R.I.P. Doris Roberts, 'Raymond' mom and 'Remington Steele' star

MeTV ^ | April 19, 2016 | uncredited

[Buckeye McFrog]

a.k.a. Marie Barone, the meddlesome mother-in-law on Everybody Loves Raymond. A big-big BIG time uber-Lib. Co-Star Patricia Heaton is a Conservative. That tension between them was very real, it seems. RIP.

[knarf]

http://fireball-roberts.com/familyhistory.html

[from occupied ga]

I didn’t love Raymond - I loathed the show. Only bright spot was Heaton.

[Beowulf9]

I loved her as Tim's mom in Soap. If she was in it, I would watch it. She was very likeable and good at being the long suffering mom.

[katana]

“Oh God, I’m a lesbian”. One of the best character actresses of her generation and everybody’s favorite mother in law from Hell on Raymond. RIP.

[Kartographer]

Flaming liberal

[Buckeye McFrog]

Yup. She was a regular at these “keep your hands off my ovaries” pro-abortion rallies.

Her TV husband Peter Boyle was even further to the Left.

[donna]

Jar of Fat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmfGyQ5cV2M

[Federal46]

That’s very fascinating I had no idea she was married to Fireball Roberts I remember him and her both very well thanks.

[Cicero]

I guess the reason I didn’t recognize her name is that I never watched a single one of those shows or movies. Oh, well, rest in peace.

[knarf]

yeah ... me neither

[knarf]

NO one can follow Archie Bunker

[Federal46]

You must not ever watch chick flicks with your wife. Doris Roberts has been in a thousand chick flicks.

[redgolum]

It was. They used it in the show to great effect.

Still, from what I have read, both Heaton and Roberts liked each other.

[wally_bert]

I love Remington Steele and my wife never cared for it.

Steele got me started on classic movies that were cited so often.

The best part of course, was Stephanie Z.

[riverdawg]

“I didn’t love Raymond - I loathed the show.”

Over time, the show became quite un-funny, almost cringe-worthy, in it’s depiction of the increasingly strained relationships among the main characters. I stopped watching around season five.

[riverdawg]

“I love Remington Steele ...

The best part of course, was Stephanie Z.”

FR needs a “like” button.

[wally_bert]

Sometimes very much.

[Albion Wilde]

[Albion Wilde]

http://fireball-roberts.com/familyhistory.html

That's not the same person. Roberts was her stepfather's name. Doris Roberts was Jewish, of Russian descent. Her second marriage in 1963 was to a writer, William Goyen, who wrote of his Christian conversion experience in 1971; I don't know what her beliefs or practices were.