Audra Lindley
Actor
Born September 24, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA
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 regular roles as Meredith Baxter's mother in the sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie, as well as Lee Grant's best friend in Fay.
Filmography
Sisters and Other Strangers
Irene Connelly
The Relic
Dr. Matilda Zwiezic
Sudden Death
Mrs. Ferrara
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Jean
Cybill
Virginia Sheridan
Friends
Frances
The New Age
Sandi Rego
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Monica/Edna's mother
Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
Katherine Kendrick
Just My Imagination
Elizabeth Thompson
The Hidden Room
Elsie
Absolute Strangers
Anne Zusselman
Tales from the Crypt
Anita
Troop Beverly Hills
Frances Temple
Bridesmaids
Lulu
Spellbinder
Mrs. White
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
Mrs. Chaney
Stamp of a Killer
Granny
Sunday Drive
Aunt Joan
Matlock
Mary Ann Newton
Desert Hearts
Frances Parker
Murder, She Wrote
Maggie Saunders
Best Friends
Ann Babson
Cannery Row
Fauna Flood
The Day the Bubble Burst
Evangeline Adams
Skyward Christmas
Billie
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
Barbara Parkinson
The Silent Lovers
Laura Hope Crews
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
Self
The Ropers
Helen Roper
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Ceil Ryder
Pearl
Lily - General's Wife
Getting Married
Catherine Lawrence
The Love Boat
Anita Wolfe
The New Love Boat
Mae Allen
Three's Company
Helen Roper
The Canterville Ghost
Mrs. Otis
Chico and the Man
The Heartbreak Kid
Mrs. Corcoran
Bridget Loves Bernie
Amy Fitzgerald
Taking Off
Ann Lockston
Another World
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Route 66
Naked City
Sheila Braden
Search for Tomorrow
Robert Montgomery Presents
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Male Animal
Student (uncredited)
Dangerously They Live
Nurse (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
Mother (uncredited)
Manpower
Nurse (uncredited)