Lindley in the opening credits of Three's Company

Audra Marie Lindley (September 24, 1918 – October 16, 1997) was an American actress most famous for her role as landlady Helen Roper on the popular sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Helen Roper was a character on the situation comedy series, Threes Company and its later spin-off series The Ropers. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... For the Entourage episode, see Threes Company (Entourage). ... The Ropers was an American sitcom that ran from March 1979 to April 1980. ...

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-twenties to take her talent to the stage. Among her many Broadway plays were: On Golden Pond, Playhouse 90, Long Day's Journey into Night, Horse Heavens and many others. She took time off to get married and raise five children. Upon resuming her career, she began to make steady appearances on television, including a six-year stint as manipulative "Aunt Liz" Matthews on the NBC soap opera Another World, and a regular role as Meredith Baxter's mother in the sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... On Golden Pond (1981) was a successful Broadway play written by playwright Ernest Thompson which was turned into a successful and popular movie starring Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda. ... Playhouse 90 is the name of a 90-minute long dramatic television series that ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961. ... Long Days Journey Into Night is a dramatic play in four acts by Eugene ONeill, widely considered to be his masterwork. ... NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... Another World (AW) (sometimes called Another World: Bay City to distinguish it from its spinoffs in the 1970s and 1980s) was a Daytime Emmy-winning American soap opera which ran on the NBC television network from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. ... Meredith Baxter (born June 21, 1947) is an American actress. ... Bridget Loves Bernie was an American television comedy program. ...

Her greatest fame arrived when she began playing the wisecracking, perpetually unfulfilled and sexually frustrated Helen Roper on the hit sitcom Three's Company (1977) (Lindley wore a wig to maintain the character's exaggerated hairstyle). The character and her husband ][Mr. Roper] (played by Norman Fell) were so popular that they were spun off to their own show, The Ropers (1979), which was not a success. Lindley continued to appear steadily on television and film. One of her last notable roles was a character part in the lesbian-themed film Desert Hearts (1985). Lindley wanted to retape one key scene. The director, Donna Deitch, replied that they did not have the budget for reshooting. Lindley said that she would buy a portion of the film if Dietch let her do just that one take again. Deitch agreed, and Lindley kept her word (the film went on to become a cult classic and make a solid profit). Lindley garnered further parts of all sizes in various TV films and series, including playing Phoebe Buffay's grandmother on Friends, and her last, a recurring role on the CBS sitcom Cybill. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Fell in the opening credits of Threes Company Norman Fell (born Norman Feld March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was an American film and television actor most famous for his role as landlord Mr. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Desert Hearts is a 1985 lesbian-themed romantic drama film loosely based on the Jane Rule novel Desert of the Heart. ... // Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone Rocky IV, starring Sylvester Stallone The Color Purple, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Adolph Caesar Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and... Phoebe Buffay (Buffay-Hannigan by the end of the series) (born February 16, 1967) is a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994-2004), played by Lisa Kudrow. ... Friends. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... Cybill was an American sitcom which aired on CBS from 1995 to 1998, starring actress Cybill Shepherd in the lead role. ...

Lindley unexpectedly succumbed to leukemia on October 16, 1997 at the age of 79, a Cybill script by her hospital bedside. Leukemia or leukaemia (see spelling differences) is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation (production by multiplication) of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She was twice married:

• 1) Dr Hardy Uhm (1943-1960); five children
• 2) James Whitmore (1972-1979), from whom she was separated, and their children and grandchildren.

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External link

• Audra Lindley at the Internet Movie Database