Katherine Helmond, who played the ditzy Tate matriarch on the groundbreaking 1970s comedy Soap and later starred on Who's the Boss? among many other roles, died February 23 of Alzheimer's complications at her home in Los Angeles. She was 89. APA announced the news. Helmond is best known for her starring roles as the ditzy Jessica Tate opposite Billy Crystal and Robert Guillaume on ABC's 1977-81 primetime soap opera s…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:23PM on March 1, 2019