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 19771981 and her costarring role as feisty mother Mona Robinson on Whos the Boss 19841992 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 Hitchcocks Family Plot 1976 Terry Gilliams Brazil 1985 and Overboard 1987 She also voiced Lizzie in the Cars trilogy by DisneyPixar Some info from Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
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