Audra Lindley

Personal Info

Birthday

September 24, 1918

Day of Death

1997-10-16

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Audra Lindley

Biography

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.

Known For

Friends

Murder, She Wrote

The Love Boat

Robert Montgomery Presents

Three's Company

Tales from the Crypt

Naked City

Lux Video Theatre

Filmography

1997
Sisters and Other Strangers
as Irene Connelly
The Relic
as Dr. Matilda Zwiezic
1995
Sudden Death
as Mrs. Ferrara
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
as Jean
1994
The New Age
as Sandi Rego
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
as Monica/Edna's mother
Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
as Katherine Kendrick
1992
Just My Imagination
as Elizabeth Thompson
1991
Absolute Strangers
as Anne Zusselman
1989
Troop Beverly Hills
as Frances Temple
Bridesmaids
as Lulu
1988
Take My Daughters, Please
as Rebecca
Spellbinder
as Mrs. White
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
as Mrs. Chaney
1987
Stamp of a Killer
as Granny
1986
Sunday Drive
as Aunt Joan
1985
Desert Hearts
as Frances Parker
1982
Best Friends
as Ann Babson
Cannery Row
as Fauna Flood
The Day the Bubble Burst
as Evangeline Adams
1981
Skyward Christmas
as Billie
1980
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
as Barbara Parkinson
The Silent Lovers
as Laura Hope Crews
1979
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
as Self
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
as Ceil Ryder
1978
Getting Married
as Catherine Lawrence
1977
The New Love Boat
as Mae Allen
1974
The Canterville Ghost
as Mrs. Otis
1972
The Heartbreak Kid
as Mrs. Corcoran
1971
Taking Off
as Ann Lockston
1958
An American Girl
as Mrs. Davis
1942
The Male Animal
as Student (uncredited)
1941
Dangerously They Live
as Nurse (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
as Mother (uncredited)
Manpower
as Nurse (uncredited)