Audra Lindley

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Job Title

Actor

Born

September 24, 1918

Career Milestones

Achieved TV stardom as Helen Roper, the nosy landlady, on the low-brow ABC sitcom "Three's Company"

Appeared onstage opposite James Whitmore in "Handy Dandy"

Began career making appearances on TV shows like "Playhouse 90", "Kraft Television Theatre" and "Robert Montgomery Presents"

Co-starred as Mrs. Fitzgerald on the CBS sitcom "Bridget Loves Bernie"

Had featured roles in the daytime serials, "Search for Tomorrow", "The Edge of Night" and "From These Roots"

Played Lillian, the best friend of Lee Grant's "Fay" on the NBC sitcom

Played the mother of Edna Buchanan (Elizabeth Montgomery) in two TV-movies based on the work of the Miami reporter

With Norman Fell, co-starred in the spin-off sitcom "The Ropers" (ABC)

1962

Made Broadway debut in "Take Her, She's Mine"

1964

Appeared as Liz Matthews on the NBC daytime drama "Another World"

1971

Feature film debut, Milos Forman's "Taking Off"

1976

Joined the cast of the CBS sitcom "Doc" as nurse Janet Scott

1978

Co-starred in the NBC miniseries "Pearl"

1982

Cast as Burt Reynolds' mother in "Best Friends"

1986

Had supporting role as the owner of a ranch in Las Vegas in the lesbian-themed "Desert Hearts"

1995

Played the grandmother of Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) on the hit NBC sitcom "Friends"

1997

Final feature, "The Relic"

1997

Made one of her last TV appearances as a nun in an episode of the ABC drama "Nothing Sacred"; also made guest appearance as Cybil's mother on "Cybill"

Awards

1972

Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Bridget Loves Bernie

1978

Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Three's Company