Katherine Helmond
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After decades in the business, Katherine Helmond is the kind of actress who has outlasted trends, studios and formats. Comedy keeps coming back on the credit list. 71 years of work add up to around 53 titles. The single most recognizable credit is 'Cars', playing Lizzie. She also turns up in 'Cars 2'.
Katherine Helmond
25 Movies
28 Series
After decades in the business, Katherine Helmond is the kind of actress who has outlasted trends, studios and formats. Comedy keeps coming back on the credit list. 71 years of work add up to around 53 titles. The single most recognizable credit is 'Cars', playing Lizzie. She also turns up in 'Cars 2'.
Movies
Plays Lizzie (voice)
Cars 3
2017
Plays Lizzie (voice)
Cars 2
2011
Plays Lizzie (voice)
Cars
2006
Plays Mrs. Ida Lowry
Brazil
1985
Plays Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
Plays Edith Mintz
Overboard
1987
Plays Lizzie (voice)
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
2008
Plays Mrs. Ogre
Time Bandits
1981
Plays Lizzie (voice)
Mater and the Ghostlight
2006
Plays Mrs. Maloney
Family Plot
1976
Plays Amanda
Lady in White
1988
Plays Lizzie (voice)
Time Travel Mater
2012
Plays Mrs. Mildred Breslau
The Hindenburg
1975
Plays Marilyn Mead
The Hospital
1971
Plays Crazy Cora Wilkens
Beethoven's 5th
2003
Plays Lizzie (voice)
The Radiator Springs 500½
2014
Plays Honor Zetterland
Inside Monkey Zetterland
1992
Plays Mrs. Ford
Living in Fear
2000
Plays Dr. Pamela Schilling
The Spy Within
1994
Plays Irene Longfellow
Collaborator
2011
Plays Mrs. Hudkins
Baby Blue Marine
1976
Plays Mildred Schwartz
Amore!
1993
Plays Betty
Frank and Ava
2018
Plays Irene
Wine of Morning
1955
Plays Lady Constance Landau
Shadey
1985
TV Shows
Director
Plays Mona Robinson
Who's the Boss?
1984
Plays Doris Sherman
Coach
1989
Plays Lois Whelan
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996
Plays Mrs. Sally Colto
Pearl
1978
Plays Rose Bidwell
Providence
1999
Plays Dorothy Longworth
World War III
1982
Plays Vivian Endler
The Love Boat
1977
Plays Hedda Hopper
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story
1995
Director
Plays Jessica Tate
Benson
1979
Plays Goldie
Girls On Top
1985
Plays Dr. Webster
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
Plays Ena Spratt
Gunsmoke
1955
Plays Jack's Mother
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Plays Cicely Nordeco
Strong Medicine
2000
Plays Martha Layne
Adam's Rib
1973
Plays Connie (voice)
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
Plays Dugong (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Plays Caroline Bellefleur
True Blood
2008
Plays Mildred (voice)
Pound Puppies
2010
Plays Middy
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
Plays Madame Alexandra
The Upper Hand
1990
Plays Nancy Berwick
Petrocelli
1974
Plays Cissy Prine
The Snoop Sisters
1973
Plays Rachel Weldman
Medical Center
1969
Plays Mrs. Sylvia Jarrud
Mannix
1967
Plays Edna Morrison
Barnaby Jones
1973
Plays Gloria Gold
Harry's Law
2011
Plays Mona Robinson
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Latest Trailers
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Frank and Ava
Full Filmography
Frank and Ava
Betty
2018
Film
Cars 3
Lizzie (voice)
2017
Film
The Radiator Springs 500½
Lizzie (voice)
2014
Film
Time Travel Mater
Lizzie (voice)
2012
Film
True Blood
Caroline Bellefleur · 1 episode
2011
TV
Pound Puppies
Mildred (voice) · 1 episode
2010–2011
TV
Collaborator
Irene Longfellow
2011
Film
Cars 2
Lizzie (voice)
2011
Film
Harry's Law
Gloria Gold · 1 episode
2011–
TV
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Katherine Helmond still alive?
Katherine Helmond passed away on February 23, 2019 at age 89.
What are the most famous roles of Katherine Helmond?
Katherine Helmond is best known for roles in Cars, Cars 2, Cars 3.
How many movies has Katherine Helmond been in?
Over a 64-year career (since 1955), Katherine Helmond has appeared in 25 movies and 28 TV shows.
What was Katherine Helmond's first movie?
The career of Katherine Helmond began with Wine of Morning (1955).
What is Katherine Helmond's most recent movie or series?
Katherine Helmond's most recent release is Frank and Ava, which premiered on December 7, 2018.
What TV shows has Katherine Helmond appeared in?
On television, Katherine Helmond has appeared in True Blood, Batman: The Animated Series, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Six Million Dollar Man.
Katherine Helmond
1929-07-05 · Galveston, Texas, USA
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. 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 Hitchcock's Family Plot (1976), Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985), and Overboard (1987). She also voiced Lizzie in the Cars trilogy by Disney/Pixar.
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