Katherine Helmond

Katherine Helmond

1929-07-05 Galveston, Texas, USA 57 Credits

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. Sh...

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Frank and Ava

Frank and Ava

2020

as Betty

5.1
Acting

A destitute Frank Sinatra pursues sultry starlet Ava Gardner while campaigning for the lead in 'From Here to Eternity'.

Cars 3

Cars 3

2017

as Lizzie (voice)

6.9
Acting

Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in th...

The Radiator Springs 500½

The Radiator Springs 500½

2014

as Lizzie (voice)

6.3
Acting

A 'leisurely drive' planned in honor of Radiator Springs’ town founder, Stanley, turns precarious as Baja pros descend on the town and challenge Light...

Time Travel Mater

Time Travel Mater

2012

as Lizzie (voice)

6.1
Acting

When a clock lands on Mater's engine, he travels back in time to 1909 where he meets Stanley, an ambitious young car on his way to California. With th...

Collaborator

Collaborator

2011

as Irene Longfellow

4.7
Acting

A playwright whose marriage and career are in a free fall has an explosive run-in with his former neighbor, a right-wing ex-con.

Cars 2

Cars 2

2011

as Lizzie (voice)

6.2
Acting

Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rock...

Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales

Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales

2010

as Lizzie

6.9
Acting

Mater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable stories.

Pixar Short Films

Pixar Short Films

2009

as Lizzie (voice)

Acting

A collection of 20 computer-animated short films including "Rescue Squad Mater", "Jack-Jack Attack", and Oscar-winners "For The Birds", "Geri's Game",...

What Is Brazil?

What Is Brazil?

2008

as Self

6.4
Acting

Rob Hedden's witty on-set documentary captures the revolutionary air that had begun to swirl around Brazil even before the controversy surrounding its...

A Grandpa for Christmas

A Grandpa for Christmas

2007

as Roxie Famosa

6.4
Acting

An old-time movie-star singer/ hoofer rebonds with his estranged daughter and 9-year-old granddaughter.

Mater and the Ghostlight

Mater and the Ghostlight

2006

as Lizzie (voice)

6.2
Acting

Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo's V8...

Cars

Cars

2006

as Lizzie (voice)

7.0
Acting

Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself u...

Beethoven's 5th

Beethoven's 5th

2003

as Crazy Cora Wilkens

5.3
Acting

When Sara takes Beethoven to spend summer vacation with wacky Uncle Freddie in an old mining town, the mischievous canine "digs up" the missing clue t...

Mr. St. Nick

Mr. St. Nick

2002

as Queen Carlotta

5.6
Acting

King Nicholas XX is ready to retire and pass the throne to his son, Nick St. Nicholas. But he is a no-show, preferring his lavish seaside lifestyle an...

Living in Fear

Living in Fear

2000

as Mrs. Ford

3.9
Acting

A man returning to his childhood home for the reading of a will is met with hostility. Do the townsfolk know more about him than his new wife?

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

2000

3.4
Acting

Three broke men try to become rich by finding rich women.

The Perfect Nanny

The Perfect Nanny

2000

as Mrs. McBride

6.1
Acting

Upon her release from a mental institution where she was recovering from a suicide attempt, Andrea McBride applies for the position of nanny for a han...

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998

as Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel

7.2
Acting

Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycl...

Ms. Scrooge

Ms. Scrooge

1997

as Maude Marley

5.2
Acting

Television movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita Scrooge treats her employees and customers poorly. She ha...

The Flight of the Dove

The Flight of the Dove

1994

as Dr. Pamela Schilling

4.6
Acting

An explosives expert fleeing his past and a beautiful spy trading sex for secrets find themselves in love and fighting the spy ring out to kill them.

Amore!

Amore!

1993

as Mildred Schwartz

3.2
Acting

Saul Schwartz, a married successful businessman, is bored with his life and decides he has had enough. So he gets a divorce, quits his job, and goes o...

The Elvira Show

The Elvira Show

1993

as Aunt Minerva

10.0
Acting

Filmed for CBS in 1993, this unaired pilot features the witch Elvira, her aunt, and their pet cat welcoming a long-lost niece into their new Kansas ho...

Inside Monkey Zetterland

Inside Monkey Zetterland

1992

as Honor Zetterland

3.2
Acting

An off beat comedy about an out of work screen writing/artist that complains about being too cool, too talented and way too gay.

Grass Roots

Grass Roots

1992

as Emma Carr

Acting

This sequel to the 1983 miniseries, "Chiefs," continues the saga of the Lee family with Will Lee, an ambitious Georgia lawyer running for the U.S. Sen...

Deception: A Mother’s Secret

1991

as Geena Milner

Acting

When a widower tries to adopt his wife’s son he’s shocked by what he discovers about her past.

The Perfect Tribute

The Perfect Tribute

1991

as Farm Woman

6.0
Acting

A boy risks life and limb to travel across the war-torn southern states of America during the height of hostilities in the Civil War, hoping to visit ...

When Will I Be Loved?

When Will I Be Loved?

