Actress Was Known for Beloved ’60s Movie
Jennifer Leak additionally appeared in varied TV present visitor roles.
Actress Jennifer Leak died on March 18, in line with The East Hampton Star. The outlet cites the ailment of progressive supranuclear palsy in her obituary. She was 76.
Leak is finest identified in fashionable tradition for her function in Yours, Mine and Ours, the hit 1968 comedy film about a big blended household. Leak performed one of many daughters, Colleen, within the movie. Lucille Ball performed her mom, and Henry Fonda performed her stepfather. (The film was remade underneath the identical title in 2005, although Leak was not concerned.)
Exterior of the Yours, Mine and Ours, her legacy within the TV world comes within the type of visitor roles on varied cleaning soap operas. She had credit on The Younger and Stressed, One Life to Reside, Guiding Mild, One other World and Ryan’s Hope. Elsewhere within the tv medium, she popped up on The Mary Tyler Moore Present, Ironside, Wojeck and the unique model of Hawaii 5-O.
Amongst these paying tribute to Leak was Tim Matheson, her ex-husband and co-star in Yours, Mine and Ours.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I share the information of Jennifer Leak’s passing,” Matheson wrote on Fb. “She wasn’t simply my display screen sister in Yours, Mine and Ours, but in addition my beloved first spouse. Jennifer was a outstanding girl, sturdy, pretty, and extremely proficient. My deepest condolences exit to her husband of 47 years, James D’Auria and their multitude of buddies.”
Leak selected to donate her mind tissue to Mayo Clinic for analysis. She might be cremated and buried in Rumney, Wales.