Doris Roberts

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{{Short description|American actress (1925–2016)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Doris Roberts
| image = DorisRobertsApr2011.jpg
| caption = Roberts in April 2011
| birth_name = Doris May Green
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|11|04}}
| birth_place = [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|04|17|1925|11|04}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| resting_place = [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]]
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1951–2016
| children = 1
| spouse = {{plain list |
* {{marriage|Michael E. Cannata|1956|1962|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[William Goyen]]|1963|1983|reason=died}}
}}
}}

'''Doris May Roberts''' ({{nee}} '''Green'''; November 4, 1925 – April 17, 2016<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/arts/television/doris-roberts-the-mother-on-everybody-loves-raymond-dies-at-90.html | title=Doris Roberts, Mother on 'Everybody Loves Raymond,' Dies at 90 | work=The New York Times | date=April 19, 2016 | last1=Fox | first1=Margalit }}</ref>) was an American actress whose career spanned seven decades of television and film. She received five [[Emmy Awards]] and a [[Screen Actors Guild]] award during her acting career, which began in 1951.

Roberts studied acting at [[Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre|The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre]] in New York City and started in films in 1961. She had several prominent film roles, including playing opposite [[Shirley Stoler]] in ''[[The Honeymoon Killers]]'' (1970), [[Elliott Gould]] in ''[[Little Murders]]'' (1971), [[Steven Keats]] in ''[[Hester Street (film)|Hester Street]]'' (1975), [[Billy Crystal]] in ''[[Rabbit Test (film)|Rabbit Test]]'' (1978), [[Robert Carradine]] in ''[[Number One with a Bullet (film)|Number One with a Bullet]]'' (1987), [[Cady McClain]] in ''Simple Justice'' (1989), among many others.

She achieved continuing success in television, becoming known for her role as Mildred Krebs in [[NBC|NBC's]] ''[[Remington Steele]]'' from 1983 to 1987 and her co-starring role as Raymond Barone's mother, [[Marie Barone]], on the [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]] sitcom ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'' (1996–2005). Towards the end of her acting career, she also had a prominent role opposite [[Tyler Perry]] in ''[[Madea's Witness Protection]]'' (2012), and ''[[The Middle (TV series)|The Middle]]''.

She appeared as a guest on many talk and variety shows, as well as a panelist on several game shows. She was an advocate of [[animal rights]] and [[animal-rights movement|animal rights activism]], supporting groups such as the [[United Activists for Animal Rights]].

==Early life==
Doris May Green was born in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], to a family of [[Russian-Jewish]] immigrants. She was raised by her mother, Ann (née Meltzer),{{Citation needed |date=September 2022}} and her maternal grandparents in [[The Bronx|The Bronx, New York]], after her father, Larry Green, deserted the family.<ref name="25ref">{{cite web|author=Kelly Wilson|url=http://members.aol.com/jennydee/dheadlines.html|title=Doris Roberts in the News|publisher=Members.aol.com|date=November 6, 2008|access-date=July 6, 2010}}</ref> Roberts' stepfather, whose surname she took as her own, was Chester H. Roberts. Chester and Roberts' mother operated the Z. L. Rosenfield Agency, a stenographic service catering to playwrights and actors.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E16FE3E5B1A7493CBA8178DD85F408785F9|title=Mrs. Chester Roberts|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 19, 1974|access-date=July 6, 2010}}</ref> By her teens, Roberts was renowned for her skill as a [[typing|typist]] and would assist with the family business. [[Ruth Finley]] was one such client who recalls her typing up final copies of ''[[The Fashion Calendar]]'' for print.

==Career==

===Film and television===
{{more citations needed|section|date=December 2016}}
Roberts' acting career began in 1951 with a role on the TV series ''[[Studio One (American TV series)|Studio One]]''. She appeared in episodes of ''[[Naked City (TV series)|The Naked City]]'' (1958-1963), ''[[Way Out (TV series)|Way Out]]'' (1961), ''[[Ben Casey]]'' (1963), and ''[[The Defenders (1961 TV series)|The Defenders]]'' (1962-1963). In 1961, she made her film debut in ''[[Something Wild (1961 film)|Something Wild]]'' (1961).

She appeared in such 1960s/1970s films as ''[[A Lovely Way to Die]]'', ''[[No Way to Treat a Lady (film)|No Way to Treat a Lady]]'', ''[[The Honeymoon Killers]]'', ''[[Such Good Friends]]'', ''[[Little Murders]]'', ''[[A New Leaf (film)|A New Leaf]]'', ''[[The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film)|The Heartbreak Kid]]'', ''[[The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film)|The Taking of Pelham One Two Three]]'', ''[[Hester Street (film)|Hester Street]]'', and ''[[Rabbit Test (film)|Rabbit Test]]''. In 1978, she appeared in a film about [[John F. Kennedy]]'s assassination, ''[[Ruby and Oswald]]'', in which she played [[Jack Ruby]]'s sister. She also appeared briefly in ''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]'', as the mother of the title character ([[Bette Midler]]) She had a very memorable, but uncredited role as the maid in "Barefoot in the Park" in 1967, with Robert Redford.

