*** Welcome to piglix ***

Doris Roberts

Doris Roberts
DorisRobertsApr2011.jpg
Roberts in April 2011
Born Doris May Green
(1925-11-04)November 4, 1925
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died April 17, 2016(2016-04-17) (aged 90)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death Stroke
Resting place Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Occupation Actress
Years active 1951–2016
Spouse(s)
  • Michael E. Cannata (m. 1956; div. 1962)
  • William Goyen (m. 1963; his death 1983)
Children 1

Doris Roberts (born Doris May Green; November 4, 1925 – April 17, 2016) was an American actress, author, and philanthropist whose career spanned six decades of television. She appeared as a guest on many talk and variety shows, along with appearing as a panelist on several game shows. She was an advocate of animal rights and animal-rights activism, supporting groups such as the United Activists for Animal Rights.

Roberts started in films in 1961, and had prominent roles in movies, including playing opposite Shirley Stoler in The Honeymoon Killers (1969), Elliott Gould in Little Murders (1971), Steven Keats in Hester Street (1975), Billy Crystal in Rabbit Test (1978), Robert Carradine in Number One with a Bullet (1987), and Cady McClain in Simple Justice (1989), among many others. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which began in 1951. She achieved continuing success for her co-starring role as Raymond Barone's mother, Marie Barone, on the long-running CBS sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005). She played Mildred Krebs in Remington Steele from 1983 to 1987. Towards the end of her acting career, she also had a prominent role opposite Tyler Perry in Madea's Witness Protection (2012).


...
Wikipedia

...