Doris Roberts

Doris Roberts (1925–2016) was an American actress best known for playing Marie Barone, the meddling mother on the sitcom *Everybody Loves Raymond*.

She won four Emmy Awards for the role.

Her career spanned six decades across television, film, and stage, often playing sharp-tongued maternal figures.

television

Everybody Loves Raymond

Sitcom about intrusive relatives

  • CBSMajor television and radio network
  • AngieFeminine given name
  • sitcomEpisodic TV comedy series

series · episode · season · ratings · network · primetime · syndication · broadcast · viewer · rerun

comedy

sitcom

Episodic TV comedy series

  • humorAmusing quality
  • timingArt of choosing moments
  • witClever, inventive humor

delivery · funny · quirkiness · deadpan · one-liner · banter · physical comedy · ensemble cast · laugh track · catchphrase

awards

Emmy Award

Television excellence recognition

acceptance speech · primetime · winner · achievement · Screen Actors Guild · Golden Globe · red carpet · gala · peers · recognition

actress

Everybody Loves Raymond

Sitcom about intrusive relatives

supporting actress · comedian · performer · Hollywood · screen presence · television star · filmography · casting · audition · role

motherly

matriarch

Female family leader

overbearing · caring · protective · kindhearted · compassionate · doting · nagging · guilt trip · mother-in-law · family dynamics

Opposites
screen persona/character type

Doris RobertsKathy Bates

Angela Lansbury · Christopher Walken · Anthony Hopkins · Judi Dench · Margaret Hamilton

Family

Doris, Roberts, Robert, robber, robbery, robbing

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G