Doris Roberts Net Worth

Doris Roberts's Quotes

• 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.

Interesting Facts about Doris Roberts

1. Doris's son, Michael Cannata, was her manager.
2. She resided in a home once rented by James Dean.
3. She beat out 100 other actresses for her role of Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond (1996).
4. 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.
5. She guest-starred in the situation comedy episode, The King of Queens: Rayny Day (1999), as Marie Barone, her character from Everybody Loves Raymond (1996).
6. She played Charles Grodin's mother in The Heartbreak Kid (1972), although she was only 10 years older than he was.
7. Attended the opening night screening of Verso la luna con Fellini (1990) at the 2006 Beverly Hills Film Festival, where Mikhail Vartanov and Dominique Swain were also present.
8. Had one son: Michael Cannata (born 1957). Had three grandchildren: Kelsey Cannata, Andrew Cannata and Devon Cannata.
9. She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village, New York City.
10. Best known by the public for her roles as Mildred Krebs on Remington Steele (1982) and as Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond (1996).
11. She appeared in one of the final episodes of Desperate Housewives (2004).
12. She appeared in every episode of Everybody Loves Raymond (1996).
13. 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.
14. Acting mentor and friends with Ray Romano.
15. Was a celebrity spokesperson for Glade Products.
16. Had suffered back problems and broke her herniated disc during filming of Remington Steele (1982).
17. Her Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) co-star, Ray Romano, along with herself are both benefitting the Peter Boyle Research Fund, to honor Boyle, who died of multiple myeloma on December 12, 2006.
18. Was reunited with Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) co-star, Patricia Heaton, in three different episodes of The Middle (2009).
19. Friends with: Shirley Jones, Charlotte Rae, Bea Arthur, Betty White, Angela Lansbury, Jean Stapleton, Anne Meara, Joan Rivers, Norman Lear, Jerry Stiller, Roddy McDowall, Piper Laurie, Ernest Borgnine, Gavin MacLeod, Hal Linden, Peter Boyle, Mary Tyler Moore, E.G. Marshall, James Coco, Shirley MacLaine, Katherine Helmond, Richard Mulligan, Carol Channing, Jo Anne Worley, Elaine May, Charles Nelson Reilly, John Randolph and Charles Durning.
20. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 10, 2003.