Born: November 4, 1925 – Died: April 17, 2016
Doris Roberts, an American actress born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in New York, was the daughter of Ann (Meltzer) and Larry Green. She adopted her stepfather's surname and carved a niche for herself in the entertainment industry with her versatile acting skills and "mom-like" presence.
Early Life and Career
Roberts' journey in the performing arts began on the Broadway stage, where she honed her craft for 20 years. Her transition to film and television in the 1970s marked the start of a remarkable career. She initially appeared in character roles, earning recognition for her portrayals of complex and dynamic characters.
Roberts' breakthrough role came with the sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond," where she played the meddling, strong-willed family matriarch Marie Barone. This role won her seven Emmy nominations and four wins, solidifying her status as a beloved television icon.
Roberts continued to work well beyond the usual retirement age, appearing in various TV shows and films. Her other notable works include "Grandma's Boy," "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," and "Remington Steele."
Personal Life
Roberts was married to William Goyen until his death and had a son, Michael Cannata. She was known for her husky, resonant voice and her ability to bring depth and humor to her roles.
Legacy
Doris Roberts left an indelible mark on Hollywood with her memorable performances, particularly in television. Her portrayal of Marie Barone is remembered fondly by audiences, and her ability to blend humor with heart made her an enduring figure in the industry. Roberts' legacy is one of versatility, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to her craft.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Zizi and Honeyboy (Short) | Zizi |
| 2016 | The Escort (Short) | Margaret |
| 2016 | JOB's Daughter | Ruth Morrison |
| 2016 | The Red Maple Leaf | Mrs. Samantha Adams |
| 2016 | Doritos: Swipe for Doritos (Video) | Unknown |
| 2015 | Merry Kissmas (TV Movie) | Mrs. Billing |
| 2015 | Adam Astra Casting (TV Movie) | Dame Daisy Phillips | Lois Willard | Lana delPeno ... |
| 2015 | The Secret of Joy (Short) | Woman of the Flowers | Grandma |
| 2015 | La Trattoria Sitcom (TV Movie) | Ma Valentino |
| 2015 | No Deposit | Kat Nugent |
| 2015 | The Manager (Short) | Madame |
| 2014 | The Birthday Boys (TV Series) | Mrs. Steenburg |
| 2014 | Microwave (Short) | Baba |
| 2013–2014 | Melissa & Joey (TV Series) | Sofia |
| 2014 | The 4 to 9ers: The Day Crew (TV Series) | Mrs. Doyle |
| 2014 | The Little Rascals Save the Day (Video) | Grandma |
| 2014 | Touched by Romance (TV Movie) | Norma |
| 2013 | Major Crimes (TV Series) | Vera Walker |
| 2013 | Just Another Man's Story (Short) | Connie |
| 2012 | The 4 to 9ers (TV Movie) | Mrs. Doyle |
| 2012 | Madea's Witness Protection | Barbara |
| 2012 | Counter Culture (TV Movie) | Aunt Lee |
| 2012 | Desperate Housewives (TV Series) | Doris Hammond |
| 2012 | Margarine Wars | Grandma Betty Johansson |
| 2011 | Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (TV Movie) | Mrs. Thompson (voice) |
| 2011 | Hot in Cleveland (TV Series) | Lydia |
| 2010–2011 | The Middle (TV Series) | Ms. Rinsky |
| 2011 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) | Gladys Pulcher |
| 2011 | Special Agent Oso (TV Series) | Lena's Grandma (voice) |
| 2010 | Call Me Mrs. Miracle (TV Movie) | Mrs. Miracle |
| 2010 | Another Harvest Moon | Alice |
| 2009 | Mrs. Miracle (TV Movie) | Mrs. Merkle |
| 2009 | Aliens in the Attic | Nana Rose Pearson |
| 2009 | Play the Game | Rose Sherman |
| 2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) | Virginia Harrington |
