Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Doris May Roberts (November 4, 1925 – April 17, 2016) was an American actress of film, stage and television. She has received five Emmy Awards. With a seven-decade career, she is most widely known for playing Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996–2005. Description above from the Wikipedia article Doris Roberts, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Every Act of Life
2018
as Self
The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbreaking plays and musicals, the struggle for gay righ...
The Red Maple Leaf
2017
as Mrs. Samantha Adams
A detective, who is deeply grieving over the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, becomes determined to find the kidnapped daughter of the U.S. Ambas...
The Secret of Joy
2016
as Woman of the Flowers / Grandma
A girl's dream in King Arthur's world, a land populated by valiant knights, beautiful fairies, little elves and monsters to be defeated. A world of be...
Job's Daughter
2016
as Ruth Morrison
A troubled teenager walks into a grocery store carrying assault rifles killing many people. An investigation is held to answer questions as to why the...
Merry Kissmas
2015
as Mrs. Billing
Unwinding her relationship from a controlling choreographer, Kayla happens to take an elevator ride with lonesome caterer “Dustin”. The lift stalls, a...
No Deposit
2015
as Kat Nugent
Mickey Ryan falls from grace due to a series of downward spiraling events beyond his control. With his life turned upside down, Mickey tries valiantly...
Touched
2014
as Norma
Acclaimed author and recluse Norma Boswell is reaching the end of her days. She has kept her terminal diagnosis secret from everyone around her, her h...
The Little Rascals Save the Day
2014
as Grandma
When the Little Rascals are unable to raise enough money to save their grandma's bakery from shutting down, their only hope is to win a local talent s...
Madea's Witness Protection
2012
as Barbara
For years, mild-mannered Wall Street banker George Needleman has meandered through life oblivious to his family's dysfunction and his company's malfea...
Margarine Wars
2012
as Grandma Betty Johansson
A sixties psychedelic counterculture clash occurs during the "Summer of Love" when an aspiring hippie from New York dupes the son of a Swedish dairy f...
Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
2011
as Mrs. Thompson (voice)
Phineas and Ferb get trapped in an alternate dimension where the evil Doofenshmirtz rules the tri-state area. They must find a way back home with the ...
Call Me Mrs. Miracle
2010
as Mrs. Merkle / Mrs. Miracle
Mrs Merkle (or Mrs. Miracle as she is know by some) finds herself in a toy department of a department store that is having all kinds of financial prob...
Another Harvest Moon
2010
as Alice
Another Harvest Moon is a tender drama about four elderly Americans coping with life in a nursing home. FRANK, ELLA, ALICE and JUNE gather each mornin...
Mrs. Miracle
2009
as Mrs. Merkle
Overwhelmed widower Seth Webster is searching for a housekeeper to help him with his unruly six year old twin sons. "Mrs. Miracle" mysteriously appear...
Aliens in the Attic
2009
as Nana Rose Pearson
A group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens.
Play the Game
2009
as Rose Sherman
When ladies' man David Mitchell (Paul Campbell) gives his lonely grandfather, Joe (Andy Griffith), some pointers on dating, Joe becomes a big hit with...
Eloise Goes to School
2007
After Eloise s tutor Philip quits, nanny enrolls her in the prestigious Hawthorne academy. Eloise can t wait to being real school, but soon finds out ...
Keeping Up with the Steins
2006
as Rose Fiedler
All hilarity breaks loose in this heartwarming coming-of-age comedy when three generations of Fiedlers collide in a crazy family reunion. As they prep...
Our House
2006
as Ruth
March 25, 2006 Ruth Galloway is a well-to-do socialite who's not quite as secure inside as she seems from the outside. When a young woman named Billy...
I-See-You.com
2006
as Doris Bellinger
A 17-year-old boy buys mini-cameras and displays the footage online at I-see-you.com. The cash rolls in as the site becomes a major hit. Everyone seem...
Grandma's Boy
2006
as Grandma Lilly
Even though he's 35, Alex acts more like he's 13, spending his days as the world's oldest video game tester and his evenings developing the next big X...
Raising Waylon
2004
as Marie
Café-owner Reg and photographer Julia become the unplanned guardians of their godson Waylon after his parents pass away.
A Time to Remember
2003
as Maggie Calhoun
An artist and single mother returns to her childhood home to patch things up with her mother who has Alzheimers disease.
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
2003
as Peggy Roberts
TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but th...
The Sons of Mistletoe
2001
as Margie
A foster home for boys is in danger of being closed when its benefactor dies.
All Over the Guy
2001
as Esther
A contemporary romantic comedy exploring the unlikely pairing of two 20-somethings thrown together by their respective best friends in hopes of igniti...
One True Love
2000
as Lilian
A firefighter falls in love with a woman after he rescues her from a car crash.
A Fish in the Bathtub
1999
as Frieda
A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to keep in the bathtub.
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
1998
as Auntie Shrew (voice)
The rats and mice, made intellectually superior in the original Secret of N.I.M.H., return to Thorn Valley to groom their destined leader - young Timm...
My Giant
1998
as Rose Kaminski
Sammy, an agitated agent lost in the forest of the modern world, happens upon a gentle giant with a tall talent for friendship named Max.
A Thousand Men and a Baby
1997
as Sister Philomena
An American soldier finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster. The aircraft's crew welcomed him enthusiastically to provide necessary medical care, but th...
The Grass Harp
1996
as Mrs. Richards
Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in ...
A Time to Heal
1994
A paralyzed mother recovers from a stroke during childbirth with care from her husband.
