Joan Benedict — identified for TV favorites like “General Hospital” and “Candid Camera” — has died.
A household spokesperson introduced Monday that Joan, who was the widow of actor Rod Steiger, died on June 24 at L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Heart attributable to issues from a stroke.
Joan had a outstanding profession, kicking issues off within the Nineteen Fifties with “Candid Camera” … the place one in all her most well-known moments was playfully tickling males along with her feathered hat as they sat subsequent to her.
All through the 70s and 80s, Joan additionally starred in exhibits like “The Steve Allen Show,” “Apple’s Way” … and had recurring roles on “General Hospital” and “Days of Our Lives” — and in addition appeared in movies resembling “The Prize Fighter.”
A few of Joan’s latest credit embody the 2006 movie “The Theory of Everything” and the 2009 TV present, “Dollhouse.”
On the non-public entrance, Joan was married to actor John Myhers from 1962 till his demise in 1992. Later, she married Oscar-winning actor Steiger in 2000 … a wedding that lasted till his passing in 2002.
Joan was 96.
RIP
