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Doris Roberts
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American actress (1925–2016)
OverviewAI-generated
Doris May Green was an American stage, film, and television actor. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1925, she began her work period in 1951 and continued until 2016. She was educated at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and HB Studio. Roberts was married to William Goyen and had one child. She spoke English.
Roberts received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. She died of a stroke in Los Angeles in 2016. Her remains were buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Film & TV
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Doris May Roberts (November 4, 1925 – April 17, 2016) was an American actress of film, stage and television. She has received five Emmy Awards. With a seven-decade career, she is most widely known for playing Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996–2005.
Known for
- Everybody Loves Raymond: 30th Anniversary Reunion — Self (archive footage)2025
- Every Act of Life — Self2018
- The Red Maple Leaf — Mrs. Samantha Adams2017
- The Secret of Joy — Woman of the Flowers / Grandma2016
- Job's Daughter — Ruth Morrison2016
- Merry Kissmas — Mrs. Billing2015
- No Deposit — Kat Nugent2015
- Touched — Norma2014
- The Little Rascals Save the Day — Grandma2014
- The Birthday Boys2013
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Key facts
- Born
- Doris May Green , ( 1925-11-04 ) November 4, 1925, St. Louis , Missouri, U.S.
- Died
- April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17) (aged 90), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Resting place
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- Occupations
- Actress comedian
- Years active
- 1948–2016
- Spouses
- Michael E. Cannata ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1956 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1962 ) William Goyen ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 ; died 1983 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Doris
- Family name
- Green
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- St. Louis
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- William Goyen
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- HB Studio
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Primetime Emmy Award
- Image
- DorisRobertsDec10.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- Commons category
- Doris Roberts
- date of birth
- 1925-11-04
- date of death
- 2016-04-17
- cause of death
- stroke
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
- place of burial
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- birth name
- Doris May Green
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Doris May Roberts (née Green; November 4, 1925 – April 17, 2016) was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned seven decades of television and film. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which began in 1948.
Roberts studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City and started in films in 1961. She had several prominent film roles, including playing opposite Shirley Stoler in The Honeymoon Killers (1970), Elliott Gould in Little Murders (1971), Carol Kane in Hester Street (1975), Billy Crystal in Rabbit Test (1978), Robert Carradine in Number One with a Bullet (1987), Cady McClain in Simple Justice (1989), among many others.
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