Katherine Helmond
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 5, 1929
- Died
- February 23, 2019
- Birthplace
- Galveston, Texas, USA
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 Newhart 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Katherine Helmond, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Frank and Ava 2018
as Betty
Cars 3 2017
as Lizzie (voice)
The Radiator Springs 500½ 2014
as Lizzie (voice)
Time Travel Mater 2012
as Lizzie (voice)
Collaborator 2011
as Irene Longfellow
Cars 2 2011
as Lizzie (voice)
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales 2008
as Lizzie (voice)
What Is Brazil? 2008
as Self
A Grandpa for Christmas 2007
as Roxie Famosa
Mater and the Ghostlight 2006
as Lizzie (voice)
Cars 2006
as Lizzie (voice)
Beethoven's 5th 2003
as Crazy Cora Wilkens
Mr. St. Nick 2002
as Queen Carlotta
Living in Fear 2000
as Mrs. Ford
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale 2000
as Shatzie
The Perfect Nanny 2000
as Mrs. McBride
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998
as Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
Ms. Scrooge 1997
as Maude Marley
The Spy Within 1994
as Dr. Pamela Schilling
Amore! 1993
as Mildred Schwartz
The Elvira Show 1993
as Minerva
Inside Monkey Zetterland 1992
as Honor Zetterland
Grass Roots 1992
as Emma Carr
Deception: A Mother’s Secret 1991
as Geena Milner
The Perfect Tribute 1991
as Farm Woman
When Will I Be Loved? 1990
as Barbara Patterson
Lady in White 1988
as Amanda
Save the Dog! 1988
Actor
Overboard 1987
as Edith Mintz
Christmas Snow 1986
as Mrs. Mutterance
Shadey 1985
as Lady Constance Landau
Brazil 1985
as Mrs. Ida Lowry
Jack and the Beanstalk 1983
as Jack's Mother
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story 1982
as Frances Clooney
For Lovers Only 1982
as Bea Winchell
Time Bandits 1981
as Mrs. Ogre
Scout's Honor 1980
as Pearl Bartlett
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker 1979
as Elaine Thurston
Getting Married 1978
as Vera Lesser
Little Ladies of the Night 1977
as Miss Colby
- Liza’s Pioneer Diary
Liza’s Pioneer Diary 1976
as Aunt Sara
Wanted: The Sundance Woman 1976
as Mattie Riley
Baby Blue Marine 1976
as Mrs. Hudkins
Family Plot 1976
as Mrs. Maloney
James Dean 1976
as Claire Folger
The Hindenburg 1975
as Mrs. Mildred Breslau
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant 1975
as Nurse Katherine Gunther
Cage Without a Key 1975
as Mrs. Little
The Family Nobody Wanted 1975
as Mrs. Bittner
The Legend of Lizzie Borden 1975
as Emma Borden
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman 1974
as Lady at House
Locusts 1974
as Claire Fletcher
Larry 1974
as Maureen Whitten
Dr. Max 1974
as Libby Oppel
The Hospital 1971
as Marilyn Mead
Wine of Morning 1955
as Irene
Credits from TMDB.