The Night We Never Met
1993
as Lion's Den Nosy Neighbor
Sam has a problem with his roommates: they are disgusting, and don't seem to share his views on responsibility, privacy, and basic hygine. Such is his...
Used People
1992
as Tante Lonnie
At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend of her husband, whose advice ye...
The Sunset Gang
1991
as Mimi Finkelstein (segment "Yiddish")
Three stories about the Jewish elderly in Florida: in "Yiddish," a man and a woman, both married to others, form a bond through their native language;...
A Mom for Christmas
1990
as Philomena
A department store mannequin comes to life during the holiday season for a motherless little girl who wishes she had a mom for Christmas, and proceeds...
Honeymoon Academy
1989
as Mrs. Nelson
A honeymooning couple become entangled in a plot to recover plates for counterfeiting US dollars. SHE thinks she's just retired from a government 'dir...
Simple Justice
1989
as Anna DiLorenzo
When an unknown assailant viciously murders the participants in a bank robbery and murder case, it could be a case of vigilante justice - that is, if ...
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989
as Francis
It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and th...
Number One with a Bullet
1987
as Mrs. Barzak
Number One with a Bullet is a 1987 American police detective film directed by Jack Smight. A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, a...
Alvin Goes Back to School
1986
1986 NBC Saturday Morning preview special.
A Letter to Three Wives
1985
as Sadie Finney
Three women are going on a trip that leaves them incommunicado with the rest of the world, but before they leave, a woman who either has a history or ...
California Girls
1985
as Mrs. Bowzer
A New Jersey auto mechanic travels to California to find the girl of his dreams and woos a bikini fashion model while the time quarreling with her hig...
Another Woman's Child
1983
as Myrna
Mike and Terry DeBray are a happily married couple whose lives change when the young daughter that Tony fathered out of wedlock suddenly appears and c...
Love in the Present Tense
1982
as Maggie
Vera Jenkins is a beautiful ex-model, who at the height of her fame, met with tragedy that locked her into seclusion for seventeen years. Now she must...
The Diary of Anne Frank
1980
as Petronella van Daan
The story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.
The Rose
1979
as Rose's Mother
Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperilled by the demands of life on the road.
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
as Marie
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to gri...
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979
as Kay
The widow of a wealthy shipbuilder tries to hold onto his business and becomes involved with boardroom intrigue in her bitter struggle to maintain con...
Once in Paris...
1978
as Brady's ex-Wife
A subtle, down-to-earth and autobiographical depiction of an American screenwriter in Paris who befriends his chauffeur and has an affair with a Briti...
Rabbit Test
1978
as Mrs. Carpenter
Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!
Ruby and Oswald
1978
as Eva
A dramatic re-creation of the four-day span preceding and following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November, 1963, drawn from authenticated e...
It Happened One Christmas
1977
as Ma Bailey
It's Christmas Eve 1944 in the small town of Bedford Falls, New York. A despondent and suicidal Mary Bailey Hatch is praying for guidance on what to d...
The Storyteller
1977
as Marion Davidoff
A television writer is troubled by accusations that a young boy's death resulted from actions the boy copied from the writer's teleplay.
Hester Street
1975
as Mrs. Kavarsky
A Russian emigre prides himself on the way he's molded himself into a real Yankee in the USA, though the world he lives in, New York's Lower East Side...
Blood Bath
1975
as Mrs. Lambert
The actors for a horror movie go out to dinner one evening with their director and tell horror stories to each other.
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
as Mayor's Wife
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
The Heartbreak Kid
1972
as Mrs. Cantrow
Three days into his Miami honeymoon with needy and unsophisticated Lila, Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. This confirms his fear that he has made a ser...
The Trouble With People
1972
as Waitress (Story 1)
The overall title for five short sketches by Neil Simon. 1: "The Greasy Diner." The story of a couple who enter a diner, take one look around, then wi...
Look Homeward, Angel
1972
as Mrs. "Fatty" Pert
The life of a young man growing up in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina during the early part of the 20th century, based on Thomas Wolfe...
Such Good Friends
1971
as Mrs. Gold
Julie Messinger, a repressed woman, grapples with her hidden passions when a routine hospital visit for her husband, Richard, spirals into chaos. As s...
A New Leaf
1971
as Mrs. Traggert
After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy botanist Henrietta Lowell.
Little Murders
1971
as Mrs. Chamberlain
A young nihilistic New Yorker copes with pervasive urban violence, obscene phone calls, rusty water pipes, electrical blackouts, paranoia, and ethnic-...
The Honeymoon Killers
1970
as Bunny
Martha Beck, an obese nurse who is desperately lonely, joins a "correspondence club" and finds a romantic pen pal in Ray Fernandez. Martha falls hard ...
Shadow Game
1969
Workers in a high-powered New York business office are stranded on the 50th floor when the power fails during the East Coast blackout of 1965.
A Lovely Way to Die
1968
as Feeney (uncredited)
A cop quits the force after too much disappointment in the system. He becomes a bodyguard of a rich recent widow. She is on trial for her husband's mu...
No Way to Treat a Lady
1968
as Sylvia Poppie
Christopher Gill is a psychotic killer who uses various disguises to trick and strangle his victims. Moe Brummel is a single and harassed New York Cit...
Divorce American Style
1967
as Hypnotic Subject
After 17 years of marriage in American suburbia, Richard and Barbara Harmon step into the new world of divorce.
Barefoot in the Park
1967
as Hotel Maid (uncredited)
In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwi...
Something Wild
1961
as Mary Ann's Co-Worker
A young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.
The Escort
N/A
A lonely and restless widow plays host to a much younger man she met on the internet.