[[File:James Coco & Doris Roberts (4506536642).jpg|thumb|right|Roberts in 1980 at the premiere of ''[[Seems Like Old Times (film)|Seems Like Old Times]]'', taken by Alan Light]]
In an interview with the [[Archive of American Television]], [[Rue McClanahan]] confirmed that in 1972 she was approached by [[Norman Lear]] during the taping of an ''[[All in the Family]]'' episode to be a late replacement for Roberts, who was originally intended for the role of Vivian on ''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]''.<ref>(via [[YouTube]]){{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H4SsD5ExM4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/3H4SsD5ExM4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Rue McClanahan Interview, part 2 of 5|work=[[Archive of American Television]]|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation]]|access-date=June 3, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> (Roberts later guest starred in a 1976 ''All in the Family'' episode, "Edith's Night Out" as a bar patron who befriended Edith.)

Roberts also appeared on ''[[Alice (American TV series)|Alice]]'', playing the mother of the title character (played by her former Broadway co-star [[Linda Lavin]]); on ''[[Barney Miller]]'' in two different roles, as the wife of a man who secretly visits a sex surrogate, and (in three episodes) as the harried wife of a middle-aged man who occasionally makes erratic decisions to give his life meaning. She played the unhinged Flo Flotsky on four episodes of ''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]'', and Dorelda Doremus, a faith healer, on ''[[Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman]]''. Roberts played Theresa Falco on ''[[Angie (TV series)|Angie]]'', and later appeared as Mildred Krebs on [[NBC|NBC's]] ''[[Remington Steele]]'' from 1983-1987.

After ''Remington Steele'' ended, she starred in several films including the TV film remake of ''If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium'' (1987), ''[[Number One with a Bullet (film)|Number One with a Bullet]]'' (1987), ''Simple Justice'' (1989), [[National Lampoon Inc|National Lampoon]]'s ''[[Christmas Vacation]]'' (1989), and ''[[Used People]]'' (1992). She also appeared on ''[[Full House]]'' as Danny Tanner's mother, Claire, as well as two episodes of ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', and as lonely Aunt Edna on ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]'' among others.

[[File:DorisRobertsDec10.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Roberts in December 2010]]
Roberts achieved much of her fame for her role as [[Marie Barone]] on ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', which ran on [[CBS]] from 1996 to 2005. She was reportedly one of 100 actresses considered for the role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0203/08/lkl.00.html|title='Larry King Live' transcript, interview with ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' Cast|work=[[CNN|CNN.com]]|publisher=[[CNN]] |date=March 8, 2002|access-date=April 28, 2016}}</ref> For her work on the series, she was nominated for seven [[Emmy Award]]s (and won four times) for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She had previously won an Emmy for a guest appearance on ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'', playing a homeless woman, and was also once nominated for her role on ''Remington Steele''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/doris-roberts-dead_us_57157468e4b06f35cb707668|title=Doris Roberts, Star Of 'Everybody Loves Raymond', Dead At 90|date=April 18, 2016|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=April 19, 2016|publisher=[[AOL]] ([[Verizon Communications]])}}</ref> She was nominated for appearances on ''[[Perfect Strangers (U.S. TV series)|Perfect Strangers]]'' and a [[PBS]] special called ''The Sunset Gang''.

In 2003, she made a guest appearance as Gordo's grandmother in ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]''. The same year, she received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]. In 2006, she starred in ''[[Our House (2006 film)|Our House]]'' as a wealthy woman who took in homeless people into her own house, and in ''[[Grandma's Boy (2006 film)|Grandma's Boy]]''.

In 2007, she made a guest appearance on ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''.<ref name=":0"/> In 2008, she appeared in the romantic comedy ''[[Play the Game (2009 film)|Play the Game]]'' alongside [[Andy Griffith]], who plays a lonely widowed grandfather re-entering the dating world after a 60-year hiatus. Roberts appeared in the 2009 film ''[[Aliens in the Attic]]'', which was filmed in [[Auckland]], New Zealand. She starred as Emily Merkle (Mrs. Miracle) in the [[Hallmark Channel|Hallmark]] television film ''Mrs. Miracle'' (2009)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9C0DE0DF1531F936A35751C1A96F9C8B63.html|title=What's On Today|first= Kathryn |last=Shattuck|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 9, 2009
|accessdate=November 30, 2023}}</ref> and its sequel, ''Call Me Mrs. Miracle'' (2010).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9C06E4D61E3EF934A15752C1A9669D8B63.html|title=What's On Today|first= Kathryn |last=Shattuck|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 27, 2010
|accessdate=November 30, 2023}}</ref> She played George Needleman's mother in [[Tyler Perry]]'s ''[[Madea's Witness Protection]]'' (2012).

On September 23, 2010, she played Ms. Rinsky, [[Brick Heck]]'s teacher in the second-season premiere episode of ''[[The Middle (TV series)|The Middle]]''. This appearance reunited her with [[Patricia Heaton]], her co-star from ''Everybody Loves Raymond''. The two women's characters, of course, clash, with Heaton's Frankie Heck always managing to get pushed out of sorts into disastrous action usually resulting in some kind of public chastisement by Roberts' Rinsky, an expert at passive-aggressive manipulation. Roberts returned in two other episodes that season, "The Math Class" and the [[season finale|finale]], "Back to Summer". In 2013 she was a special guest star in the ''[[Major Crimes (TV series)|Major Crimes]]'' episode "There’s No Place Like Home".

