Katherine Marie Helmond

 Katherine Marie Helmond (July 5, 1929 – February 23, 2019)

Over her five decades of television acting, she is known for her starring role as Jessica Tate on the sitcom Soap (1977–1981) and her co-starring role as 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 picked up Emmy nominations for her role as Mona Robinson in Who's the Boss and as Lois Whelan in Everybody Loves Raymond. She has also appeared as a guest on several talk and variety shows. Helmond has had many supporting roles in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot (1976) and Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985). She also voiced Lizzie in the three Cars films by Disney/Pixar. She was married twice, her second marriage was from 1962 until her death. Katherine Helmond died February 23, 2019 of Alzheimer’s complications at her home in Los Angeles. She was 89.