<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Doris Roberts (born Doris May Green; November 4, 1925--April 17, 2016) was an American actress, author and philanthropist whose career spanned six decades of television . She appeared as a guest on many talk and variety shows, along with appearing as a panelist on several game shows . She was an advocate of animal rights and animal - rights activism, supporting groups such as the United Activists for Animal Rights . Doris Roberts also studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City . </P> <P> Roberts started in films in 1961, and had prominent roles in movies, including playing opposite Shirley Stoler in The Honeymoon Killers (1969), Elliott Gould in Little Murders (1971), Steven Keats in Hester Street (1975), Billy Crystal in Rabbit Test (1978), Robert Carradine in Number One with a Bullet (1987), and Cady McClain in Simple Justice (1989), among many others . She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which began in 1951 . She achieved continuing success for her co-starring role as Raymond Barone's mother, Marie Barone, on the long - running CBS sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond (1996--2005). She played Mildred Krebs in Remington Steele from 1983 to 1987 . Towards the end of her acting career, she also had a prominent role opposite Tyler Perry in Madea's Witness Protection (2012). </P> <P> Doris May Green was born on November 4, 1925, in St. Louis, Missouri, to a family of Russian Jewish immigrants . She was raised by her mother, Ann (née Meltzer), and her maternal grandparents in The Bronx, New York, after her father, Larry Green, deserted the family . Roberts' stepfather, whose surname she took as her own, was Chester H. Roberts . Chester and Roberts' mother operated the Z.L. Rosenfield Agency, a stenographic service catering to playwrights and actors . </P>

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