Iconic TV actress Betty McGuire dead aged 100 after starring in Columbo & alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Growing Pains
BETTY McGuire – best known for her role as grandma Kate Malone in the sitcom Growing Pains – has died aged 100.
The TV star passed away while staying at a retirement home in California on October 8.
She starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio on the 80s sitcom Growing Pains where she played the mother of Joanna kerns’ Maggie.
Appearing in seasons 1 – 2 and again in seasons 4-7, Betty acted on the show for a total of seven years.
Besides Growing Pains, Betty appeared in scores of TV shows including Falcon Crest, The Doris Day Show, Columbo, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Hill Street Blues, ER, CSI: Miami, MacGyver, Moonlighting and Charlie’s Angels.
Away from the screen performed across a host of Broadway shows and musicals.
Playing alongside the likes of big name stars like Ethel Merman, Barbara Cook, Bea Arthur and Tony Randall she wowed audiences in original productions of Plain and Fancy, Happy Hunting and Oh Captain!.
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