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| 1 | Passed away in April, 2016, exactly one year after the death of her "Everybody Loves Raymond" co-star Sawyer Sweeten, who died in April of 2015. |
| 2 | Interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, in Los Angeles, California. |
| 3 | Played Billy Crystal's mother in three television shows and movies: Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) episode "The Three Little Pigs", Rabbit Test (1978), and My Giant (1998). |
| 4 | Like her ex-Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) co-star, Ray Romano, Roberts was also raised in New York City. |
| 5 | Between Angela Lansbury, Norman Lloyd, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Ernest Borgnine, Betty White, Charlotte Rae, Adam West, Marla Gibbs, Larry Hagman, Florence Henderson, Shirley Jones and Alan Alda, Roberts was one of the stars never to retire from acting. |
| 6 | Was physically healthy and physically active, until her death at age 90. |
| 7 | Doris Roberts passed away on April 17, 2016, at the age of 90, the same week wrestler Chyna and singer Prince both died. |
| 8 | Before her death, her ex-Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) co-star, Ray Romano, used to attend her Christmas parties, annually. |
| 9 | Her ex-Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) co-star, Ray Romano's real-life father had a birthday, 3 days after hers. He passed away in 2010, and Roberts, six years later in 2016. |
| 10 | Played the wife of Peter Boyle on Everybody Loves Raymond (1996). On the show, their characters were supposed to be the same age. In real-life. Roberts was 10 years older than Boyle. |
| 11 | With the encouragement of Lily Tomlin, she moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1973, to become an actress. |
| 12 | Her favorite movie is Gone with the Wind (1939). |
| 13 | Her second husband wrote stage plays. |
| 14 | Her mother, Ann Metzer, remarried Bob Roberts in 1938. |
| 15 | Her son Michael Cannata was named after his father, who was her first husband. |
| 16 | Her hobbies are traveling, philanthropy, collecting wine, dancing, singing and cooking. |
| 17 | Her husband William Goyen was originally from Texas. |
| 18 | An animal activist. |
| 19 | Is the founder of the Doris Roberts-William Goyen Fellowship in Fiction through the Christopher Isherwood Foundation in 2001. The monetary award is given annually and intended to support writers who have published at least one book of fiction, either a novel or a collection of stories. |
| 20 | Graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx, New York City, New York, at age 16. |
| 21 | She was an acclaimed Broadway actress. |
| 22 | A dog lover. |
| 23 | Her favorite movie role was Hester Street (1975), a film about turn of the century Russian-Jewish immigrants. |
| 24 | Was best friends, for 16 years, with James Coco until his death in 1987. Together, they both appeared 5 times in production of movies and/or series: A New Leaf (1971), Such Good Friends (1971), The Diary of Anne Frank (1980), St. Elsewhere (1982) and Hot Potato (1984). |
| 25 | Majored in journalism at New York University. |
| 26 | Won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress for the Off-Broadway play, 'Bad Habits.'. |
| 27 | Between 1983 and 2004, she received 11 Emmy nominations. She won 5 Emmies for Outstanding Supporting Actress in either a Drama or Comedy series. |
| 28 | Was pranked on an episode of Candid Camera (1998). Also pranked in the same episode was her Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) co-star, Ray Romano. |
| 29 | Attended the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York. |
| 30 | She serves as honorary event vice-chair for one of the organization's three large-scale annual fundraisers, Dream Halloween L.A., since 1991. |
| 31 | Her parents were both from Jewish immigrant families (from Russia). Her father was related to vaudeville performer Henry Lewis. |
| 32 | Her stepfather, whose surname she took as her own, was Chester H. Roberts, whose name is included with Ann and Doris Green in the 1940 census as "lodger". Chester and Ann Roberts operated the Z.L. Rosenfield Agency, a stenographic service catering to playwrights and actors. |
| 33 | Was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. [7 May 2011]. |
| 34 | Is active in an organization called the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation. |
| 35 | She testified before a U.S. Congressional panel how the entertainment industry has made aging a detriment to hiring. [4 September 2002]. |
| 36 | Moved to South Bronx, New York, with her mother, in 1935. |
| 37 | Her acting mentor was the late Shirley Booth. |
| 38 | Grandmother of Kelsey, Andrew, and Devon. |
| 39 | She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd for Television. |
| 40 | Began acting as a child. |
| 41 | Just before her ex-Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)'s co-star's, Peter Boyle's death, they were both spokespeople for Alka-Seltzer's 75th Anniversary, where Boyle reprised the famous line, "I can't believe I ate that whole thing!". |
| 42 | Was the producers' first choice for the older lead role of Marie Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond (1996). At first, she turned it down, due to her busy schedule of the stage, but had no way out with it. |
| 43 | Longtime friend of Bea Arthur. |
| 44 | Friends with: Shirley Jones, Charlotte Rae, Bea Arthur, Betty White, Angela Lansbury, Jean Stapleton, Anne Meara, Joan Rivers, Norman Lear, Jerry Stiller, Roddy McDowall, Piper Laurie, Ernest Borgnine, Gavin MacLeod, Hal Linden, Peter Boyle, Mary Tyler Moore, E.G. Marshall, James Coco, Shirley MacLaine, Katherine Helmond, Richard Mulligan, Carol Channing, Jo Anne Worley, Elaine May, Charles Nelson Reilly, John Randolph and Charles Durning. |
| 45 | Was reunited with ex-Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) co-star, Patricia Heaton, in 3 different episodes of The Middle (2009). |
| 46 | Her ex-Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) co-star, Ray Romano, along with herself are both benefitting The Peter Boyle Research Fund, to honor Boyle, who died of multiple myeloma in 2006. |
| 47 | Had suffered back problems and broke her herniated disc during filming of Remington Steele (1982). |
| 48 | Was a spokesperson for Glade Products. |
| 49 | Appeared in every episode of Everybody Loves Raymond (1996). |
| 50 | Acting mentor and friend of Ray Romano. |
| 51 | She was originally cast as Vivian in Maude, but the producers thought she was too much like the main star Bea Arthur. After shooting the pilot, she was replaced with Rue McClanahan. |
| 52 | She appeared in one of the final episodes of Desperate Housewives (2004). |
| 53 | Best known by the public for her roles as Mildred Krebs on Remington Steele (1982) and as Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond (1996). |
| 54 | She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City. |
| 55 | Has a son, Michael Cannata (born 1957). |
| 56 | Attended the opening night screening of Verso la luna con Fellini (2006) at the 2006 Beverly Hills Film Festival, where Mikhail Vartanov and Dominique Swain were also present. |
| 57 | Played Charles Grodin's mother in The Heartbreak Kid (1972), although she is only 10 years older than he is. |
| 58 | She guest-starred in the The King of Queens (1998) episode, The King of Queens: Rayny Day (1999), as "Marie Barone", her character from Everybody Loves Raymond (1996). |
| 59 | When she was little, Doris's father abandoned her and her mother, which forced her mother Ann to single-handedly raise Doris on her own. |
| 60 | Doris's son, Michael Cannata, is her manager. He has three children. |
| 61 | She beat out 100 other actresses for her role, of "Marie Barone", on Everybody Loves Raymond (1996). |
| 62 | She lives in a home once rented by James Dean. |
| 63 | Born in St. Louis to a father whose name she has never revealed and her mother, Ann Meltzer. |
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