Roberts achieved much of her fame for her role as Marie Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond". She was reportedly one of 100 actresses considered for the role. For her work on the series, she was nominated for seven Emmy Awards (and won four times) for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She had previously won an Emmy for a guest appearance on "St. Elsewhere", playing a homeless woman, and was also once nominated for her role on "Remington Steele". She was nominated for appearances on "Perfect Strangers" and a PBS special called "The Sunset Gang". In 2003, she made a guest appearance as Gordo's grandmother in "Lizzie McGuire". The same year, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2006, she starred in "Our House" as a wealthy woman who took in homeless people into her own house, and in "Grandma's Boy".