An American actress who was born on December 23, 1943 in Boardman, Ohio, United States. She attended Boardman High School and graduated in 1961 from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. She worked in plays, was nominated for an Academy Award, and won a Golden Globe Award. She is known for Full Moon High (1981), The Secret of NIMH (1982), and Walking Tall (1973). She died on June 10 1987 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.