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DORIS ROBERTS DEAD AT 90
tmz.com ^ | 04/18/2016 | TMZ STAFF

Posted on 04/18/2016 5:41:46 PM PDT by massmike

Doris Roberts, the beloved mom from "Everybody Loves Raymond," has died ... TMZ has learned.

We're told Doris passed away Sunday in L.A. She won 5 Emmy awards, 4 of them for 'Raymond.' She's also starred in tons of other TV shows and movies, like "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" and "Grandma's Boy."

She's survived by her son, Michael Cannata Jr., who she had with her first husband. Doris' second husband, William Goyen, died in 1983.

Doris was 90 years old.

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KEYWORDS: dorisroberts; hollywood; obituary
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To: massmike

very sad...as an American of italian heritage I loved her in Everybody Loves Raymond...


21 posted on 04/18/2016 6:23:46 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: lysie

classic!!!!


22 posted on 04/18/2016 6:25:01 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: DickBrannigan

It is one of our favorite shows! She was great & very funny. RIP dear lady.


23 posted on 04/18/2016 6:25:10 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Trillian
...she was hilarious in Grandma’s Boy.

She sure was. One of my favorite comedies.

24 posted on 04/18/2016 6:41:17 PM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: Trillian

Aw heck, National Lampoon’s “Christmas Vacation.”


25 posted on 04/18/2016 6:43:09 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck (OBAMA: Fundamentally Twerking America)
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To: massmike

“That’s going to need another coat...”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGMTmRM22nk


26 posted on 04/18/2016 6:50:39 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: massmike

She was one of those actresses who played the same role every time she was on camera. And frankly, it was a role I never liked. But I have to admit, she did it well. And I have no idea what she was like as a person. So I’ll wish her godspeed to whatever her final destination is.


27 posted on 04/18/2016 6:53:17 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: IronJack

She was one of those actresses who played the same role every time she was on camera. And frankly, it was a role I never liked. But I have to admit, she did it well. And I have no idea what she was like as a person. So I’ll wish her godspeed to whatever her final destination is.

+++++++++++++++++

Katherine Hepburn was another star who played the same person over and over and over. couldn’t act.


28 posted on 04/18/2016 6:56:09 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian governments are the biggest killer of citizens in the world.)
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To: massmike

I think the first thing I remember her in was “Angie”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvJ3KqxgyjQ


29 posted on 04/18/2016 6:57:27 PM PDT by massmike (1969:Man walks on moon. 2016:Men can use the ladies room. That's progress????)
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To: Chickensoup

I’ve never worshipped Katherine Hepburn like some do, but I’d say she was a passable actress. A lot of stars in those days were cast in identical roles, so in some cases, they were not to blame. In others however, they simply lacked the breadth to take on anything else, so they molded every role to their ability (or lack) rather than vice versa.


30 posted on 04/18/2016 6:59:38 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: freepertoo

She did the tough as nail IRS auditor on RS really well when she came on the show.


31 posted on 04/18/2016 7:03:34 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: massmike

I haven’t thought about that old series in decades.


32 posted on 04/18/2016 7:06:06 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: lysie

Loved that episode! I’ll have to watch it again,


33 posted on 04/18/2016 7:12:38 PM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: Abigail Adams

lol.


34 posted on 04/18/2016 7:22:38 PM PDT by lysie
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To: massmike

Saw her in a play once, in a tiny little theater in LA, which was connected to an old bowling alley. A little acting group, headed by ex-child actor Ted Donaldson as I recall. I don’t even think it was open to the public, but a sort of actors workshop type thing, where they’d practice their acting chops. But I remember seeing and recognizing Doris Roberts from the “Angie” tv-series.


35 posted on 04/18/2016 7:25:31 PM PDT by greene66
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To: Chickensoup

Katherine Hepburn was another star who played the same person over and over and over. couldn’t act.>>> i think you are right but we liked her. harrison ford maybe the same.


36 posted on 04/18/2016 7:32:08 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: massmike

I saw her on Connecticut Avenue walking to her cab after a White House Correspondents’ Dinner (which the DC Chapter freeped) about ten years ago. She was gorgeous in person, lovely skin and hair and beautifully dressed. I had no idea she was that old. Condolences to her family and fans.


37 posted on 04/18/2016 7:40:23 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: massmike

I remember her, too, on “Angie” with Donna Pescow.

Gee, I think that was on TV circa 1977 or 1978.


38 posted on 04/18/2016 7:41:39 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (The GOPe must be defeated.....the sooner the better.)
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To: massmike

Much as I watch Raymond (right now in fact), I still think of her as Angie’s mom!


39 posted on 04/18/2016 7:45:36 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: MayflowerMadam; massmike; yarddog; All
I understand she was a big lib and there might’ve been friction between her and Patricia Heaton on “Raymond”. (Who knows if it’s true... just something I’d read once.)

I saw an interview with Roberts and Heaton a few years ago. Roberts really went after Heaton. Roberts was just your typical immature nasty knee-jerk liberal bitch.

40 posted on 04/18/2016 8:59:17 PM PDT by EveningStar
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