American actress born on 17 September 1942 in El Paso, Texas, US. She graduated from Texas Women's University, where she majored in social work and psychology. Her most notable works include As Good as It Gets (1997), Selena (1997), Real Women Have Curves (2002), and Chuck & Buck (2000). She married once and had three children. She died of liver cancer on 26 July 2012 in Whittier, California, US.