===Stage===
Roberts' stage career began in the 1950s on [[Broadway theater|Broadway]]. She appeared in numerous [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] shows including [[William Saroyan]]'s ''[[The Time of Your Life]]'', [[William Marchant (playwright)|William Marchant]]'s ''The Desk Set'' (with [[Shirley Booth]]), [[Neil Simon]]'s ''[[The Last of the Red Hot Lovers]]'' (with [[James Coco]] and [[Linda Lavin]]) and [[Terrence McNally]]'s ''[[Bad Habits (1974 play)|Bad Habits]]''. She starred in McNally's ''Unusual Acts of Devotion'' at the LaJolla Playhouse in June 2009.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mandell Weiss Theatre|url=http://www.lajollaplayhouse.com/the-season/2009-2010-season/unusual-acts-of-devotion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529213439/http://lajollaplayhouse.com/the-season/2009-2010-season/unusual-acts-of-devotion|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 29, 2010|title=Unusual Acts of Devotion|work=[[La Jolla Playhouse]]|date=June 28, 2009|access-date=July 6, 2010}}</ref>

==Honors==
In May 2005, Roberts received an honorary doctorate of fine arts from the [[University of South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inquisitr.com/3010451/remembering-doris-roberts-1925-2016/|title=Remembering Doris Roberts|first=Jacintha|last=Webster|work=[[Inquisitr]] |date=April 18, 2016|access-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref> She was awarded the [[Ellis Island Medal of Honor]] on May 7, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/chairman-nasser-kazeminy-and-honoree-and-actor-comedian-news-photo/132799655|access-date=April 18, 2016 |work=[[Getty Images]]|title=Best of Entertainment|date=November 12, 2011 |publisher=[[The Carlyle Group]]}}</ref> She was awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in February 2003, at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36079924|access-date=April 19, 2016 |date=April 19, 2016|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|author=BBC News Staff|title=Doris Roberts: Everybody Loves Raymond star dies at 90}}</ref>

==Advocacy and other work==
On September 4, 2002, Roberts testified before a U.S. Congressional panel that [[age discrimination]] was prevalent in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0209/04/se.02.html|title=Hearings on Ageism|work=CNN|date=September 4, 2002|access-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref> She was a registered [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michelle-obama-barbra-streisand-help-675581|title=Profile|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=January 29, 2014 |access-date=April 5, 2016}}</ref>

An animal rights advocate, Roberts worked with the group Puppies Behind Bars, which works with inmates in training [[guide dog]]s and assistance dogs for the physically disabled and elderly, as well as dogs trained in explosives detection to be used by law enforcement agencies.<ref name="Puppies">{{cite web|url=http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles-theater/news/doris-roberts-dies-at-90_76770.html|title=Everybody Loves Raymond Star Doris Roberts Dies at 90|work=Theater Mania|location=[[Los Angeles]]|date=April 18, 2016|access-date=April 18, 2016 |first=Hayley|last=Levitt}}</ref> She was also active with the Children with AIDS Foundation, where she served as chairwoman.<ref name="Puppies"/>

With Danelle Morton, Roberts wrote ''Are You Hungry, Dear? Life, Laughs, and Lasagna''. The book was published by [[St. Martin's Press]] in 2003, and serves as a memoir as well as a collection of some of Roberts' recipes.<ref>{{cite book|title=Are you hungry, dear? : life, laughs, and lasagna|via=World Cat|location=United States|oclc = 51647503}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Are You Hungry, Dear? Life, Laughs, and Lasagna|isbn=978-0312312275|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |year=2004|first1=Doris|last1=Roberts|first2=Danelle|last2=Morton}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Roberts married Michael Cannata in 1956; they divorced in 1962. They had one son. She had three grandchildren. Her second husband was writer [[William Goyen]] and they were married from 1963 until his death from leukemia in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542615|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014934/http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542615|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2007|title=Doris Roberts profile at|publisher=Biography.com|access-date=July 6, 2010}}</ref>

==Death==
Roberts died in her sleep on April 17, 2016, at her home in Los Angeles following a [[stroke]], at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-me-doris-roberts-20160418-story.html|title=Doris Roberts dies at 90; Italian mamma from 'Everybody Loves Raymond'|first1=Christie|last1=D'Zurilla|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 18, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tmz.com/2016/05/06/doris-roberts-death-stroke-death-certificate|access-date=May 7, 2016|date=May 6, 2016|work=[[TMZ]] |title=Doris Roberts Died of a Stroke}}</ref> She had also suffered from [[pulmonary hypertension]] for many years before her death. Just a month after her death she was memorialized in New York City, where a public tribute was held at the Ambassador Theatre, where she appeared in 1972 in ''The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild'' with [[Maureen Stapleton]]. Among the stars attending the service were [[Ray Romano]] and [[Patricia Heaton]] (her co-stars from ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'') and actor [[David Hyde Pierce]]. Romano said of Roberts: {{cquote|Doris Roberts had an energy and a spirit that amazed me. She never stopped. Whether working professionally or with her many charities, or just nurturing and mentoring a green young comic trying to make it as an actor, she did everything with such a grand love for life and people and I will miss her dearly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/doris-roberts-dead-reactions-everybody-loves-raymond-1201739905|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419112556/http://deadline.com/2016/04/doris-roberts-dead-reactions-everybody-loves-raymond-1201739905/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 19, 2016|title=Doris Roberts: Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton & Others Remember 'Everybody Loves Raymond' Emmy Winner|publisher=Deadline |access-date=April 18, 2016|date=May 18, 2016}}</ref>}}

