- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 24, 1918
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- October 16, 1997
Audra Lindley
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 regu…
Filmography
movieSisters and Other Strangers
1997 · Irene Connelly
movieThe Relic
1997 · Dr. Matilda Zwiezic
movieSudden Death
1995 · Mrs. Ferrara
movieDeadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995 · Jean
tvCybill
1995 · Virginia Sheridan
tvFriends
1994 · Frances
movieThe New Age
1994 · Sandi Rego
movieThe Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994 · Monica/Edna's mother
movieHart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
1994 · Katherine Kendrick
movieJust My Imagination
1992 · Elizabeth Thompson
tvThe Hidden Room
1991 · Elsie
movieAbsolute Strangers
1991 · Anne Zusselman
tvTales from the Crypt
1989 · Anita
movieTroop Beverly Hills
1989 · Frances Temple
movieBridesmaids
1989 · Lulu
Take My Daughters, Please
movieTake My Daughters, Please
1988 · Rebecca
movieSpellbinder
1988 · Mrs. White
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
1988 · Mrs. Chaney
movieStamp of a Killer
1987 · Granny
movieSunday Drive
1986 · Aunt Joan
tvMatlock
1986 · Mary Ann Newton
movieDesert Hearts
1985 · Frances Parker
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Maggie Saunders
movieBest Friends
1982 · Ann Babson
movieCannery Row
1982 · Fauna Flood
movieThe Day the Bubble Burst
1982 · Evangeline Adams
movieSkyward Christmas
1981 · Billie
movieRevenge of the Stepford Wives
1980 · Barbara Parkinson
movieThe Silent Lovers
1980 · Laura Hope Crews
moviePat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
1979 · Self
tvThe Ropers
1979 · Helen Roper
movieWhen You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
1979 · Ceil Ryder
tvPearl
1978 · Lily - General's Wife
movieGetting Married
1978 · Catherine Lawrence
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Anita Wolfe, Mrs. Worth, Portia Fairchild, Agnes Larrabee, Vanessa Norris
movieThe New Love Boat
1977 · Mae Allen
tvThree's Company
1977 · Helen Roper
Fay
tvFay
1975 · Lillian
The Bob Crane Show
tvThe Bob Crane Show
1975
movieThe Canterville Ghost
1974 · Mrs. Otis
tvChico and the Man
1974
movieThe Heartbreak Kid
1972 · Mrs. Corcoran
tvBridget Loves Bernie
1972 · Amy Fitzgerald
movieTaking Off
1971 · Ann Lockston
tvAnother World
1964
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
tvRoute 66
1960
tvNaked City
1958 · Sheila Braden, Grace Youngham, Mrs. Denton
From These Roots
tvFrom These Roots
1958 · Laura Tompkins
An American Girl
movieAn American Girl
1958 · Mrs. Davis
tvSearch for Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
tvLux Video Theatre
1950 · Irene Stoddard, Olive, Nurse Claxton
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950 · , Maggie
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
movieThe Male Animal
1942 · Student (uncredited)
movieDangerously They Live
1941 · Nurse (uncredited)
movieOne Foot in Heaven
1941 · Mother (uncredited)
movieManpower
1941 · Nurse (uncredited)