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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.
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As actor
Frank and Ava
Cars 3
The Radiator Springs 500½
Time Travel Mater
Collaborator
Cars 2
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
What Is Brazil?
A Grandpa for Christmas
Cars
Mater and the Ghostlight
Beethoven's 5th
Mr. St. Nick
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
Living in Fear
The Perfect Nanny
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Ms. Scrooge
The Spy Within
The Elvira Show
Amore!
Inside Monkey Zetterland
Grass Roots
The Perfect Tribute
Deception: A Mother’s Secret
When Will I Be Loved?
Lady in White
Save the Dog!
Overboard
Christmas Snow