
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
7/5/1929
Place of Birth
Galveston, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Katherine Marie Helmondکاترین هلموند
Katherine Helmond
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 ...
Known For

Cars 2
as Lizzie (voice)

Cars 3
as Lizzie (voice)

Cars
as Lizzie (voice)

The Spy Within
as Dr. Pamela Schilling

Brazil
as Mrs. Ida Lowry

Ms. Scrooge
as Maude Marley

Grass Roots
as Emma Carr

The Hospital
as Marilyn Mead

Frank and Ava
as Betty

Locusts
as Claire Fletcher

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

Shadey
as Lady Constance Landau

Living in Fear
as Mrs. Ford

Mater and the Ghostlight
as Lizzie (voice)

Lady in White
as Amanda

Mr. St. Nick
as Queen Carlotta

Overboard
as Edith Mintz

Getting Married
as Vera Lesser

A Grandpa for Christmas
as Roxie Famosa

Dr. Max
as Libby Oppel