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 moth...
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Brazil
As Mrs. Ida Lowry
Cars
As Lizzie (voice)
Shadey
As Lady Constance Landau
Getting Married
As Vera Lesser
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
As Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
Overboard
As Edith Mintz
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
Family Plot
As Mrs. Maloney
Beethoven's 5th
As Crazy Cora Wilkens
The Elvira Show
As Aunt Minerva
Time Bandits
As Mrs. Ogre
Mr. St. Nick
As Queen Carlotta
The Hospital
As Marilyn Mead
The Hindenburg
As Mrs. Mildred Breslau
Lady in White
As Amanda
Wine of Morning
As Irene
A Grandpa for Christmas
As Roxie Famosa
Christmas Snow
As Mrs. Mutterance
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
As Elaine Thurston
Collaborator
As Irene Longfellow
Time Travel Mater
As Lizzie (voice)
The Flight of the Dove
As Dr. Pamela Schilling
Ms. Scrooge
As Maude Marley
Inside Monkey Zetterland
As Honor Zetterland
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
As Nurse Katherine Gunther
The Family Nobody Wanted
As Mrs. Bittner
Locusts
As Claire Fletcher
Scout's Honor
As Pearl Bartlett
Little Ladies of the Night
As Miss Colby
Dr. Max
As Libby Oppel
Baby Blue Marine
As Mrs. Hudkins
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
As Emma Borden
Cage Without a Key
As Mrs. Little
Grass Roots
As Emma Carr
When Will I Be Loved?
As Barbara Patterson
Cars 2
As Lizzie (voice)
Frank and Ava
As Betty
Amore!
As Mildred Schwartz
Save the Dog!
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
As Frances Clooney
Living in Fear
As Mrs. Ford
The Perfect Nanny
As Mrs. McBride
Jack and the Beanstalk
As Jack's Mother
James Dean
As Claire Folger
Cars 3
As Lizzie (voice)
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
As Mattie Riley
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
As Lizzie
The Radiator Springs 500½
As Lizzie (voice)
What Is Brazil?
As Self
Mater and the Ghostlight
As Lizzie (voice)
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
As Lady at House
The Perfect Tribute
As Farm Woman
Larry
As Maureen Whitten
For Lovers Only
As Bea Winchell
The Tony Danza Show
As Self - Guest
The Rookies
Who's the Boss?
As Mona Robinson
Providence
As Rose Bidwell
The Bionic Woman
Everybody Loves Raymond
As Lois Whelan
Girls On Top
As Goldie
The Bob Newhart Show
Soap
As Jessica Tate
Mannix
Gunsmoke
As Ena Spratt
Faerie Tale Theatre
As Jack's Mother
Strong Medicine
As Cicely Nordeco
Harry O
Adam's Rib
As Martha Layne
Meeting of Minds
Spencer's Pilots
Sweepstakes
Joe Forrester
Batman: The Animated Series
As Connie (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
As Dugong (voice)
True Blood
As Caroline Bellefleur
World War III
As Dorothy Longworth
Pound Puppies
As Mildred (voice)
The Love Boat
As Harriet Darnell Stevens
The Six Million Dollar Man
As Middy
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
As Hedda Hopper
The Upper Hand
As Madame Alexandra
Pearl
As Mrs. Sally Colto
Petrocelli
As Nancy Berwick
Tony Awards
As Self - Nominee
Benson
As Jessica Tate
Golden Globe Awards
As Self - Winner
The Snoop Sisters
As Cissy Prine
Coach
As Doris Sherman
Medical Center
As Rachel Weldman