In another interview Romano jokingly referred to the kissing thing that Roberts would do off-camera: "You know how great she was then!" He also added: "We had a little get together for her. She was one of a kind. She can outwork it, outdrink it, good kisser, I was joking! I appreciated her."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2016/04/22/ray-romano-doris-roberts-video|title=Ray Romano Doris Roberts... Good Drinker, Good Kisser|publisher=TMZ.com |access-date=April 22, 2016|date=May 18, 2016}}</ref> Just a month after her death, he said: {{cquote|Here's how good she was: She played the most intrusive, overbearing, nosy woman{{emdash}}always starting fights and whatnot and meddling in our business{{emdash}}and yet when I asked the fans who their favorite character was, all the time it was her. She was so good at portraying the love that was underneath.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2016-05-16/everybody-loves-raymond-star-roberts-memorialized-in-nyc|title=Everybody Loves Raymond Star Roberts Memorialized in NYC|publisher=usnews.com|access-date=May 16, 2016|date=May 18, 2016}}</ref>
}} She was interred at [[Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary]] in Los Angeles, California.

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"|Notes
! class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Something Wild (1961 film)|Something Wild]]''
| Mary Ann's Co-Worker
|
|<ref name="Something Wild">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17773/something-wild |access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Something Wild}}</ref>
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Dear Heart]]''
| Desk Clerk
| rowspan=3|Uncredited
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1967
| ''[[Barefoot in the Park (film)|Barefoot in the Park]]''
| Hotel Maid
| <ref name="Barefoot in the Park">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3988/barefoot-in-the-park#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Barefoot in the Park}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Divorce American Style]]''
| Hypnotic Subject
|<ref name="Divorce American Style">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4736/no-way-to-treat-a-lady#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Divorce American Style}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|1968
| ''[[No Way to Treat a Lady (film)|No Way to Treat a Lady]]''
| Sylvia Poppie
|
|<ref name="No Way to Treat a Lady">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/23748/divorce-american-style#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=No Way to Treat a Lady}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[A Lovely Way to Die]]''
| Feeney
| Uncredited
|<ref name="A Lovely Way to Die">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/82075/a-lovely-way-to-die#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=A Lovely Way to Die}}</ref>
|-
| 1970
| ''[[The Honeymoon Killers]]''
| Bunny
|
|<ref name="The Honeymoon Killers">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78307/the-honeymoon-killers#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=The Honeymoon Killers}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3|1971
| ''[[Little Murders]]''
| Mrs. Chamberlain
|
|<ref name="Little Murders">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/81565/little-murders#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Little Murders}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[A New Leaf (film)|A New Leaf]]''
| Mrs. Traggert
|
|<ref name="A New Leaf">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84750/a-new-leaf#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=A New Leaf}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Such Good Friends]]''
| Mrs. Gold
|
|<ref name="Such Good Friends">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91812/such-good-friends|title=Such Good Friends|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1972
| ''[[The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film)|The Heartbreak Kid]]''
| Mrs. Cantrow
|
|<ref name="The Heartbreak Kid">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77593/the-heartbreak-kid#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=The Heartbreak Kid}}</ref>
|-
| 1974
| ''[[The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film)|The Taking of Pelham One Two Three]]''
| Jessie, Mayor's Wife
|
|<ref name="The Taking of Pelham One Two Three">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92255/the-taking-of-pelham-one-two-three#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=The Taking of Pelham One Two Three}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|1975
| ''[[Hester Street (film)|Hester Street]]''
| Mrs. Kavarsky
|
|<ref name="Hester Street">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77896/hester-street#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Hester Street}}</ref>
|-
| ''Blood Bath''
| Mrs. Lambert
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1978
| ''[[Rabbit Test (film)|Rabbit Test]]''
| Mrs. Carpenter
|
|<ref name="Rabbit Test">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/87516/rabbit-test#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Rabbit Test}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Once in Paris...]]''
| Brady's ex-Wife
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1979
| ''[[Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff]]''
| Marie
|
|<ref name="Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76705/good-luck-miss-wyckoff#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]''
| Mrs. Foster
|Loosely based on the life of singer [[Janis Joplin]]
|<ref name="The Rose">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/88645/the-rose#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=The Rose}}</ref>
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Number One with a Bullet (film)|Number One with a Bullet]]''
| Mrs. Barzak
|
|<ref name="Number One with a Bullet">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/85316/number-one-with-a-bullet#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Number One with a Bullet}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|1989
| ''[[National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation]]''
| Frances Smith
|
|<ref name="National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84594/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation}}</ref>
|-
| ''Simple Justice''
| Anna DiLorenzo
|
|
|-
| 1990
| ''The Ladies on Sweet Street''
| Bea
|
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Used People]]''
| Aunt Lonnie
|
|<ref name="Used People">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/18623/used-people#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Used People}}</ref>
|-
| 1993
| ''[[The Night We Never Met]]''
| Lion's Den Nosy Neighbor
|
|
|-
| 1994
| ''Taffy''
|
|
|<ref name="Taffy">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/525454/taffy#credits |access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Taffy}}</ref>
|-
| 1995
| ''[[The Grass Harp (film)|The Grass Harp]]''
