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Doris Roberts

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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. Roberts built up some face recognition with regular appearances in the sitcoms Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976) (syndicated) and Angie (1979) (ABC), but truly came into her own as a widely known comedienne when she was cast as the meddling, strong-willed family matriarch on Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) (CBS). The show became of the best-loved sitcoms in history, and Roberts earned seven Emmy nominations and four wins for her colorful characterization. Well past the common age of retirement and well past the show's celebrated end, Roberts maintained a reputation as one of the big and small screen's most iconic mothers, and she continued to be a welcome sight as a television guest star and film player.
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She beat out 100 other actresses for her role of Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond (1996).
Attended and graduated from New York University where she majored in journalism.
When she was a child, Doris's father abandoned her and her mother, which forced her mother Ann to single-handedly raise Doris on her own.
She played the wife of Peter Boyle on Everybody Loves Raymond (1996). On the sitcom, their characters were supposed to be the same age. In real-life, Roberts was 10 years older than Boyle.
She was originally cast as Vivian Harmon on Maude (1972), but the producers thought she was too much like main star Bea Arthur. After shooting the pilot, she was replaced by Rue McClanahan.

A senator in Washington the other day said, "We need you. We need that voice." Well, between working on Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) and writing a book, I have very little time.
By the time you're 40, the kids are grown, out of the house or on their way out, and you have your whole life again.
Everything in life comes to an end. I've known loss. I've lost my husband, I've lost friends. When my husband died, I was devastated.
Everybody is a teacher if you listen.

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