Doris Roberts

She was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor on May 7, 2011.

Her 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 on December 12, 2006.

She appeared in one of the final episodes of Desperate Housewives (2004).

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 10, 2003.

She testified before a U.S. Congressional panel how the entertainment industry has made aging a detriment to hiring on September 4, 2002.

She was 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.

She guest-starred in the situation comedy episode, The King of Queens: Rayny Day (1999), as Marie Barone, her character from Everybody Loves Raymond (1996).

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.

She beat out 100 other actresses for her role of Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond (1996).

She served as honorary event vice-chair for one of the organization's three large-scale annual fundraisers, Dream Halloween L.A., since 1991.

Attended the opening night screening of Verso la luna con Fellini (1990) at the 2006 Beverly Hills Film Festival, where Mikhail Vartanov and Dominique Swain were also present.

Was best friends with James Coco for 16 years until his death in 1987. Together, they both appeared five 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).

Between 1983 and 2004, she received 11 Emmy Award nominations. She won five Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in either a Drama or Comedy series.

Best known by the public for her roles as Mildred Krebs on Remington Steele (1982) and as Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond (1996).

Her favorite movie role was Hester Street (1975), a film about turn of the century Russian-Jewish immigrants.

With the encouragement of Lily Tomlin, she moved to Los Angeles, California to become an actress (1973).

She played Charles Grodin's mother in The Heartbreak Kid (1972), although she was only 10 years older than he was.

Doris Roberts was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Ann (Meltzer) and Larry Green. She was raised in New York, and took her stepfather's surname. Roberts was a 20-year veteran of the Broadway stage before she began appearing steadily in character roles in film and on television during the 1970s. A versatile player with an inescapably "mom-like" presence, she was adept at playing sympathetic roles but made her most memorable mark as hard-boiled dames, gossips, and nags who were often too savvy of the ways of the world to be fooled by anyone.

Had one son: Michael Cannata (born 1957). Had three grandchildren: Kelsey Cannata, Andrew Cannata and Devon Cannata.

Attended and graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx, New York City (1942).

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.

Her mother, Ann Metzer, remarried Bob Roberts in 1938.

Moved to South Bronx, New York, with her mother, in 1935.