| Mrs. Richards
|
| <ref name="The Grass Harp">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/443106/a-fish-in-the-bathtub#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=The Grass Harp}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|1997
| ''Walking to Waldheim''
| Mina Goldblatt
| Short drama film
|
|-
| ''Sea World and Busch Gardens Adventures: Alien Vacation!''
| Marie
|
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1998
| ''[[My Giant]]''
| Rose Kaminski
|
|<ref name="My Giant">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/327296/my-giant#credits|access-date=April 23, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=My Giant}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[A Fish in the Bathtub]]''
| Frieda
|
|<ref name="A Fish in the Bathtub">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/18861/the-grass-harp#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=A Fish in the Bathtub}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue]]''
| Auntie Shrew
|Voice
|<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Doris Roberts (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Doris-Roberts/ |access-date=October 20, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
|-
|2001
| ''[[All Over the Guy]]''
| Esther
|
|<ref name="All Over the Guy">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/450862/all-over-the-guy#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=All Over the Guy}}</ref>
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star]]''
| Peggy Roberts
|
|<ref name="Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/449512/dickie-roberts-former-child-star#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3|2006
| ''[[Grandma's Boy (2006 film)|Grandma's Boy]]''
| Grandma Lilly
|
|<ref name="Grandma's Boy">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/624696/grandmas-boy#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Grandma's Boy}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[I-See-You.Com]]''
| Doris Bellinger
|
|
|-
| ''[[Keeping Up with the Steins]]''
| Rose Fielder
|
|<ref name="Keeping Up with the Steins">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/642768/keeping-up-with-the-steins#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]] |publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |title=Keeping Up with the Steins}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|2009
| ''[[Play the Game (2009 film)|Play the Game]]''
| Rose Sherman
|
|<ref name="Play the Game">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/736353/play-the-game#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Play the Game}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Aliens in the Attic]]''
| Nana Rose Pearson
|
|<ref name="Aliens in the Attic">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/684188/aliens-in-the-attic#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Aliens in the Attic}}</ref>
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Another Harvest Moon]]''
| Alice
|
|<ref name="Another Harvest Moon">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/729943/another-harvest-moon#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Another Harvest Moon}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|2012
| ''Margarine Wars''
| Grandma Betty Johansson
|
|<ref name="Margarine Wars">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/869242/margarine-wars#credits|access-date=April 23, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Margarine Wars}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Madea's Witness Protection]]''
| Barbara
|
|<ref name="Madea's Witness Protection">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/886084/tyler-perrys-madeas-witness-protection#credits|access-date=April 19, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Madea's Witness Protection}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Little Rascals Save the Day]]''
| Grandma
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2015
| ''[[No Deposit]]''
| Kat Nugent
|
|
|-
| ''The Secret of Joy''
| Grandma
| Short
|
|-
| rowspan=3|2016
| ''[[The Red Maple Leaf]]''
| Mrs. Samantha Adams
| Posthumous release
|
|-
| ''The Escort''
| Margaret
| Short; posthumous release
|
|-
| ''Job's Daughter''
| Ruth Morrison
|Posthumous release (final feature film role)
|
|-
| 2018
| ''Zizi and Honeyboy''
| Zizi
| Short; posthumous release (final role)
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
| 1951
| ''[[Starlight Theatre (TV series)|Starlight Theatre]]''
| Operator
| Episode: "Act of God Notwithstanding"
|-
| rowspan=2|1952
| ''[[Studio One (American TV series)|Studio One in Hollywood]]''
| The Madwoman
| Episode: "Jane Eyre"
|-
| ''[[Suspense (American TV series)|Suspense]]''
| Woman
| Episode: "A Time on Innocence"
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Look Up and Live]]''
| Minnah
| Episode: "Rider Number Six"
|-
| 1961
| ''[['Way Out (TV series)|'Way Out]]''
| Edna
| Episode: "Side Show"
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]''
| Miss Tresant
| Episode: "One of the Most Important Men in the Whole World"
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Ben Casey]]''
| Claire Forest
| Episode: "Father Was an Intern"
|-
| 1969
| ''[[CBS Playhouse]]''
| Shimmy
| Episode: "Shadow Game"
|-
| rowspan=3|1975
| ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''
| Helen Ferrell
| Episode: "Phyllis Whips Inflation"
|-
| ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]''
| Gladys Callahan
| Episode: "Two Against Death"
|-
| ''[[Baretta]]''
| Mrs. Asher
| Episode: "Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth"
|-
| rowspan=6|1976
| ''[[All in the Family]]''
| Marge
| Episode: "Edith's Night Out"
|-
| ''[[Viva Valdez]]''
| Gladys
| Episode: "The Nurse's Pipes"
|-
| ''[[Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman]]''
| Dorelda Doremus
| 3 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]''
| Mrs. Strauss
| "The Thrill Killers" (Parts I and II)
|-
| ''[[Family (1976 TV series)|Family]]''
| Etta
| Episode: "Home Movie"
|-
| ''[[Rhoda]]''
| Sylvia Levy
| Episode: "Meet the Levys"
|-
| 1977
| ''[[It Happened One Christmas]]''
| Ma Bailey
| TV movie
|-
| 1978–1980
| ''[[Barney Miller]]''
| Louise Kaufmann, Harriet Brauer
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]''
| Flo Flotsky
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1979–1980
| ''[[Angie (TV series)|Angie]]''
| Theresa Falco
| 36 episodes (actress); 1 episode (director)
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Fantasy Island]]''
| Marjorie Gibbs
| Episode: "Goose for the Gander/The Stuntman"
|-
| rowspan=3|1980
| ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (1980 film)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]''
| Mrs. Van Daan
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Fantasy Island]]''
| Madam Clooney
| Episode: "Delphine/The Unkillable"
|-
| ''[[The Love Boat]]''
| Rose
| Episode: "Sergeant Bull"
|-
| rowspan=2|1981–1982
| ''[[Maggie (1981 American TV series)|Maggie]]''
| Loretta
| 8 episodes
|-
| ''[[Alice (American TV series)|Alice]]''
| Mona Spivak
