Helen Owens is played by the late Doris Roberts she is best known for playing Mildred Krebs in Remington Steele (1982) and Marie Barone in the comedy Everybody Loves Raymond (1996). She died on the 17th of April 2016 (age 90). She will appear again in episode The Murder Channel (1994)
Shirley Jones and Doris Roberts, along with Shirley Knight who guest starred in Always a Thief (1990), later starred together in Grandma's Boy (2006).