She lives in a home once owned by James Dean

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

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

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

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)

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.

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