Audra Lindley
Acting Born Sep 24, 1918 Died Oct 16, 1997 Los Angeles, California, USA 68 credits
Biography
Audra Lindley was an American actress born on September 24, 1918, in Los Angeles, California, to show business parents. She initially worked as a stand-in and did stunt work in Hollywood before transitioning to theater in New York in her mid-20s. Lindley appeared in several Broadway plays, including 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, later resuming her career with steady appearances on television, notably as landlady Helen Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers.
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Frequent co-stars
Career timeline
The RelicSisters and Other Strangers
CybillSudden DeathDeadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
FriendsThe New AgeThe Corpse Had a Familiar FaceHart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
Just My Imagination
The Hidden RoomAbsolute Strangers
Tales from the CryptTroop Beverly HillsBridesmaids
Take My Daughters, PleaseSpellbinderPerry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
Stamp of a Killer
MatlockSunday Drive
Desert Hearts
Murder, She Wrote
The Day the Bubble BurstCannery RowBest Friends
Skyward Christmas
Revenge of the Stepford WivesThe Silent Lovers
The RopersWhen You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
PearlGetting Married
The Love BoatThe Love BoatThe Love BoatThe Love BoatThe Love Boat
The Bob Crane ShowFay
Chico and the ManThe Canterville Ghost
Bridget Loves BernieThe Heartbreak Kid
Taking Off
Another World
The Merv Griffin Show
The Mike Douglas Show
Route 66
Naked CityNaked CityNaked CityFrom These RootsAn American Girl
Search for Tomorrow
Robert Montgomery PresentsRobert Montgomery PresentsLux Video TheatreLux Video TheatreLux Video Theatre
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Male Animal
Full filmography
- The Relic (1997) as Dr. Matilda Zwiezic
- Sisters and Other Strangers (1997) as Irene Connelly
- Cybill (1995) as Virginia Sheridan
- Sudden Death (1995) as Mrs. Ferrara
- Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995) as Jean
- Friends (1994) as Frances
- The New Age (1994) as Sandi Rego
- The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994) as Monica/Edna's mother
- Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994) as Katherine Kendrick
- Just My Imagination (1992) as Elizabeth Thompson
- The Hidden Room (1991) as Elsie
- Absolute Strangers (1991) as Anne Zusselman
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Anita
- Troop Beverly Hills (1989) as Frances Temple
- Bridesmaids (1989) as Lulu
- Take My Daughters, Please (1988) as Rebecca
- Spellbinder (1988) as Mrs. White
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988) as Mrs. Chaney
- Stamp of a Killer (1987) as Granny
- Matlock (1986) as Mary Ann Newton
- Sunday Drive (1986) as Aunt Joan
- Desert Hearts (1985) as Frances Parker
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Maggie Saunders
- The Day the Bubble Burst (1982) as Evangeline Adams
- Cannery Row (1982) as Fauna Flood
- Best Friends (1982) as Ann Babson
- Skyward Christmas (1981) as Billie
- Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980) as Barbara Parkinson
- The Silent Lovers (1980) as Laura Hope Crews
- The Ropers (1979) as Helen Roper
- When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979) as Ceil Ryder
- Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special (1979) as Self
- Pearl (1978) as Lily - General's Wife
- Getting Married (1978) as Catherine Lawrence
- The Love Boat (1977) as Anita Wolfe
- The Love Boat (1977) as Mrs. Worth
- The Love Boat (1977) as Portia Fairchild
- The Love Boat (1977) as Agnes Larrabee
- The Love Boat (1977) as Vanessa Norris
- Three's Company (1977) as Helen Roper
- The New Love Boat (1977) as Mae Allen
- The Bob Crane Show (1975)
- Fay (1975) as Lillian
- Chico and the Man (1974)
- The Canterville Ghost (1974) as Mrs. Otis
- Bridget Loves Bernie (1972) as Amy Fitzgerald
- The Heartbreak Kid (1972) as Mrs. Corcoran
- Taking Off (1971) as Ann Lockston
- Another World (1964)
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Route 66 (1960)
- Naked City (1958) as Sheila Braden
- Naked City (1958) as Grace Youngham
- Naked City (1958) as Mrs. Denton
- From These Roots (1958) as Laura Tompkins
- An American Girl (1958) as Mrs. Davis
- Search for Tomorrow (1951)
- Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
- Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as Maggie
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Irene Stoddard
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Olive
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Nurse Claxton
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
- The Male Animal (1942) as Student (uncredited)
- Dangerously They Live (1941) as Nurse (uncredited)
- Manpower (1941) as Nurse (uncredited)
- One Foot in Heaven (1941) as Mother (uncredited)