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Frank and Ava
2020
5.1
Katherine Helmond
Acting
Birth date
July 5, 1929
Birth place
Galveston, Texas, USA
Death date
February 23, 2019
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 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.
Featured in
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The Radiator Springs 500½
2014
6.2
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Collaborator
2011
4.7
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Mater and the Ghostlight
2006
6.2
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Beethoven's 5th
2003
5.3
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Mr. St. Nick
2002
5.6
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Living in Fear
2000
3.9
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The Perfect Nanny
2000
6.1
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
7.2
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Ms. Scrooge
1997
5.2
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The Flight of the Dove
1994
4.6
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Amore!
1993
3.2
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The Elvira Show
1993
10.0
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Inside Monkey Zetterland
1992
3.2
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The Perfect Tribute
1991
6.0
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Lady in White
1988
6.1
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Overboard
1987
6.8
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Shadey
1985
4.4
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Brazil
1985
7.7
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Jack and the Beanstalk
1983
5.0