
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. Some info from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944

Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944

Mannix
TV • 1967

Mannix
TV • 1967

The Love Boat
TV • 1977

The Love Boat
TV • 1977

Strong Medicine
TV • 2000

True Blood
TV • 2008

Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982

Coach
TV • 1989

Everybody Loves Raymond
TV • 1996

The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974

Batman: The Animated Series
TV • 1992

Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973

Medical Center
TV • 1969

Who's the Boss?
TV • 1984

Providence
TV • 1999

The Wild Thornberrys
TV • 1998