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1982
| ''[[St. Elsewhere]]''
| Cora
| Episode: "[[List of St. Elsewhere episodes#ep4|Cora and Arnie]]"
|-
| rowspan=2|1983
| ''[[Romance Theatre]]''
| Maggie
| 5 episodes
|-
| ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]''
| Helen Freitas
| Episode: "Jane Doe #37"
|-
| 1983–1987
| ''[[Remington Steele]]''
| Mildred Krebs
| Recurring: season 2, main role: seasons 3-5 (71 episodes)
|-
| 1985
| ''[[California Girls (film)|California Girls]]''
| Mrs. Bowzer
| Television film
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre]]''
| Mother Pig
| Episode: "The Three Little Pigs" season 4: episode 1
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Mr. Belvedere]]''
| Judge Westphall
| Episode: "Deportation: Part 2"
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Perfect Strangers (TV series)|Perfect Strangers]]''
| Mrs. Bailey
| Episode: "Maid to Order"
|-
| rowspan=4|1990
| ''[[Full House]]''
| Claire Tanner
| Episode: "Granny Tanny"
|-
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
| Helen Owens
| Episode: "Shear Madness"
|-
| ''[[Blind Faith (miniseries)|Blind Faith]]''
| Tessie McBride
| Miniseries
|-
| ''[[A Mom for Christmas]]''
| Philomena
| TV movie<ref name="A Mom for Christmas">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/473751/a-mom-for-christmas#credits|access-date=August 22, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=A Mom for Christmas}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|1991
| ''[[Empty Nest]]''
| Aunt Retha
| Episode: "The Last Temptation of Laverne"
|-
| ''[[American Playhouse]]''
| Mimi Finkelstein
| Episode: "The Sunset Gang"
|-
| rowspan=2|1993
| ''[[The Boys (1993 TV series)|The Boys]]''
| Doris Greenblat
| 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[The John Larroquette Show]]''
| Mrs. Shenker
| Episode: "[[Television pilot|Pilot]]"
|-
| 1993–1995
| ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]''
| Angie Pedalbee
| 6 episodes
|-
| rowspan=3|1994
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
| Mrs. Leah Colfax
| Episode: "The Murder Channel"
|-
| ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]''
| Aunt Edna
| Episode: "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
|-
| ''[[A Time to Heal (film)|A Time to Heal]]''
| Maddy
| TV movie<ref name="A Time to Heal">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/479616/a-time-to-heal#credits|access-date=April 23, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=A Time to Heal}}</ref>
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]''
| Elaine Portugal
| Episode: "The Big Bingo Bamboozle"
|-
| 1996–2005
| ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''
| Marie Barone
| Main role (210 episodes)
|-
| rowspan=2|1997
| ''A Thousand Men and a Baby''
| Sister Philomena
| TV movie<ref name="A Thousand Men and a Baby">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/478990/a-thousand-men-and-a-baby#credits|access-date=April 23, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=A Thousand Men and a Baby}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Aaahh!!! Real Monsters]]''
| Eunice, Doris
| Voice, episode: "Watch the Watch/She Likes Me?"<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The King of Queens]]''
| Marie Barone
| Episode: "Rayny Day"
|-
| rowspan=2|2000
| ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]''
| Cow #1
| Voice, episode: "Critical Masai"<ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[One True Love (2000 film)|One True Love]]''
| Lillian
| TV movie<ref name="One True Love">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/471955/one-true-love#credits|access-date=April 23, 2016|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=One True Love}}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| ''[[The Sons of Mistletoe]]''
| Margie
| TV movie<ref name="The Sons of Mistletoe">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/477238/sons-of-mistletoe#credits|access-date=April 23, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=The Sons of Mistletoe}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Touched by an Angel]]''
| Rose
| Episode: "The Bells of St. Peters"
|-
| rowspan=2|2003
| ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]''
| Grandma Ruth
| Episode: "Grand Ole' Grandma"
|-
| ''[[A Time to Remember (film)|A Time to Remember]]''
| Maggie Calhoun
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan=2|2004
| ''[[Raising Waylon]]''
| Great Aunt Marie
| TV movie<ref name="Raising Waylon">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/534079/raising-waylon#credits|access-date=April 23, 2016|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Raising Waylon}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Sesame Street]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "The Street We Live On"
|-
| rowspan=2|2006
| ''[[Our House (2006 film)|Our House]]''
| Ruth
| TV movie<ref name="Our House">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/764116/our-house#credits|access-date=April 23, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Our House}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Me, Eloise]]''
| (voice)
| Episode: "Eloise Goes to School Part 1"
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''
| Virginia Harrington
| Episode: "Privilege"
|-
| 2009
| ''Mrs. Miracle''
| Emily Merkle/Mrs. Miracle
| TV movie<ref name="Mrs. Miracle">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/783949/mrs-miracle#credits|access-date=April 23, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Mrs. Miracle}}</ref>
|-
| 2010
| ''Call Me Mrs. Miracle''
| Emily Merkle/Mrs. Miracle
| TV movie<ref name="Call Me Mrs. Miracle">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/832427/call-me-mrs-miracle|access-date=April 23, 2016|location=[[Atlanta]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|title=Call Me Mrs. Miracle}}</ref>
|-
| 2010–2011
| ''[[The Middle (TV series)|The Middle]]''
| Mrs. Rinsky
| 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan=4|2011
| ''[[Special Agent Oso]]''
| Lena's Grandma
| Voice, episode: "A View to the Truth"
|-
| ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
| Gladys Polcher
| Episode: "It's a Long Way Back"
|-
| ''[[Hot in Cleveland]]''
| Lydia
| Episode: "Dancing Queens"
|-
| ''[[Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension]]''
| Mrs. Thompson
| Voice, television film<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''
| Doris Hammond
| Episode: "[[Lost My Power]]"
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Major Crimes (TV series)|Major Crimes]]''
| Vera Walker
| Episode: "There's No Place Like Home"
|-
| 2013–2014
| ''[[Melissa & Joey]]''
| Sofia
| 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|2014
| ''Touched by Romance''
| Norma
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[The Birthday Boys (TV series)|The Birthday Boys]]''
| Mrs. Steenburg
| Episode: "Freshy's"
|-
| 2015
| ''Merry Kissmas''
| Mrs. Billing
| rowspan=2|TV movie
|-
| 2016
| ''Adam Astra Casting''
| Dame Daisy Phillips, Lois Willard, Lana delPeno, Carla Lockwood, Cleo Benington
|}

