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Audra Marie^{[citation needed]} 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.[2]

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Audra Lindley
Lindley in Fay (1975)
Born	Audra Marie Lindley (1918-09-24)September 24, 1918 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	October 16, 1997(1997-10-16) (aged 79)[1] Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1941–1997
Spouse(s)	Hardy Ulm ​ ​ (m. 1943; died 1970)​ James Whitmore ​ ​ (m. 1972; div. 1979)​
Children	5

Life and career

Audra Lindley was born into Los Angeles show business. Her father, Bert Lindley, was a film and stage actor. Lindley got her Hollywood start as a stand-in. This progressed to stunt work, and she eventually became a contract player with Warner Bros.^{[citation needed]}

In 1943, she went to New York in her mid-20s to work in theater. Among her many Broadway plays during her long career were: On Golden Pond, Long Day's Journey into Night, and Horse Heavens.^{[citation needed]}

After a break from acting to raise five children, she began to make steady appearances on television in the early 1960s, including the role of Sue Knowles on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow, and a five-year stint as manipulative Aunt Liz Matthews on the soap opera Another World. She had regular roles as Meredith Baxter's mother in the sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie as well as Lee Grant’s best friend in Fay. Both series were short-lived.[3]

In 1971, she starred in Taking Off, the first American film of Miloš Forman.[3] She had guest roles on The Love Boat in 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981 (pilot movie 3, season 1 episode 4, season 2 episodes 1 & 2, season 3 episodes 1 & 2, season 4 episode 18, and season 5 episode 10).^{[citation needed]}

Her greatest fame came when she began playing the wisecracking, perpetually unfulfilled and sexually frustrated Helen Roper on the hit sitcom Three’s Company (1977–79), in which she wore a wig to maintain her character's exaggerated hairstyle. [3] The character and her husband Stanley, portrayed by Norman Fell, also starred in the spin-off series The Ropers (1979–80), which ran for two seasons.[4]

Lindley continued to appear steadily on television and in films, such as Revenge of the Stepford Wives in 1980 and as Fauna, the owner of a brothel in the 1982 film Cannery Row. In 1982, she appeared in the film Best Friends, starring Goldie Hawn and Burt Reynolds.

She played a supporting role in the lesbian-themed film Desert Hearts (1985).[5] In 1987, she had another supporting role as Judith Light's mother in the TV movie Dangerous Affection. She also appeared in 1989's Troop Beverly Hills as outspoken director of the Wilderness Girls. Also in 1989, she was the main character of an episode of the horror anthology series Tales from the Crypt.

In 1991, she starred in an episode of the horror anthology series The Hidden Room. She got parts in various TV films and series, including playing Phoebe Buffay's grandmother on Friends and her last, a recurring role as Cybill Shepherd's mother on the sitcom Cybill (having previously played Shepherd's mother in the 1972 film The Heartbreak Kid).[6]

Personal life and death

She was married to Hardy Ulm, with whom she had five children, from 1943 until his death in 1970.[3][7] She was then married to actor James Whitmore from 1972 to 1979.[8]

Lindley died of complications from leukemia on October 16, 1997, at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. She was age 79.[1] She was cremated and her ashes buried in an unmarked grave near her parents at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in Santa Monica, California.[9]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1941	Manpower	Nurse	Uncredited
1941	One Foot in Heaven	Mother	Uncredited
1941	Dangerously They Live	Nurse	Uncredited
1942	The Male Animal	Student	Uncredited
1971	Taking Off	Ann Lockston
1972	The Heartbreak Kid	Mrs. Corcoran
1979	When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?	Ceil Ryder
1982	Cannery Row	Fauna Flood
1982	Best Friends	Ann Babson
1985	Desert Hearts	Frances Parker
1985	Zoo Ship		Voice
1988	Spellbinder	Mrs. White
1989	Troop Beverly Hills	Frances Temple
1994	The New Age	Sandi Rego
1995	Sudden Death	Mrs. Ferrara
1996	Shoot the Moon	Blanche Gaskins
1997	The Relic	Dr. Matilda Zwiezic

References

External links

• Audra Lindley at IMDb 
• Audra Lindley at AllMovie
• Audra Lindley at the Internet Broadway Database
• Audra Lindley at Find a Grave

На других языках

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[de] Audra Lindley

Audra Marie Lindley (* 24. September 1918 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien; † 16. Oktober 1997 ebenda) war eine US-amerikanische Film-, Theater- und Fernsehschauspielerin.

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- [en] Audra Lindley

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[es] Audra Lindley

Audra Marie Lindley (Los Ángeles, California; 24 de septiembre de 1918-ib., 16 de octubre de 1997) fue una actriz estadounidense, conocida principalmente por su papel de la casera Helen Roper en la sitcom Three's Company y en su serie derivada The Ropers.

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[ru] Линдли, Одра

Одра Линдли (англ. Audra Lindley, 24 сентября 1918 — 16 октября 1997) — американская актриса, наиболее известная по роли домовладелицы Элен Ропер в популярном американском комедийном сериале «Трое — это компания» и его спин-оффе «Роперы».

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