---
name: "Audra Lindley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/audra-lindley"
fi1m_id: "audra-lindley"
imdb_id: "nm0511964"
tmdb_id: 4162
wikidata_id: "Q460451"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 September 1918"
died: "16 October 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T17:35:48.720589+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Audra Lindley

## Identity

Audra Lindley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/audra-lindley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** audra-lindley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0511964
- **TMDB ID:** 4162
- **Wikidata ID:** Q460451
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audra_Lindley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460451, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0511964/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4162

Actor. Born 24 September 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 16 October 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 September 1918, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 16 October 1997
- **Active:** 1972–1994
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 74 (1), 1970s 78 (1), 1990s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audra_Lindley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460451, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0511964/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4162

## Biography

Audra Lindley (24 September 1918 – 16 October 1997) was an American actress. She appeared as Mrs. Corcoran in the 1972 film *The Heartbreak Kid*.

Lindley began her career in theatre, studying with Max Reinhardt and appearing on Broadway from the 1940s. After raising five children, she took recurring roles in television soaps including *Search for Tomorrow* and *Another World*. She gained wider recognition for her performances in sitcoms such as *Bridget Loves Bernie* and, most notably, as Helen Roper in *Three's Company* (1977–1979) and its spin-off *The Ropers*.

Her film credits include *Desert Hearts* (1985), *Troop Beverly Hills* (1989) and *The Relic* (1997). She was also seen in episodes of *The Love Boat*, *Murder, She Wrote* and *Friends*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *Friends* (1994), Fi1m 78, as Frances — [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)
- *The Heartbreak Kid* (1972), Fi1m 78, as Mrs. Corcoran — [page](https://film.one/film/the-heartbreak-kid.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), Fi1m 74, as Mother (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/one-foot-in-heaven.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sisters and Other Strangers* (1997), as Irene Connelly
- *The Relic* (1997), as Dr. Matilda Zwiezic
- *Sudden Death* (1995), as Mrs. Ferrara
- *Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan* (1995), as Jean
- *Cybill* (1995), series, as Virginia Sheridan
- *Friends* (1994), series, as Frances — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)
- *The New Age* (1994), as Sandi Rego
- *The Corpse Had a Familiar Face* (1994), as Monica/Edna's mother
- *Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart* (1994), as Katherine Kendrick
- *Just My Imagination* (1992), as Elizabeth Thompson
- *The Hidden Room* (1991), series, as Elsie
- *Absolute Strangers* (1991), as Anne Zusselman
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Anita
- *Troop Beverly Hills* (1989), as Frances Temple
- *Bridesmaids* (1989), as Lulu
- *Take My Daughters, Please* (1988), as Rebecca
- *Spellbinder* (1988), as Mrs. White
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake* (1988), as Mrs. Chaney
- *Stamp of a Killer* (1987), as Granny
- *Sunday Drive* (1986), as Aunt Joan
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Mary Ann Newton
- *Desert Hearts* (1985), as Frances Parker
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Maggie Saunders
- *Best Friends* (1982), as Ann Babson
- *Cannery Row* (1982), as Fauna Flood
- *The Day the Bubble Burst* (1982), as Evangeline Adams
- *Skyward Christmas* (1981), as Billie
- *Revenge of the Stepford Wives* (1980), as Barbara Parkinson
- *The Silent Lovers* (1980), as Laura Hope Crews
- *The Ropers* (1979), series, as Helen Roper
- *When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?* (1979), as Ceil Ryder
- *Pearl* (1978), series, as Lily - General's Wife
- *Getting Married* (1978), as Catherine Lawrence
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Anita Wolfe, Mrs. Worth, Portia Fairchild, Agnes Larrabee, Vanessa Norris
- *The New Love Boat* (1977), as Mae Allen
- *Three's Company* (1977), series, as Helen Roper
- *Fay* (1975), series, as Lillian
- *The Bob Crane Show* (1975), series, Actor
- *The Canterville Ghost* (1974), as Mrs. Otis
- *Chico and the Man* (1974), series, Actor
- *The Heartbreak Kid* (1972), as Mrs. Corcoran — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-heartbreak-kid.md)
- *Bridget Loves Bernie* (1972), series, as Amy Fitzgerald
- *Taking Off* (1971), as Ann Lockston
- *Another World* (1964), series, Actor
- *Route 66* (1960), series, Actor
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Sheila Braden, Grace Youngham, Mrs. Denton
- *From These Roots* (1958), series, as Laura Tompkins
- *An American Girl* (1958), as Mrs. Davis
- *Search for Tomorrow* (1951), series, Actor
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Irene Stoddard, Nurse Claxton, Olive
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Maggie
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, Actor
- *The Male Animal* (1942), as Student (uncredited)
- *Dangerously They Live* (1941), as Nurse (uncredited)
- *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), as Mother (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/one-foot-in-heaven.md)
- *Manpower* (1941), as Nurse (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Audra Lindley](https://film.one/media/person/288674/gallery-932b3556c907.jpg) Audra Lindley — NBC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Audra_Lindley_1975.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Composite photo of Audra Lindley as Liz Matthews from the daytime drama Another World. The character of Liz was a widow, mother of Bill, aunt of the three Matth (1966)](https://film.one/media/person/288674/gallery-e66996311bc3.jpg) Composite photo of Audra Lindley as Liz Matthews from the daytime drama Another World. The character of Liz was a widow, mother of Bill, aunt of the three Matth (1966) — Young & Rubicam, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Audra_Lindley_Liz_Matthews_Another_World_1966.jpg/1280px-Audra_Lindley_Liz_Matthews_Another_World_1966.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Audra Lindley](https://film.one/media/person/288674/gallery-07b62a1498d9.jpg) Audra Lindley — Image via TMDB

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