tony Danza Show

(Self - Guest / Mona Robinson)

World War III

(Dorothy Longworth)

Pound Puppies

(Mildred (voice))

The Love Boat

(Harriet Darnell Stevens)

The Six Million Dollar Man

(Middy)

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story

(Hedda Hopper)

The Upper Hand

(Madame Alexandra)

Pearl

(Mrs. Sally Colto)

Petrocelli

(Nancy Berwick)

The Love Boat

(Vivian Endler)

Tony Awards

(Self - Nominee)

Benson

(Jessica Tate)

Golden Globe Awards

(Self - Nominee)

Golden Globe Awards

(Self - Winner)

The Snoop Sisters

(Cissy Prine)

Coach

(Doris Sherman)

Medical Center

(Rachel Weldman)

Comedy Factory

(Mildred Deegan)