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Date of Birth

4 November 1930, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Birth Name

Doris May Metzler

Height

5' 1" (1.55 m)

Spouse

William Goyen	(10 November 1963 - 30 August 1983) (his death)
Michael E. Cannata	(1956 - 1962) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

Born in St. Louis to a father whose name she has never revealed and her mother, Ann Meltzer.

She lives in a home once owned by James Dean

She beat out 100 other actresses for her role on Everybody Loves Raymond

Doris's son, Michael Cannata, is her manager. He has three children.

When she was little, Doris's father abandoned her and her mother, which forced her mother Ann to single-handedly raise Doris on her own.

She guest-starred in episode "Rayny Day" (episode # 1.19) of "The King of Queens" (1998) as Marie Barone, her character from "Everybody Loves Raymond" (1996)

Played Charles Grodin's mother in "The Heartbreak Kid" although she is only 5 years older than him.

Attended the opening night screening of "Towards the Moon with Fellini" at the 2006 Beverly Hills Film Festival where Mikhail Vartanov and Dominique Swain were also present.

Has a son, Michael Cannata (born 1957).

Personal Quotes

A senator in Washington the other day said, We need you. We need that voice. Well, between working on Everybody Loves Raymond and writing a book, I have very little time.

By the time you're 40, the kids are grown, out of the house or on their way out, and you have your whole life again.

Everybody's a teacher if you listen.

Everything in life comes to an end. I've known loss. I've lost my husband, I've lost friends. When my husband died, I was devastated.

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