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Katherine Helmond

Katherine Helmond

Born July 5, 1929· Galveston, Texas, USA

† Died February 23, 2019

40Roles★ 6.9Average rating

Emerging from a modest Galveston, Texas childhood marked by economic hardship, she entered the performing world without formal schooling, learning her craft through backstage work and on-stage experience. After a stage debut in the mid-1950s and a Tony-nominated turn in Eugene O'Neill’s The Great God Brown, she broke into television, gaining fame as the flamboyant matriarch Jessica Tate on the sit…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

Filmography

Batman: The Animated SeriesSeries★ 8.6
Batman: The Animated Series1992
Connie (voice)
Brazil★ 7.7
Brazil1985
Mrs. Ida Lowry
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas★ 7.2
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998
Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
Cars★ 7.1
Cars2006
Lizzie (voice)
The Wild ThornberrysSeries★ 7
The Wild Thornberrys1998
Dugong (voice)
Cars 3★ 6.9
Cars 32017
Lizzie (voice)
The RookiesSeries★ 6.9
The Rookies1972
Time Bandits★ 6.6
Time Bandits1981
Mrs. Ogre
Cars 2★ 6.2
Cars 22011
Lizzie (voice)
Beethoven's 5th★ 5.2
Beethoven's 5th2003
Crazy Cora Wilkens

Also behind the camera

The films and series they directed.

Full directing filmography