Doris Roberts, one of the stars of hit sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, has passed away aged 90.

A spokesperson for Roberts told a Chicago radio station the actress had died peacefully in her sleep overnight, but did not go into detail.

Roberts, who played Raymond’s mother on the show, earned five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her decades-spanning career.

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The actress often played the mother or mother-in-law on TV shows such as Angie, All in the Family and most-recently, Everybody Loves Raymond.

On Everybody Loves Raymond, Roberts played Raymond’s slightly aggressive but usually endearing mother, Marie Barone.

Some of the show’s best moments centred around the tension between Ray’s wife Debra’s simmering power struggle, with Ray oblivious.

Born in St Louis, Missouri, Roberts spent 20 years on Broadway before making her mark on the big and small screens in the 1960s.

Her credits also included beloved TV series Angie, Mary Hartman, Remington Steele, and SOAP, but she will be forever remembered as Ray Romano’s meddling mum in Everybody Loves Raymond.

She portrayed Marie Barone on the TV comedy from 1996 to 2005 and also the magical Mrs Miracle in two holiday TV movies.

Her film credits included Grandma’s Boy, Keeping Up With the Steins and The Taking of Pelham 123.

Doris currently has two movies in post-production – The Red Maple Leaf and Old Soldiers.