Movies by Katherine Helmond
As part of the cast:
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Cars (2006)
Cast: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt …
Directed by: John Lasseter
Prepare to peel out with this revved-up animated adventure featuring classic automobiles, plenty of fender benders, guffaws galore and a nostalgic Route 66 road trip with a crew that…
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The Strand: Venice Beach, CA (2005)
Cast: Robyn Cohen, De Anna Joy Brooks, Marshelle Fair …
Directed by: Daniel Myrick
Blair Witch Project co-creator Daniel Myrick rolls out an uncensored look at the quirky, kooky social fabric of Venice Beach, Calif., with this independent, episodic feature that was…
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Beethoven's 5th (2003)
Cast: Dave Thomas, Faith Ford, Daveigh Chase …
Directed by: Mark Griffiths
While exploring his new surroundings, that baleful St. Bernard, Beethoven, "digs up" a dirt-smudged $10 bill. When it turns out that the money is part of a 1920s fortune, a frenzy strikes…
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How to Marry a Billionaire (2000)
Cast: John Stamos, Joshua Malina, Shemar Moore …
Directed by: Rod Daniel
Tom (John Stamos) is on a mission to meet a rich woman after being dumped too many times for men with fatter wallets. With the help of his just-as-broke pals (Joshua Malina and Shemar Moore),…
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The Perfect Nanny (2000)
Cast: Susan Blakely, Bruce Boxleitner, Dana Barron …
In the wake of his wife's death, the grieving Dr. James Lewis (Bruce Boxleitner) hand-picks a seemingly perfect nanny, Andrea McBride (Tracy Nelson), to care for his motherless children.…
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The Spy Within (1995)
Cast: Theresa Russell, Scott Glenn, Lane Smith …
Directed by: Steve Railsback
In this suspense thriller, Alex Canis (Theresa Russell), a former NSA spy specializing in entrapment, tries to quit her job -- but her government boss, J.B. (Terence Knox), won't let…
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Inside Monkey Zetterland (1993)
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Sandra Bernhard, Sofia Coppola …
Directed by: Jefery Levy
Meet struggling screenwriter Monkey Zetterland (Steve Antin) and his zany family in this quirky comedy by Jefery Levy. Monkey uses his obsession with an extinct subway system of L.A. as fare…
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Lady in White (1988)
Cast: Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Alex Rocco …
Directed by: Frank LaLoggia
When a Halloween prank traps young Frankie Scarlatti (Lukas Haas) in a school coat closet, he witnesses the replay of a girl's death. Narrowly escaping the grip of her unseen killer,…
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Overboard (1987)
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann …
Directed by: Garry Marshall
Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht -- and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls…
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Brazil (1985)
Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Part social commentary, part outrageous fantasy, Terry Gilliam's black comedy set in an Orwellian future stars Jonathan Pryce as a daydreaming civil servant who, through one bureaucratic…
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Brazil: The Love Conquers All Version (1985)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam vociferously contested this edited version of his futuristic satire, which studio chair Sid Sheinberg made in response to poor audience testing. Sheinberg chopped nearly 40…
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Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982)
Cast: Sondra Locke, Tony Orlando, Penelope Milford …
Directed by: Jackie Cooper
This made-for-TV film from director Jackie Cooper dramatizes the turbulent life and career of singer and television actress Rosemary Clooney (Sondra Locke), including her rise to national…
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Time Bandits (1981)
Cast: John Cleese, Sean Connery, Ian Holm …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
In Terry Gilliam's fantastic voyage through time and space, a boy escapes from his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarves. On their journey, they visit Napoleon…
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Soap (1977)
Cast: Rod Roddy, Katherine Helmond, Richard Mulligan …
One of the quirkiest and most controversial shows to hit the TV airwaves, this late 1970s satire of soap operas follows the lives of sisters Jessica (Katherine Helmond) and Mary (Cathryn…
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Family Plot (1976)
Cast: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris …
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock's final film (at age 76) is an easygoing suspense mystery. An atypically heroic Bruce Dern (who was in Hitch's Marnie 12 years earlier) plays a cabbie who teams…
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James Dean (1976)
Cast: Stephen McHattie, Brooke Adams, Julian Burton …
Directed by: Robert Butler
Screen idol James Dean lives fast and dies young in this made-for-television feature based on the memoirs of Dean's college roommate William Bast. The biopic chronicles the life of Dean…
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1973)
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Eric Brown, Richard Dysart …
Directed by: John Korty
Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines, this highly acclaimed TV drama follows the life of Jane Pittman, a black woman born into slavery in the South during the 1850s who lives long enough to…
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The Hospital (1971)
Cast: George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
George C. Scott stars in this black comedy as Herbert Bock, a suicidal doctor who struggles to find meaning in his life while a murderer stalks the halls of his hospital. Herbert's life…