1990

as Barbara Patterson

Acting

Three disillusioned wives who are contemplating divorce compare notes on their stormy marriages.

Lady in White

Lady in White

1988

as Amanda

6.1
Acting

Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago. Shortly after...

Save the Dog!

1988

Acting

Becky wants to become an actress. After an audition for a dog food ad she has best chances to get the part - but the day after her dog Petey becomes v...

Overboard

Overboard

1987

as Edith Mintz

6.8
Acting

Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after J...

Christmas Snow

Christmas Snow

1986

as Mrs. Mutterance

6.0
Acting

A shop owner who is being evicted at Christmas rescues her Scrooge-like landlord from an accident.

Shadey

Shadey

1985

as Lady Constance Landau

4.4
Acting

A young man discovers that not only does he have the ability to read minds, but that if he holds a camera next to his head he can transmit the thought...

Brazil

Brazil

1985

as Mrs. Ida Lowry

7.7
Acting

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautif...

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

1983

as Jack's Mother

5.0
Acting

Imaginative and creative Jack seeks adventure while trying to provide for himself and his mother. Will he ever solve the mystery of how his father die...

Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story

Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story

1982

as Frances Clooney

Acting

The story of singer Rosemary Clooney's rise to fame, her marriage to Jose Ferrer, and her nervous breakdown.

For Lovers Only

For Lovers Only

1982

as Bea Winchell

Acting

A man, his daughter, and son-in-law run a honeymoon resort in the Poconos.

Time Bandits

Time Bandits

1981

as Mrs. Ogre

6.6
Acting

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purl...

Scout's Honor

Scout's Honor

1980

as Pearl Bartlett

5.5
Acting

Gary Coleman stars as little Joey Seymour, a clever but lonely orphan shuffled from one foster home to the next, who is also determined to be the best...

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker

1979

as Elaine Thurston

6.0
Acting

A rebellious 17-year-old girl ignores parental advice and joins her friends as a beach-bound regular on the local hitchhiking circuit, being picked up...

Getting Married

Getting Married

1978

as Vera Lesser

4.0
Acting

A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in marriage before she weds another man.

Little Ladies of the Night

Little Ladies of the Night

1977

as Miss Colby

3.3
Acting

The sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles Police detective Lyle York was murdered working the streets a few years ago. Since his reform, he has te...

Liza’s Pioneer Diary

1976

as Aunt Sara

Acting

The story of a gentle, unsure young woman who grows in maturity and self-reliance as she travels across the American plains in 1848 in a wagon train w...

Wanted: The Sundance Woman

Wanted: The Sundance Woman

1976

as Mattie Riley

6.4
Acting

Katharine Ross repeats her portrayal of Etta Place (from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid") in this adventure of the fugitive who, alone and desper...

Baby Blue Marine

Baby Blue Marine

1976

as Mrs. Hudkins

4.9
Acting

A would-be Marine fails basic training, and is sent home wearing the "baby blue" fatigues of a washout. En route, he is mugged by a battle-fatigued Ma...

Family Plot

Family Plot

1976

as Mrs. Maloney

6.7
Acting

Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

James Dean

James Dean

1976

as Claire Folger

4.7
Acting

A dramatization of the story of legendary movie actor James Dean. The film's writer, William Bast, had roomed with Dean in the early '50s, when both w...

The Hindenburg

The Hindenburg

1975

as Mrs. Mildred Breslau

6.3
Acting

Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security....

The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant

The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant

1975

as Nurse Katherine Gunther

Acting

A young doctor fresh out of medical school takes a job at a big-city hospital, and on his first day finds himself making life-and-death decisions.

Cage Without a Key

Cage Without a Key

1975

as Mrs. Little

6.0
Acting

A high school girl who needs a ride accepts one from a boy she doesn't know. He then forces her to participate in a robbery, in which a clerk is kille...

The Family Nobody Wanted

The Family Nobody Wanted

1975

as Mrs. Bittner

5.8
Acting

A minister and his wife take in poor and troubled children that nobody else wants and soon they find themselves with a family of a dozen kids.

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

1975

as Emma Borden

6.8
Acting

A dramatization of the famous 1893 Massachusetts trial of the woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.

Locusts

Locusts

1974

as Claire Fletcher

4.8
Acting

A swarm of locusts appears on the horizon near a Midwestern town and the inhabitants must find a way to destroy or divert them before the insects devo...

Larry

Larry

1974

as Maureen Whitten

5.5
Acting

A man who has been confined from early childhood to a dubiously run home for the mentally challenged is transferred to a state mental hospital when th...

Dr. Max

Dr. Max

1974

as Libby Oppel

Acting

A small-town doctor neglects his family to look after his patients.

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

1974

as Lady at House

6.6
Acting

In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turn...

The Hospital

The Hospital

1971

as Marilyn Mead

6.6
Acting

Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospit...

Wine of Morning

Wine of Morning

1955

as Irene

5.5
Acting

A story of bloodshed and shipwreck, of intrigue and murder, of love and redemption. The film traces the life of Joel, a promising young man who turns ...