Obit: Actress Jean Byron: Patty Duke's TV mom,@ 80

[CrankyYankee]

From www.variety.com

Actress Jean Byron died Feb. 3 from an infection following hip replacement surgery in Mobile, Ala. She was 80.
Byron was best known as Patty Duke's mother Natalie Lane on "The Patty Duke Show."

In the 1950s, she was briefly married to actor Michael Ansara.

She was spokeswoman for Revlon and Lux products on the Rosemary Clooney show and was known as "the Lux Girl."

The role of Dr. Imogene Burkhart on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" was written for her by close friend and playwright Max Shulman. In addition to her recurring roles on "Patty Duke" and "Dobie Gillis," she appeared in dozens of other TV shows including "Batman," "Colombo," "Maude" and "Hotel."

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[Braves2005]

> From www.variety.com
>
> Actress Jean Byron died Feb. 3 from an infection following
> hip replacement surgery in Mobile, Ala. She was 80.
> Byron was best known as Patty Duke's mother Natalie Lane on
> "The Patty Duke Show."
>
> In the 1950s, she was briefly married to actor Michael
> Ansara.

I didn't know that she was married to Michael Ansara. I thought all of these years that he was only married to Barbara Eden.

I remember her a lot from the Patty Duke Show and Dobie Gillis,as a matter of fact both William Schallert(who played Patty Duke's dad Martin) and Jean appeared together on Dobie Gillis both playing teachers on the show.

She will definitely be missed.