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Audra Lindley
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Audra Lindley
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1918-09-24,Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Audra Marie Lindley (September 24, 1918 – October 16, 1997) was an American actress, most famous for her role as landlady Helen Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers. Born in Los Angeles, California, Lindley was the daughter of show business parents. She got her early start in Hollywood by being a stand-in, which eventually progressed to stunt work. Nothing panned out, and she went to New York in her mid-20s to work in theater. Among her many Broadway plays were: On Golden Pond, Playhouse 90, Long Day's Journey into Night, and Horse Heavens. She took time off to get married and raise five children. Upon resuming her career, she began to make steady appearances on television, including the role of Sue Knowles on the CBS soap opera Search for Tomorrow, and a six-year stint as manipulative "Aunt Liz" Matthews on the NBC soap opera Another World. She also had regular roles as Meredith Baxter's mother in the sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie, as well as Lee Grant's best friend in Fay. Her greatest fame arrived when she began playing the wisecracking, perpetually unfulfilled and sexually frustrated Helen Roper on the hit sitcom Three's Company (1977). (Lindley wore a wig to maintain the character's exaggerated hairstyle.) The character and her husband, Mr. Roper (played by Norman Fell), were spun off to their own show, The Ropers (1979), which was not a success. Lindley continued to appear steadily on television and in film, such as Revenge of the Stepford Wives in 1980 and as Fauna, the owner of the "Bear Flag Restaurant," a Monterey, CA brothel portrayed in the 1982 film Cannery Row. In 1982, she appeared in the film Best Friends starring Goldie Hawn and Burt Reynolds. One of her last roles was a character part in the lesbian-themed film Desert Hearts (1985). Lindley wanted to reshoot one key scene. The director, Donna Deitch, replied that they did not have the budget for reshooting. Lindley said that she would buy a portion of the film if Deitch let her do just that one take again. Deitch agreed, and Lindley kept her word. Lindley garnered further parts of all sizes in various TV films and series, including playing Phoebe Buffay's grandmother on Friends, and her last, a recurring role as Cybill Shepherd's mother on the CBS sitcom Cybill. She had also played Shepherd's mother in the 1972 film The Heartbreak Kid. Lindley died from leukemia on October 16, 1997, at Cedars Sinai Medical Center with a Cybill script by her hospital bedside. She was married to and divorced from Dr. Hardy Ulm (1943–1960); they had five children. She later married and divorced James Whitmore (1972–1979) Description above from the Wikipedia article Audra Lindley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

7.1

Desert Hearts
1985-10-01

6.5

Manpower
1941-08-09

5.6

The New Age
1994-09-16

The Male Animal

4.7

The Male Animal
1942-03-12

Getting Married

6

Getting Married
1978-05-17

6.16

The Relic
1997-01-10

5.9

Cannery Row
1982-02-12

The Heartbreak Kid

6.7

The Heartbreak Kid
1972-12-17

5.8

Spellbinder
1988-09-23

The Day the Bubble Burst

5

The Day the Bubble Burst
1982-02-07

5.2

Best Friends
1982-12-17

When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

5.8

When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
1979-02-09

10

Sunday Drive
1986-11-30

The New Love Boat

3.3

The New Love Boat
1977-05-05

Revenge of the Stepford Wives

5.3

Revenge of the Stepford Wives
1980-10-12

Sisters and Other Strangers

8

Sisters and Other Strangers
1997-05-06

6.8

Bridesmaids
1989-01-01

Stamp of a Killer

5.7

Stamp of a Killer
1987-11-01

Skyward Christmas

9

Skyward Christmas
1981-12-03

Absolute Strangers

0

Absolute Strangers
1991-04-14

The Silent Lovers

4.7

The Silent Lovers
1980-05-20

Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart

6.9

Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
1994-03-25

Just My Imagination

4.7

Just My Imagination
1992-12-21

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake

6.9

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
1988-05-15

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

7

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995-05-08

The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

4.7

The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994-03-27

Dangerously They Live

6.3

Dangerously They Live
1941-12-24

The Canterville Ghost

7

The Canterville Ghost
1974-12-31

Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special

0

Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
1979-12-08

6.9

Taking Off
1971-03-28

Troop Beverly Hills

5.7

Troop Beverly Hills
1989-03-24

An American Girl

7

An American Girl
1958-01-01

6.045

Sudden Death
1995-10-27

Take My Daughters, Please

9

Take My Daughters, Please
1988-11-21

One Foot in Heaven

6.9

One Foot in Heaven
1941-11-01

0

No Friends
2025-05-18

Murder, She Wrote

7.522

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

6.244

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

8.408

Friends
1994-09-22

7

Matlock
1986-03-03

Chico and the Man

6

Chico and the Man
1974-09-13

Tales from the Crypt

7.985

Tales from the Crypt
1989-06-10

6.7

Route 66
1960-10-07

5.7

Naked City
1958-09-30

6.1

The Ropers
1979-03-13

Three's Company

7.5

Three's Company
1977-03-15

5.5

Another World
1964-05-04

Bridget Loves Bernie

6.8

Bridget Loves Bernie
1972-09-16

Lux Video Theatre

6.7

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

The Philco Television Playhouse

6.6

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03

From These Roots

5

From These Roots
1958-06-30

5

Fay
1975-09-04

Robert Montgomery Presents

6

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

The Bob Crane Show

6

The Bob Crane Show
1975-03-06

5.7

Naked City
1958-09-30

5.7

Naked City
1958-09-30

Search for Tomorrow

8

Search for Tomorrow
1951-09-03

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

Lux Video Theatre

6.7

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre

6.7

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Robert Montgomery Presents

6

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

6.244

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

6.244

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

6.244

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

6.244

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

6

Pearl
1978-11-16

6

Cybill
1995-01-02

The Hidden Room

6

The Hidden Room
1991-07-23

The Merv Griffin Show

6.8

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01