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Katherine Helmond

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Katherine Helmond

Born July 5, 1929 in Galveston, Texas, USADied February 23, 201954 films

Katherine Marie Helmond (July 5, 1929 – February 23, 2019) was an American film, theater, and television actress, and director.

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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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Brazil posterFirst watchBrazil19857.7as Mrs. Ida LowryLow-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.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Cars poster7.1Cars2006Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas poster7.2Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998Cars 3 poster6.9Cars 32017Cars 2 poster6.2Cars 22011Overboard poster6.8Overboard1987Time Bandits poster6.6Time Bandits1981Family Plot poster6.8Family Plot1976Mater and the Ghostlight poster6.3Mater and the Ghostlight2006

Filmography

54 films as actor
  1. 2018Frank and AvaBetty
  2. 2017Cars 3Lizzie (voice)
  3. 2014The Radiator Springs 500½Lizzie (voice)
  4. 2012Time Travel MaterLizzie (voice)
  5. 2011CollaboratorIrene Longfellow
  6. 2011Cars 2Lizzie (voice)
  7. 2008Cars Toon Mater's Tall TalesLizzie (voice)
  8. 2007A Grandpa for ChristmasRoxie Famosa
  9. 2006Mater and the GhostlightLizzie (voice)
  10. 2006CarsLizzie (voice)
  11. 2003Beethoven's 5thCrazy Cora Wilkens
  12. 2002Mr. St. NickQueen Carlotta
  13. 2000Living in FearMrs. Ford
  14. 2000How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas TaleShatzie
  15. 2000The Perfect NannyMrs. McBride
  16. 1998Fear and Loathing in Las VegasDesk Clerk at Mint Hotel
  17. 1997Ms. ScroogeMaude Marley
  18. 1994The Spy WithinDr. Pamela Schilling
  19. 1993Amore!Mildred Schwartz
  20. 1992Inside Monkey ZetterlandHonor Zetterland
  21. 1992Grass RootsEmma Carr
  22. 1991Deception: A Mother’s SecretGeena Milner
  23. 1991The Perfect TributeFarm Woman
  24. 1990When Will I Be Loved?Barbara Patterson
  25. 1988Lady in WhiteAmanda
  26. 1988Save the Dog!
  27. 1987OverboardEdith Mintz
  28. 1986Christmas SnowMrs. Mutterance
  29. 1985ShadeyLady Constance Landau
  30. 1985BrazilMrs. Ida Lowry
  31. 1983Jack and the BeanstalkJack's Mother
  32. 1982Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney StoryFrances Clooney
  33. 1982For Lovers OnlyBea Winchell
  34. 1981Time BanditsMrs. Ogre
  35. 1980Scout's HonorPearl Bartlett
  36. 1979Diary of a Teenage HitchhikerElaine Thurston
  37. 1978Getting MarriedVera Lesser
  38. 1977Little Ladies of the NightMiss Colby
  39. 1976Liza’s Pioneer DiaryAunt Sara
  40. 1976Wanted: The Sundance WomanMattie Riley
  41. 1976Baby Blue MarineMrs. Hudkins
  42. 1976Family PlotMrs. Maloney
  43. 1976James DeanClaire Folger
  44. 1975The HindenburgMrs. Mildred Breslau
  45. 1975The First 36 Hours of Dr. DurantNurse Katherine Gunther
  46. 1975Cage Without a KeyMrs. Little
  47. 1975The Family Nobody WantedMrs. Bittner
  48. 1975The Legend of Lizzie BordenEmma Borden
  49. 1974The Autobiography of Miss Jane PittmanLady at House
  50. 1974LocustsClaire Fletcher
  51. 1974LarryMaureen Whitten
  52. 1974Dr. MaxLibby Oppel
  53. 1971The HospitalMarilyn Mead
  54. 1955Wine of MorningIrene