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Legendary Television Actress Dead At 94

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By Garrett Smith

Jean Allison photo from IMDB page

Legendary television actress Jean Allison, best known for her roles in hit shows such as “Gunsmoke,” “Starsky and Hutch,” and “Bonanza,” passed away this week at the age of 94. No cause of death was released.

During her three-decade career, Allison would also show up on RawhideBourbon Street Beat and Wagon Train in the 1950s; Wanted: Dead or AliveBat Masterson77 Sunset Strip and The Dick Van Dyke Show in the ’60s; CannonThe RookiesGunsmoke and Emergency! in the ’70s; and St. Elsewhere and Simon & Simon in the ’80s, among many other series.

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Jean Allison built a career playing roles on popular television shows such as “Charlie’s Angels,” “Emergency!,” “Hawaiian Eye,” “The Waltons,” and more.

Allison was born on October 24, 1929, in Tarrytown, New York. Eventually, Jean attended Adelphi College on Long Island. Jean also studied under the legendary acting coach Sanford Meisner.

While performing in a stage production of “Teach Me How To Cry,” Jean was discovered, which led to her debut in an episode of CBS’s “General Electric Theater” in 1957.

As well as appearing on popular television, Allison also starred in several films, including “Edge of Fury” (1958), “TheDevil’s Partner” (1960), “Steagle” (1971), “Bad Company” (1972), and “Hardcore” (1970).

Allison was married three times, including to the legendary boxing trainer Jerry Boyd, who inspired the film “MillionDollar Baby.”

Allison was married three times and is survived by her three children: Erin, Sven, and Tina.

 She and Philips had one daughter, Erin, and she and Toorvald had two, Sven and Tina, and were married from 1961 until his 1994 death. Fifty years after meeting on the set of Edge of Fury, Allison and cinematographer Jack Couffer reconnected and shared their lives together in retirement, the bio notes.

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Rest in peace!

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