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Gwen Van Dam Dies: Veteran Character Actress Was 96
Gwen Van Dam, a veteran character actress of seven decades whose 140 credits spanned television, film and the Los Angeles stage, died Dec. 19.
Throughout her long-tenured career, Van Dam appeared in 1978’s Halloween with Jamie Lee Curtis, 1994’s Star Trek Generations with Patrick Stewart, the romantic war drama Coming Home featuring Jane Fonda and Jon Voight and the Sidney Poitier-helmed Gene Wilder pic Stir Crazy. She clinched early roles in TV series and summer stock theater in the Northeast and studied with acting teacher Mira Rostova at the Herbert Berghof (HB) Studio in New York. Every New Year’s Day, Van Dam and her husband (also a veteran actor, who died in 2003) hosted an annual holiday party at their home, drawing a lively mix of industry friends, including Len Lesser ( Seinfield ‘s Uncle Leo), Marvin Kaplan (who once worked with Charlie Chaplin) and Tina Louise (Ginger on Gilligan’s Island).
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