--- description: Doris Roberts' colleagues recalled not only her talent — as a comic and as a thespian — but also "her energy and spirit" offstage. title: Comedians and Actors Remember Doris Roberts image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd923e98b6034ab37/69888faa8e06014f914657df/gettyimages-458666250.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [remembrance](/tag/remembrance/) ## remembrance Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Comedians and Actors Remember Doris Roberts as Hilarious, Warm by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 19, 2016 5:39 AM CUT  Doris Roberts attends the International Myeloma Foundation 8th annual comedy celebration 'Celebrity Autobiography' at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on November 8, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Doris Roberts attends the International Myeloma Foundation 8th annual comedy celebration 'Celebrity Autobiography' at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on November 8, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.Jerod Harris—WireImage by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 19, 2016 5:39 AM CUT Doris Roberts, who died on Sunday at the age of 90, took her first TV role in 1951 and never really stopped. For over six decades, she illuminated films and television shows with wit and glamor, crossing paths with hundreds of actors and comedians. In the wake of her passing, they have been effusive in their tributes. They recalled not only her talent — as a comic and as a thespian — but also “her energy and spirit” offstage, as Ray Romano, her co-star on _Everybody Loves Raymond_, [wrote](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/18/doris-roberts-dead-everybody-loves-raymond-stars-tribute?xid=entertainment-weekly%5Fsocialflow%5Ftwitter "undefined") in a statement. “Whether working professionally or with her many charities, or just nurturing and mentoring a green young comic trying to make it as an actor, she did everything with such a grand love for life and people and I will miss her dearly,” Romano wrote. Twitter and Facebook, too, were predictably ablaze: > [](https://twitter.com/MsKathyBates/status/722273919562964994) > [](https://twitter.com/Tom%5FBergeron/status/722269237251694594) > [](https://twitter.com/JewelStaite/status/722258139060379648) > [](https://twitter.com/wendimclendonco/status/722232246803963908) > [](https://twitter.com/JackeeHarry/status/722206533673742336) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4298753/doris-roberts-death-tributes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4298753/doris-roberts-death-tributes/"},"headline":"Comedians and Actors Remember Doris Roberts as Hilarious, Warm","datePublished":"2016-04-19T05:39:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:51:08.773Z","description":"The Everybody Loves Raymond co-star died on Sunday at the age of 90","url":"https://time.com/4298753/doris-roberts-death-tributes/","keywords":["remembrance","Television","movies","celebrities","Hollywood","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd923e98b6034ab37/69888faa8e06014f914657df/gettyimages-458666250.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd923e98b6034ab37/69888faa8e06014f914657df/gettyimages-458666250.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"International Myeloma Foundation 8th Annual Comedy Celebration \"Celebrity Autobiography\"","caption":"International Myeloma Foundation 8th Annual Comedy Celebration \"Celebrity Autobiography\"","creditText":"Jerod Harris—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/remembrance/","name":"remembrance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4298753/doris-roberts-death-tributes/","name":"Comedians and Actors Remember Doris Roberts as Hilarious, Warm"}}]}] ```