Katherine Helmond
Acting
Born July 5, 1929 · Galveston, Texas, USA
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 · 40 titles
The Love Boat
Coach
Tony Awards
Golden Globe Awards
True Blood
Mannix
Strong Medicine
Batman: The Animated Series
Everybody Loves Raymond
The Six Million Dollar Man
Cagney & Lacey
Cars 2
Who's the Boss?
Gunsmoke
Cars 3
The Wild Thornberrys
Barnaby Jones
The Bionic Woman
Cars
The Tony Danza Show
The Bob Newhart Show
Providence
Medical Center
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Rookies
Pound Puppies
Harry's Law
The Upper Hand
Benson
Soap
Harry O
Petrocelli
The Comedy Factory
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Brazil
Joe Forrester
Overboard
$weepstake$
The Snoop Sisters
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales