Katherine Helmond

Katherine Helmond (born July 5, 1928 as Catherine Marie Helmond in Galveston, Texas) is an American film and television actress.

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July 5 - 1928 - Helmond - Galveston, Texas - American - Film - Television - Actress

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Helmond is best-known for her role as Jessica Tate, the addled matriarch from the TV sitcom Soap. She was a lead player on the series from 1977 until it was cancelled in 1981, under pressure from the newly organized Moral Majority. She later starred as Mona Robinson in the sitcom Who's the Boss? with Judith Light, Alyssa Milano and Tony Danza.

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Sitcom - Soap - Moral Majority - Sitcom - Who's the Boss? - Judith Light - Alyssa Milano - Tony Danza

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More recently she has guest starred on Everybody Loves Raymond as Debra's mother (and Raymond's mother-in-law), who has no idea how devious her son-in-law is or why her husband (played by Robert Culp) left her for a rather worn-out older woman.

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Everybody Loves Raymond - Debra - Raymond - Robert Culp

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She also appeared in the 1985 film Brazil as Mrs. Ida Lowry, the plastic surgery and youth-obsessed mother of the principal character, Sam Lowry (played by the Welsh-born British actor, Jonathan Pryce).

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1985 - Brazil - Plastic surgery - Jonathan Pryce

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