32 Facts About Doris Roberts

Doris Roberts received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which began in 1951.

Doris Roberts had several prominent film roles, including playing opposite Shirley Stoler in The Honeymoon Killers, Elliott Gould in Little Murders, Steven Keats in Hester Street, Billy Crystal in Rabbit Test, Robert Carradine in Number One with a Bullet, Cady McClain in Simple Justice, among many others.

Doris Roberts achieved continuing success in television, becoming known for her role as Mildred Krebs in NBC's Remington Steele from 1983 to 1987 and her co-starring role as Raymond Barone's mother, Marie Barone, on the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond.

Doris Roberts appeared as a guest on many talk and variety shows, as well as a panelist on several game shows.

Doris Roberts was an advocate of animal rights and animal rights activism, supporting groups such as the United Activists for Animal Rights.

Doris Roberts was raised by her mother, Ann, and her maternal grandparents in The Bronx, New York, after her father, Larry Green, deserted the family.

Doris Roberts' acting career began in 1951 with a role on the TV series Studio One.

Doris Roberts appeared in episodes of The Naked City, Way Out, Ben Casey, and The Defenders.

Doris Roberts appeared briefly in The Rose, as the mother of the title character.

Doris Roberts played the unhinged Flo Flotsky on four episodes of Soap, and Dorelda Doremus, a faith healer, on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

Doris Roberts appeared on Full House as Danny Tanner's mother, Claire, as well as two episodes of Murder, Doris Roberts Wrote, and as lonely Aunt Edna on Step by Step among others.

Doris Roberts achieved much of her fame for her role as Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, which ran on CBS from 1996 to 2005.

Doris Roberts was reportedly one of 100 actresses considered for the role.

Doris Roberts had previously won an Emmy for a guest appearance on St Elsewhere, playing a homeless woman, and was once nominated for her role on Remington Steele.

Doris Roberts was nominated for appearances on Perfect Strangers and a PBS special called The Sunset Gang.

Doris Roberts appeared in the 2009 film Aliens in the Attic, which was filmed in Auckland, New Zealand.

Doris Roberts starred as Emily Merkle in the Hallmark television film Mrs Miracle and its sequel, Call Me Mrs Miracle.

Doris Roberts played George Needleman's mother in Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection.

Doris Roberts returned in two other episodes that season, "The Math Class" and the finale, "Back to Summer".

Doris Roberts starred in McNally's Unusual Acts of Devotion at the LaJolla Playhouse in June 2009.

In May 2005, Doris Roberts received an honorary doctorate of fine arts from the University of South Carolina.

Doris Roberts was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor on May 7,2011.

Doris Roberts was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in February 2003, at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.

On September 4,2002, Doris Roberts testified before a US Congressional panel that age discrimination was prevalent in Hollywood.

An animal rights advocate, Doris Roberts worked with the group Puppies Behind Bars, which works with inmates in training guide dogs and assistance dogs for the physically disabled and elderly, as well as dogs trained in explosives detection to be used by law enforcement agencies.

Doris Roberts was active with the Children with AIDS Foundation, where she served as chairwoman.

Doris Roberts married Michael Cannata in 1956; they divorced in 1962.

Doris Roberts died in her sleep on April 17,2016, at her home in Los Angeles following a stroke, at the age of 90.

Doris Roberts had suffered from pulmonary hypertension for many years before her death.

Doris Roberts had an energy and a spirit that amazed me.

Doris Roberts was so good at portraying the love that was underneath.

Doris Roberts was interred at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary in Los Angeles, California.