KatherineMarieHelmondwasbornonJuly5,1929,inGalveston,Texas.Shewasraisedbyhermother,ThelmaMalone,andhergrandmother;theywereIrishCatholics.YoungKatherineattendedCatholicschool,andappearedinnumerousschoolplaysandpageants.Shetookajobatalocaltheaterwhilestillinhighschool,hammeringandsawingthescenery,cleaningthebathroomsandpullingthecurtain. Sinceherstagedebutin"AsYouLike...(展开全部) KatherineMarieHelmondwasbornonJuly5,1929,inGalveston,Texas.Shewasraisedbyhermother,ThelmaMalone,andhergrandmother;theywereIrishCatholics.YoungKatherineattendedCatholicschool,andappearedinnumerousschoolplaysandpageants.Shetookajobatalocaltheaterwhilestillinhighschool,hammeringandsawingthescenery,cleaningthebathroomsandpullingthecurtain. Sinceherstagedebutin"AsYouLikeIt",sheworkedinNewYorktheatresduringthe1950sand1960s.SheoperatedasummertheatreintheCatskillsforthreeseasonsandalsotaughtactinginuniversitytheatreprograms.ShemadeherTVdebutin1962buthadtowaitanother10yearsuntilherbreakthroughcameinthe1970s.ShestayedbusyonTVaswellasonstageandearnedaTonynominationfor"TheGreatGodBrown"(1973)onBroadway.ShehonedheractingabilitieswithAlfredHitchcockinFamilyPlot(1976)andinnumerousTVseries,notablyinABC'scultsitcomSoap(1977),forwhichshehadfourEmmynominationsandaGoldenGlobe.OnthebigscreenshestarredinBrazil(1985)asJonathanPryce'smotherwhoisaddictedtoplasticsurgeryandsnoopinginherson'smessed-uplife. In1983shestudiedattheDirectingWorkshopoftheAmericanFilmInstituteandthendirectedfourepisodesoftheseriesBenson(1979)aswellasepisodesofWho'stheBoss?(1984).ShealsopickedupEmmynominationsforherroleasMonaRobinson,aliberatedgrandmotherin"Who'stheBoss?",andasLoisinEverybodyLovesRaymond(1996).AlthoughHelmondhasbeenabona-fideTVstarsinceher"Soap"days,shecontinuedworkingonstageinthe2000sandwasacclaimedforherperformancesin"TheVaginaMonologues". KatherineHelmondwasmarriedtwice.Shehasnochildren.AlthoughshewasraisedinaCatholicfamily,sheturnedtoBuddhisminlateryears.SheshareshertimebetweenherhomeinLosAngelesandhomesinNewYorkandLondon.