Years later, those same first-season episodes are available in a bare-bones three-DVD set ... works as a soap opera. The series took two sisters, one rich and ditzy (Katherine Helmond) and ...

Katherine Helmond, who played the ditzy Tate matriarch on the groundbreaking 1970s comedy Soap and later starred on Who’s the Boss?, among many other roles, died February 28 of Alzheimer’s ...

Katherine Helmond, the sitcom star whose memorable roles as ditzy matriarchs in “Soap,” “Who’s the Boss?” and “Coach” endeared her to audiences of all ages, has died. She was 89.