==Stage==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Venue
! Dates
! class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| rowspan=2|1955
| ''[[The Time of Your Life]]''
| The Streetwalker's Sidekick
| [[CityCenter]]
| January 19 - January 30
| <ref name="Time">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/478205|title=The Time of Your Life|work=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=April 28, 2016|publisher=[[The Broadway League]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''The Desk Set''
| Miss Rumple
| [[Broadhurst Theatre]]
| October 24, 1955 - July 7, 1956<ref name="Desk"/>
| <ref name="Desk">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/2544|title=The Desk Set |work=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=April 28, 2016|publisher=[[The Broadway League]]}}</ref>
|-
| 1963
| ''Marathon '33''
| Rae Wilson
| [[August Wilson Theatre|ANTA Playhouse]]
| December 22, 1963 - February 1, 1964
| <ref name="Marathon">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/3051|title=Marathon '33 |work=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=April 28, 2016|publisher=[[The Broadway League]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3|1966
| ''Malcolm''
| Standby for: {{Plain list |
* [[Alice Drummond]] as Eloisa Brace
* [[Ruth White (actress)|Ruth White]] as Madame Girard
}}
| [[Shubert Theatre (New York City)|Shubert Theatre]]
| January 11 - January 15
| <ref name="Malcolm">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/3279|title=Malcolm|work=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=April 28, 2016|publisher=[[The Broadway League]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''The Office''
| Miss Punk
| [[Stephen Sondheim Theatre|Henry Miller's Theatre]]
| Never officially opened - April 30, 1966
| <ref name="Office">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/3139|title=The Office |work=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=April 28, 2016|publisher=[[The Broadway League]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''Under the Weather''
| Standby for: [[Shelley Winters]] as Flora Sharkey / Marcella Vankuchen / Hilda
| [[James Earl Jones Theatre|Cort Theatre]]
| October 27 - November 5
| <ref name="Weather">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/3139|title=Under the Weather|work=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=April 28, 2016|publisher=[[The Broadway League]]}}</ref>
|-
| 1967
| ''The Natural Look''
| Edna
| [[Longacre Theatre]]
| March 11 - March 11
| <ref name="Look">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/3139|title=The Natural Look |work=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=April 28, 2016|publisher=[[The Broadway League]]}}</ref>
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Last of the Red Hot Lovers]]''
| Jeanette Fisher
| [[Eugene O'Neill Theater Center]]
| December 28, 1969 - September 4, 1971
| <ref name="Lovers">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/3311|title=Last of the Red Hot Lovers|work=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=April 28, 2016|publisher=[[The Broadway League]]}}</ref><br>{{sfn|Simon|1970|page=3}}
|-
| 1972
| ''The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild''
| {{Plain list |
* Miss Manley
* Standby for: [[Maureen Stapleton]] as Mildred Wild
}}
| [[Ambassador Theatre (New York City)|Ambassador Theatre]]
| November 14 - December 2
| <ref name="Affairs">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/3102|title=The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild|work=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=April 28, 2016 |publisher=[[The Broadway League]]}}</ref>
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Bad Habits (play)|Bad Habits]]''
| {{Proper name|Dolly Scupp}}
| [[Booth Theatre]]
| May 5 - October 5
| <ref name="Habits">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/3331|title=Bad Habits |work=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=April 28, 2016|publisher=[[The Broadway League]]}}</ref>
|-
| 1978
| ''Cheaters''
| Grace
| [[Samuel J. Friedman Theatre|Biltmore Theatre]]
| January 15 - February 11
| <ref name="Cheaters">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/4037|title=Cheaters |work=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=April 28, 2016|publisher=[[The Broadway League]]}}</ref>
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| 1983
| rowspan=7| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| rowspan=2| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
| ''St. Elsewhere''
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1983/outstanding-supporting-actress-in-a-drama-series|title=35th Primetime Emmy Awards|work=[[Emmy Award|Emmys.com]] |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1985
| ''Remington Steele''
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1985/outstanding-supporting-actress-in-a-drama-series|title=37th Primetime Emmy Awards|work=[[Emmy Award|Emmys.com]]|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1989
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series]]
| ''Perfect Strangers''
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1989/outstanding-guest-actress-in-a-comedy-series|title=41st Primetime Emmy Awards|work=[[Emmy Award|Emmys.com]]|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1991
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special]]
| ''American Playhouse''
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1991/outstanding-supporting-actress-in-a-miniseries-or-a-movie|title=43rd Primetime Emmy Awards|work=[[Emmy Award|Emmys.com]] |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1999
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series#1990s|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series]]
| rowspan="12" | ''Everybody Loves Raymond''
