Doris Roberts: In her two-and-a-half-hour Archive interview, Doris Roberts (1930-2016) recalls how legendary comedian Lily Tomlin discovered her in a Broadway play and brought her to Los Angeles to perform on The Lily Tomlin Comedy Hour. Roberts shares the tale of how getting fired from Maude was a blessing in disguise and discusses her work as a regular on two hit television series in the 1980s: Angie and Remington Steele. She speaks of her guest appearance on St. Elsewhere, for which she won an Emmy Award and details the role for which she is best known, that of “Marie Barone” on Everybody Loves Raymond. Roberts describes her approach to the character, her thoughts on fellow cast members and her recollections of favorite episodes. Gary Rutkowski conducted the interview on April 26, 2005 in Los Angeles, CA.
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Doris Roberts – IMDb: Doris Roberts, Actress: Everybody Loves Raymond. Doris Roberts was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Ann (Meltzer) and Larry Green. She was raised in New York, and took her stepfather’s surname. Roberts was a 20-year veteran of the Broadway stage before she began appearing steadily in character roles in film and on television during the 1970s. A versatile player with an inescapably “mom-like” …
Our House (2005) – Full Credits – TCM.com: Cast and crew credits for Our House, 2005, directed by Mark Griffiths, with Doris Roberts, Ellen Geer, Judy Reyes, at Turner Classic Movies
Sons of Mistletoe (2001) – Full Credits – TCM.com: Cast and crew credits for Sons of Mistletoe, 2001, directed by Steven Robman, with Doris Roberts, Anna Starnino, Kit Weyman, at Turner Classic Movies
Margarine Wars (2011) – Full Credits – TCM.com: Cast and crew credits for Margarine Wars, 2011, directed by Dave Rich, with Doris Roberts, Ron G, Robert Loggia, at Turner Classic Movies
Taffy (1995) – Full Credits – TCM.com: Cast and crew credits for Taffy, 1995, directed by Martin Placer, with Doris Roberts, Gary Shandler, Cair Fisher, at Turner Classic Movies
Everybody Loves Raymond actress dies: Doris Roberts, who was best known for playing meddling mother Marie Barone in US sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, dies aged 90.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Doris May Roberts received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which began in 1951 . she studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in new york city and started in Towards the end of her acting career, she also had a prominent role opposite Tyler Perry in Madea’s Witness Protection (2012) . she was an advocate of animal rights and animal rights activism . she appeared in episodes of The Naked City (1958-1963), Way Out (1961), Ben Casey (1963), and The Defenders (1962-1963). in 1961, she made her film debut in Something Wild (1961). in 1978, she appeared in a film about John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Ruby and Oswald . in 1972, she was approached by Norman Lear to be a late replacement for Roberts after Remington Steele ended, she starred in the TV movie remake of If It’s Tuesday . she played the mother of the title character on four episodes of soap . Roberts achieved much of her fame for her she was nominated for seven Emmy Awards (and won four times) for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series . in 2003, she made a guest appearance as Gordo’s grandmother in Lizzie McG in 2006, she starred in Our House and Grandma’s Boy . in 2007, she made a guest appearance on Law & Order: Criminal Intent . she appeared in the 2009 film Aliens in the Attic on September 23, 2010, she played Ms. Rinsky, Brick Heck’s teacher in the second-season premiere episode of The Middle . Roberts returned in two other episodes that season, “the Math Class” and the finale, ” in 2013 she was a special guest star in There’s No Place Like Home, on Major Crimes S2:E9 . she appeared in numerous Broadway shows including William Marchant’s The Desk Set and Neil Simon’s she was a registered Democrat.An animal rights advocate, she worked with the group Puppies Behind Bars . she was also active with the Children with AIDS Foundation, where she served as chairwoman . she had three grandchildren: Kelsey, Andrew and Devon. Her second husband was writer William Goyen and they were married from 1963 until his death from leukemia in 1983 . just a month after her death she was Romano: “we had a little get together for her. She was one of a kind.” he also said of Roberts: “she did everything with such a grand love for life and people” he added she played the most intrusive, overbearing, nosy woman, always starting fights and whatnot and meddling in our business . she was so good at portraying the love that was underneath . life, p. 190. ISBN 978-0312312275. Simon, Neil (1970). Last of the Red Hot Lovers. Samuel French, Inc. p. 3. New York City: Samuel French.
