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Janet MacLachlanSchauspieler/in |
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| * 27.08.1933 in New York City, NY Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika | |||
| + 11.10.2010 in Los Angeles, CA Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika | |||
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Todesursache: at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center after suffering a "cardiovascular incident" |
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| Besides playing the teacher who influences David Lee Morgan (played by Kevin Hooks) in "Sounder," MacLachlan also appeared opposite Jim Brown in "tick … tick … tick" (1970), James Earl Jones in "The Man" (1972) and Calvin Lockhart in "Halls of Anger" (1970). On "The Archie Bunker Show," she played caustic housekeeper Polly Swanson. On "I Spy" in 1967, she played Bill Cosby's love interest Laya. Born Aug. 27, 1933, in New York City, MacLachlan graduated from the City University of New York's Hunter College in 1955 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. She worked as an executive secretary in New York before launching her acting career with small stage parts. After a stint at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, she became a contract player for Universal Studios. She had dozens of TV guest roles, starting in the mid-1960s with "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and continuing in such shows as "The Rockford Files" and "Murder She Wrote." MacLachlan won a Los Angles-area Emmy Award for her 1981 performance in KCET's "Voices of Our People: In Celebration of Black Poetry." She recently had served as grant committee chairman for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. — E-mail Print Digg Twitter Facebook Read This Later Share Comments (1)Add / View comments | Discussion FAQ Sheldon L. McCormick at 10:39 PM October 16, 2010 Janet Maclachan ranked as one of the 1970s great African-American actors. She gave an intense, intelligent and yet dignifed performance to every role she played. And there many.A first-rate performer, she will be missed. Comments are filtered for language and registration is required. The Times makes no guarantee of comments' factual accuracy. Readers may report inappropriate comments by clicking the Report Abuse link. Here are the full legal terms you agree to by using this comment form. |
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