Marie Barone

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Marie Barone
Marie Barone in a scene from Everybody Loves Raymond
First appearance	"Pilot"
Last appearance	"Finale"
Cause/Reason	Series End
Information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Age	Post-middle-age
Year of death	Alive
Occupation	Homemaker
Title	Mrs. Marie Barone
Family	Ray Barone (Son) Robert Barone (Son) Debra Louise Barone (Daughter-in-Law) Amy MacDougall-Barone (Daughter-in-Law), Alexandra "Ally", Geoffry, and Michael Barone (Grandchildren)
Relationships	Frank Barone
Children	Ray Barone and Robert Barone
Episode count	All
Portrayed by	Doris Roberts

Marie Barone is a fictional character from the American TV sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. Played by actress Doris Roberts, she is the matriarch of the Barone family, and is obsessed with traditional motherly chores such as cooking and having a clean house. She has a thick New York accent. She often disrespects the privacy of her sons and their wives, but usually does so with good motives. She has problems accepting other people that don't meet her high standards , although she often makes a sincere effort to overcome her prejudices. She has a devious and scheming mind—some of her machinations include setting Amy up with one of Ray's friends to make Robert jealous and doing people favors in order to get bigger favors from them at a later point. She also always seems to be more affectionate to her younger son Raymond, rather than Robert.

She is very straight-forwards in most episodes, and she never holds back on commentary. She constantly criticizes Debra's cooking and house-cleaning, which creates a very comic effect. Also, her pious attitude is an icon of her personality. For example, in one episode, Marie tells Raymond the importance of not saying hurtful words. Robert agrees, which leads Marie to utter, "Nobody's listening, Robbie. You're such a busy body!"

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"Are you hungry dear?"
"That's what parents do, they lie to their kids for their own good."
"To make the perfect meatball, the most important ingredient is the love. Without the love it's just a ball of meat."
"(to Frank) This is all your fault!!"
"FRANK!!!"
"I can't talk! There's too much fruit in the house!!"
"Your father, his idea of culture is an undershirt with sleeves."
(About Frank)"He hates it when I cry, it reminds him of our wedding night."
(To Ray) "You're like Richard III! Or that guy on the Young and the Restless."
(After hearing something inappropriate)"I don't like that, [whoever said it]"
(To Debra) "Real cooks don't need recipes." "I cook from here (points to her heart)." Frank: "And you nag from here." (points to his mouth)
(About Robert) "For some reason, and it's a mystery to me, I'm the only woman he gets along with."
(To Debra) "You'd have to be a cook to understand."
(About Debra's housekeeping) Debra: "I'll get to it later." Marie: "She'll get to it later. Even the ants are laughing."
(To Robert) "Nobody's talking to you Robbie. You're such a busy body!"
(After Ray complains about his parents backing the car through his house) "One time!"
(To Robert) "Not everything is about you"
To Robert after catching him and Amy getting intimate) "Why, Robbie why. How could you? In Raymond's basement."
(After finding a bottle of juice with two drops, courtesy of Frank) "That sonofabitch."
(To Frank) "Be quiet!"
(About Harriet Lippman) "I do not hate that SLUT!"
(when she has a sore throat) "Has someone been eating my Sucrets?"
(When she finds out Frank sold their burial plot) "You sold half of our joint burial plot!"