Katherine Marie Helmond (July 5, 1929 – February 23, 2019) was an American film, theater and television actress and director, who portrayed Emily Dickinson on "Meeting of Minds", as well as fictional characters, for which she was best-known, such as Jessica Tate on "Soap", Mona Robinson on "Who's the Boss?", Doris Sherman on "Coach", and Lois Whelan on "Everybody Loves Raymond" and Mrs. Lowry in "Brazil".