Actress Gretchen Wyler, 75
Posted: Monday, May 28th, 2007 5:05 pmGretchen Wyler, a veteran Broadway actress who enjoyed a second career in films and television and went on to become a leading animal-rights activist, has died. She was 75.
Wyler died Sunday at her home in Camarillo, Calif., of complications from breast cancer, the Humane Society of the United States said.
Wyler’s theatrical career spanned 50 years, including parts on Broadway in the original “Guys and Dolls,” “Silk Stockings,” “Damn Yankees,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Sly Fox” with George C. Scott.
She was a regular on the CBS television series “On Our Own,” spent a season on “Dallas” and made guest appearances on such shows as “Friends,” “Judging Amy” and “Providence.”
Wyler made her film debut with “The Devil’s Brigade” in 1968 as a Lady of Joy and went on to play Goldie Hawn’s aunt in “Private Benjamin.” … Read full obituary