| 2006 | Me, Eloise (TV Series) | (voice) |
| 2006 | The Truth and Nothing But the Truth (Short) | Grandmother |
| 2006 | Our House (TV Movie) | Ruth |
| 2006 | Keeping Up with the Steins | Rose Fiedler |
| 2006 | I-See-You.com | Doris Bellinger |
| 2006 | Grandma's Boy | Grandma Lilly |
| 1996–2005 | Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series) | Marie Barone |
| 2004 | Raising Waylon | TV Special | Great Aunt Marie |
| 2003 | A Time to Remember (TV Movie) | Maggie Calhoun |
| 2003 | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star | Peggy Roberts |
| 2003 | Lizzie McGuire (TV Series) | Grandma Ruth |
| 2002 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) | Rose de Santo |
| 2001 | The Sons of Mistletoe (TV Movie) | Margie |
| 2001 | All Over the Guy | Esther |
| 2001 | Full Circle (Short) | Sylvia |
| 2000 | One True Love (TV Movie) | Lillian |
| 2000 | The Wild Thornberrys (TV Series) | Cow #1 (voice) |
| 1999 | The King of Queens (TV Series) | Marie Barone |
| 1998 | A Day at AMC with Everybody Loves Raymond (Short) | Marie Barone |
| 1998 | The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (Video) | Auntie Shrew (voice) |
| 1998 | A Fish in the Bathtub | Frieda |
| 1998 | My Giant | Rose Kaminski |
| 1997 | Sea World and Busch Gardens Adventures: Alien Vacation! | Marie |
| 1997 | A Thousand Men and a Baby (TV Movie) | Sister Philomena |
| 1997 | Walking to Waldheim (Short) | Mina Goldblatt |
| 1997 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (TV Series) | Eunice | Doris (voice) |
| 1996 | Pebbles of Love | Mrs. Jenner |
| 1996 | High Society (TV Series) | Hazel |
| 1993–1995 | Dream On (TV Series) | Angie Pedalbee |
| 1995 | The Grass Harp | Mrs. Richards |
| 1995 | Burke's Law (TV Series) | Betsy Meadows |
| 1995 | Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) | Elaine Portugal |
| 1994 | Taffy | Unknown |
| 1994 | Step by Step (TV Series) | Aunt Edna |
| 1990–1994 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) | Mrs. Leah Colfax | Helen Owens |
| 1994 | A Time to Heal (TV Movie) | Maddy |
| 1993 | The Boys (TV Series) | Doris Greenblatt |
| 1993 | The John Larroquette Show (TV Series) | Mrs. Shenker |
| 1993 | The Night We Never Met | Lion's Den Nosy Neighbor |
| 1992 | Used People | Aunt Lonnie |
| 1991 | The Family Man (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1991 | Sunday Dinner (TV Series) | Delores |
| 1991 | American Playhouse (TV Series) | Mimi Finkelstein (segment "Yiddish") |
| 1991 | Empty Nest (TV Series) | Aunt Retha |
| 1990 | A Mom for Christmas (TV Movie) | Philomena |
| 1990 | The Ladies on Sweet Street | Bea |
| 1990 | Blind Faith (TV Mini Series) | Tessie McBride |
| 1989 | For Better or for Worse (Video) | Mrs. Nelson |
| 1989 | *National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation* | Frances Smith |
| 1989 | Simple Justice | Anna DiLorenzo |
| 1989 | Full House (TV Series) | Claire Tanner |
| 1989 | Perfect Strangers (TV Series) | Mrs. Bailey |
| 1983–1988 | Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) | Ida Kankel | Helen Freitas |
| 1987 | The Fig Tree (TV Movie) | Great Aunt Eliza |
| 1987 | If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1987 | You Are the Jury (TV Series) | Michele Loring |
| 1987 | Number One with a Bullet | Mrs. Berzak |
| 1983–1987 | Remington Steele (TV Series) | Mildred Krebs |
| 1986 | Ordinary Heroes (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1986 | Mr. Belvedere (TV Series) | Judge Westphall |
| 1986 | Alvin Goes Back to School (TV Short) | Doris |
| 1985 | A Letter to Three Wives (TV Movie) | Sadie Finney |
| 1985 | California Girls (TV Movie) | Mrs. Bowzer |