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1999/outstanding-supporting-actress-in-a-comedy-series|title=51st Primetime Emmy Awards|work=[[Emmy Award|Emmys.com]] |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2000
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series#2000s|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2000/outstanding-supporting-actress-in-a-comedy-series|title=52nd Primetime Emmy Awards|work=[[Emmy Award|Emmys.com]] |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2| 2001
| [[53rd Primetime Emmy Awards#Supporting performances|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series]]
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2001/outstanding-supporting-actress-in-a-comedy-series|title=53rd Primetime Emmy Awards|work=[[Emmy Award|Emmys.com]] |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Online Film & Television Association
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://ofta.oscarguy.com/Awards/Television/0001.html|title=OFTA 2001|publisher=OFTA|access-date=April 19, 2016|archive-date=November 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108153119/http://ofta.oscarguy.com/Awards/Television/0001.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3| 2002
| [[American Film Institute]]
| [[American Film Institute Awards 2001#Actor of the Year .E2.80.93 Female .E2.80.93 TV Series|Actor of the Year - Female - TV Series]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/afiawards/AFIAwards01.aspx|work=[[American Film Institute Awards]]|title=AFI Awards 2001|access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Primetime Emmy Awards
| [[54th Primetime Emmy Awards#Supporting performances|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series]]
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2002/outstanding-supporting-actress-in-a-comedy-series|title=54th Primetime Emmy Awards|work=[[Emmy Award|Emmys.com]] |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Online Film & Television Association
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://ofta.oscarguy.com/Awards/Television/0102.html|title=OFTA 2002|publisher=OFTA|access-date=April 19, 2016|archive-date=November 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108153124/http://ofta.oscarguy.com/Awards/Television/0102.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2003
| Primetime Emmy Awards
| [[55th Primetime Emmy Awards#Supporting performances|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series]]
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2003/outstanding-supporting-actress-in-a-comedy-series|title=55th Primetime Emmy Awards|work=[[Emmy Award|Emmys.com]] |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2| 2004
| [[Screen Actors Guild]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series#2000s|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/10th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|work=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]|access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Primetime Emmy Awards
| [[56th Primetime Emmy Awards#Supporting performances|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2004/outstanding-supporting-actress-in-a-comedy-series|title=56th Primetime Emmy Awards|work=[[Emmy Award|Emmys.com]]|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 |2005
| Screen Actors Guild
| [[11th Screen Actors Guild Awards#Television|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/11th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|work=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]|access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Primetime Emmy Awards
| [[57th Primetime Emmy Awards#Supporting performances|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series]]
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2005/outstanding-supporting-actress-in-a-comedy-series|title=57th Primetime Emmy Awards|work=[[Emmy Award|Emmys.com]] |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2| 2015
| Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival
| Best Actress in a Short Film
| ''Zizi and Honeyboy''
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://hangontoyourshortsfilmfestival.com/past-winners-and-nominees/ |title=Past Winners and Nominees|work=Hang on to your shorts film festival|location=United States |access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| CineRockom International Film Festival
| Lifetime Achievement Award
|
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinerockom.com/#!2015-award/c1hct|title=CineRockom International Film Festival|work=Cinerockom|location=United States|access-date=April 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406024553/http://www.cinerockom.com/#!2015-award/c1hct|archive-date=April 6, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Book==

* {{Cite book |last=Roberts |first=Doris (with Danelle Morton) |year=2003 |title=Are You Hungry, Dear?: Life, Laughs, and Lasagna |location=New York |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=978-0312312268 }}

==References==
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===Sources===
* {{cite book|title=Are You Hungry, Dear? Life, Laughs, and Lasagna|isbn=978-0312312275|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]]|year=2004|first1=Doris|last1=Roberts|first2=Danelle|last2=Morton|page=190}}
* {{cite book|last=Simon|first=Neil|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7IXxqbKNbXsC&pg=PA5|title=Last of the Red Hot Lovers|year=1970|publisher=[[Samuel French, Inc.]]|location=[[New York City]]|isbn=978-0573611438|page=3}}

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* [https://archive.today/20130915022745/http://www.neco.org/medal-of-honor/medalists-search/tag/r National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations website]
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