Ray Romano Reveals the Dealbreaker for a Raymond Revival

Remembering Doris Roberts, the funny TV mom ‘Everybody’ loved

She may be best known to modern audiences for her “Everybody Loves Raymond” role, but Doris Roberts’ career stretched over 65 years.

We may best remember Doris Roberts for her “Everybody Loves Raymond” role, which ran for nine seasons and earned her four Emmys, but the actress — who died Sunday at age 90 — had a stellar career on both stage and screen that lasted over 65 years.

“Doris Roberts had an energy and a spirit that amazed me,” her “Raymond” co-star Ray Romano said in a statement. “She never stopped. She did it all with such a grand love for life and people and I will miss her dearly.”

Doris Roberts, Pierce Brosnan, Stephanie Zimbalist, 1982-87.

Roberts’ TV career spanned the history of the medium. Her first credit on IMDB was on “Starlight Theater” in 1951, and there are no fewer than four projects she appeared in just recently that are slated for release this year. During her career she appeared on such shows as “Remington Steele,” “Soap,” “Dream On” and “St. Elsewhere,” the show that won her her first and only non-“Raymond” Emmy.

In 2003, Roberts appeared on TODAY and told Al Roker that her “Raymond” character, Marie Barone, was immediately identifiable for audiences. “They can laugh at me, and if you can laugh at me and the things that I do on that show, you can laugh at your own parents,” she said.

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