| 1985 | Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) | Mother Pig |
| 1980–1984 | The Love Boat (TV Series) | Mrs. Bush | Harriet Stevens | Rose |
| 1984 | Me & Mrs. C. (TV Movie) | Ethel Connelly |
| 1983 | Another Woman's Child (TV Movie) | Myrna |
| 1983 | Romance Theatre (TV Series) | Maggie |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere (TV Series) | Cora |
| 1981–1982 | Alice (TV Series) | Mona Spivak |
| 1981–1982 | Maggie (TV Series) | Loretta |
| 1980–1981 | Here's Boomer (TV Series) | Maxine | Liz Wiggins |
| 1979–1981 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) | Madame Cluny | Marjorie Gibbs |
| 1977–1980 | Barney Miller (TV Series) | Harriet Brauer | Louise Kaufmann |
| 1980 | The Diary of Anne Frank (TV Movie) | Mrs. Petronella Van Daan |
| 1979–1980 | Angie (TV Series) | Theresa Falco |
| 1979 | The Rose | Rose's Mother |
| 1979 | Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Marie |
| 1979 | The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (TV Series) | Crystal |
| 1979 | Jennifer: A Woman's Story (TV Movie) | Kay |
| 1978 | Once in Paris... | Brady's ex-Wife |
| 1978 | Soap (TV Series) | Flo Flotsky |
| 1978 | Rabbit Test | Mrs. Carpenter |
| 1978 | Ruby and Oswald (TV Movie) | Eva |
| 1977 | It Happened One Christmas (TV Movie) | Ma Bailey |
| 1977 | The Storyteller (TV Movie) | Marion Davidoff |
| 1977 | Blansky's Beauties (TV Series) | Francie |
| 1976 | Rhoda (TV Series) | Sylvia Levy |
| 1976 | Family (TV Series) | Etta |
| 1976 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) | Mrs. Strauss |
| 1976 | Bell, Book and Candle (TV Movie) | Aunt Enid |
| 1976 | 33 Hours in the Life of God (TV Movie) | Paula Handy |
| 1976 | Your Place or Mine? (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1976 | Viva Valdez (TV Series) | Gladys |
| 1976 | All in the Family (TV Series) | Marge |
| 1976 | Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV Series) | Dorelda Doremus |
| 1975 | Medical Center (TV Series) | Gladys Callahan |
| 1975 | Joe and Sons (TV Series) | The Widow |
| 1975 | Blood Bath | Mrs. Lambert |
| 1975 | Fay (TV Series) | Ms. Aragon |
| 1975 | Baretta (TV Series) | Mrs. Asher |
| 1975 | Hester Street | Mrs. Kavarsky |
| 1975 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) | Helen Farrell |
| 1974 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Mayor's Wife |
| 1972 | The Heartbreak Kid | Mrs. Cantrow |
| 1972 | Look Homeward, Angel (TV Movie) | Mrs. "Fatty" Pert |
| 1971 | Such Good Friends | Mrs. Gold |
| 1971 | A New Leaf | Mrs. Traggert |
| 1971 | Little Murders | Mrs. Chamberlain |
| 1970 | The Honeymoon Killers | Bunny |
| 1969 | CBS Playhouse (TV Series) | Shimmy |
| 1968 | A Lovely Way to Die | Feeney (uncredited) |
| 1968 | No Way to Treat a Lady | Sylvia Poppie |
| 1967 | Divorce American Style | Hypnotic Subject (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Barefoot in the Park | Hotel Maid (uncredited) |
| 1964–1965 | The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) | Ann Hawley | Helen Wyroski |
| 1964 | Dear Heart | Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1962–1964 | The Defenders (TV Series) | Minna Fraylock | Marjorie Hill |
| 1962–1963 | Naked City (TV Series) | Miss Tresant |
| 1963 | Ben Casey (TV Series) | Claire Forrest |
| 1961 | Something Wild | Mary Ann's Co-Worker |
| 1961 | 'Way Out (TV Series) | Edna Potter |
| 1961 | Play of the Week (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1959 | Brenner (TV Series) | Lotte Green |
| 1952 | Suspense (TV Series) | Woman |
| 1952 | Studio One (TV Series) | Madwoman |
| 1951 | Starlight Theatre (TV Series) | Operator |
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