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Multiple award-winning actress Doris Roberts has distinguished herself with
her versatility on Broadway and in numerous film and television roles. She
starred on Broadway in The Death of Bessie Smith, Marathon '33, The Desk Set,
Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Cheaters, The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild and Bad
Habits, for which she won the Outer Critics Circle Award. She most recently
appeared on Broadway in Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Her more than 27 feature film credits include My Giant, The Grass Harp, Little
Murders, Used People, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, No Way To Treat a
Lady, The Honeymoon Killers, A New Leaf, The Heartbreak Kid, Hester Street, The
Rose, Such Good Friends, The Night We Never Met and All Over the Girl. Among her
television film credits are The Diary of Anne Frank, It Happened One Christmas,
Ruby and Oswald, A Time to Heal and, on CBS, 1,000 Men and a Baby, One True Love
and Sons of Mistletoe. In addition, Roberts recently starred in the CBS
television movie, Raising Waylon, as well as the critically acclaimed cable
film, A Time to Remember.
Nominated for 11 Emmy Awards, Roberts has won three consecutive Emmy Awards for
"Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series" for Everybody Loves Raymond,
in 2001, 2002 and 2003. She was also nominated in 1999, 2000 and 2004. She also
won an Emmy Award for a guest-starring role in St. Elsewhere and was nominated
for an Emmy for Remington Steele. She earned three Viewers for Quality
Television Awards for "Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Comedy," the 1999
American Comedy Award for "Funniest Supporting Female Performer in a TV Series"
and the 2001 TV Guide Award for "Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series."
She won the 2002 Golden Satellite Award for "Actress in a Series, Comedy or
Musical." She was nominated for the 2002 American Film Institute Award for "Best
Actress in a Comedy Series" and won the 2003 Screen Actors Guild Award for
"Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series."
Roberts’ memoir, Are You Hungry, Dear?, was published in 2003 and hit the New
York Times best seller list shortly after its debut.
Roberts has been appointed a cultural ambassador by the U. S. State Department,
which sends her to underprivileged countries to speak to young people about
hope.
Roberts was born in St. Louis and lives in Los Angeles.
Source:
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