
Audra Lindley
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 G...
Known For
Filmography

The Relic
1997
as Dr. Matilda Zwiezic

Sisters and Other Strangers
1997
as Irene Connelly

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995
as Jean

Sudden Death
1995
as Mrs. Ferrara

Cybill
1995
as Virginia Sheridan

The New Age
1994
as Sandi Rego

Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
1994
as Katherine Kendrick

The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994
as Monica/Edna's mother

Friends
1994
as Frances

Just My Imagination
1992
as Elizabeth Thompson

Absolute Strangers
1991
as Anne Zusselman

The Hidden Room
1991
as Elsie

Bridesmaids
1989
as Lulu

Troop Beverly Hills
1989
as Frances Temple

Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Anita

Spellbinder
1988
as Mrs. White

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
1988
as Mrs. Chaney
Take My Daughters, Please
1988
as Rebecca

Stamp of a Killer
1987
as Granny

Sunday Drive
1986
as Aunt Joan

Matlock
1986
as Mary Ann Newton

Desert Hearts
1985
as Frances Parker

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Maggie Saunders

Cannery Row
1982
as Fauna Flood

The Day the Bubble Burst
1982
as Evangeline Adams

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

When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
1979
as Ceil Ryder

Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
1979
as Self

The Ropers
1979
as Helen Roper

Getting Married
1978
as Catherine Lawrence

Pearl
1978
as Lily - General's Wife

The New Love Boat
1977
as Mae Allen

The Love Boat
1977
as Anita Wolfe

Three's Company
1977
as Helen Roper

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
Fay
1975
as Lillian
The Bob Crane Show
1975

The Canterville Ghost
1974
as Mrs. Otis

Chico and the Man
1974

The Heartbreak Kid
1972
as Mrs. Corcoran

Bridget Loves Bernie
1972
as Amy Fitzgerald

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
An American Girl
1958
as Mrs. Davis

Naked City
1958
as Sheila Braden
From These Roots
1958
as Laura Tompkins

Naked City
1958
as Grace Youngham

Naked City
1958
as Mrs. Denton

Search for Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Irene Stoddard

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Olive
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Nurse Claxton

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Maggie

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

The Male Animal
1942
as Student (uncredited)

Manpower
1941
as Nurse (uncredited)

Dangerously They Live
1941
as Nurse (uncredited)

One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Mother (uncredited)