Actress Ann Wedgeworth has died at age 83, according to reports from The Hollywood Reporter and The Associated Press.
Wedgeworth’s daughter Dianna Martin said the actress died Thursday close to her home in New York City after a long illness in a nursing home.
Martin told The Hollywood Reporter that Wedgeworth was surrounded by family.In television, Wedgeworth was best known for her nine-episode role on the hit ’70s sitcom Three’s Company as Lana Shields, an older woman with her eyes set on her young neighbor Jack, played by John Ritter; and as Merleen Elldridge in Burt Reynolds’ 1990s sitcom Evening Shade, where she acted in four seasons of episodes.
She acted in several soap operas and found success in Hollywood with roles alongside…
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