Doris Roberts (born November 4, 1925) was an American actress, author, and philanthropist whose career spanned six decades of television.
Birth Name: Doris May Green
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5' 3"
Quote: "Everybody's a teacher if you listen."
Roberts started in films in 1968, 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 played Mildred Krebs in Remington Steele, a role she played from 1983 to 1987. 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). In 2010 she played Ms. Rinsky, Brick Heck's schoolteacher in the second season premiere episode of The Middle. Roberts returned in two other episodes that season, "The Math Class" and the finale, "Back to Summer".
Roberts died in Los Angeles, California, on April 17, 2016 in her sleep due to a stroke at age 90.
Birth Name: Doris May Green
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5' 3"
Quote: "Everybody's a teacher if you listen."
Roberts started in films in 1968, 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 played Mildred Krebs in Remington Steele, a role she played from 1983 to 1987. 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). In 2010 she played Ms. Rinsky, Brick Heck's schoolteacher in the second season premiere episode of The Middle. Roberts returned in two other episodes that season, "The Math Class" and the finale, "Back to Summer".
Roberts died in Los Angeles, California, on April 17, 2016 in her sleep due to a stroke at age 90.
I love her "Mrs. Miracle" movies. Watched one last night. Thank you for this article honoring her memory.
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