RIP Katherine Helmond

Katherine Helmond July 05, 1929 - February 23, 2019.




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LOVED her on Soap! She was so talented and so personable.

Me too. I loved SOAP and she was one of my favorite characters.
I could never stomach actual daytime soap operas so SOAP (a spoof of said soap operas) was great as a satire of something I could never get into watching.

I also remember Katherine's short appearance in Brazil (1985). Although she wasn't immediately recognizable (what with her face being stretched) it was a real surprise upon first viewing to see her show up in that film!

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Awwwww, sadness I'll echo the love for her on Soap, how she managed to deadpan her lines sometimes I'll never know.
Requiescat in pace Katherine!

I remember her particularly from Time Bandits and Brazil .

Lady in White was her masterpiece

She had an other-worldly beauty, and an instantly alluring voice. What a treasure she was. Rest in peace, Miss Katherine.

In Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits


In Terry Gilliam's Brazil


In Terry Gilliam's Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas

"The choice of roles as I grow older gets more and more limited, so if I pin myself to one kind of part I would get in trouble. So, these oddball ladies came along for me to do - I guess Terry Gilliam helped in this respect? I have found them more interesting, flashier, and I get more mileage out of them. Many times when a director reads a script and wants somebody who says 'Far out', they let me do what I want with it and that's usually more interesting for an actor."
- Katherine Helmond

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"Aunt Jessica, would you be very offended if I didn't continue this conversation?"

I'm sorry, I just saw this...fell in love with her when she was playing Jessica Tate...one of the most underrated actresses in the business who never really had the career she deserved. RIP.