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Betty McGuire, who starred on Broadway and played Maggie Seaver's mother on Growing Pains, has died. She was 100.
The veteran actress passed away on October 8 of natural causes at The Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, her close family friend Keith Gerchak told The Hollywood Reporter.
On the ABC sitcom Growing Pains, she played Grandmother Kate Malone on the popular series for six seasons.
McGuire played Kate as a warm-hearted maternal figure who tended to bridge the gap between the parents Jason and Maggie Seaver (Alan Thicke and Joanna Kerns) and the kids: Mike (Kirk Cameron), Carol (Tracey Gold), Ben (Jeremy Miller) and the youngest, Chrissy (Ashley Johnson).
But McGuire had many other notable television roles as well during her 70-year career.
She also guest-starred on The Doris Day Show, Cannon, Barnaby Jones, Baretta, Columbo, Charlie's Angels, Moonlighting, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, ER and 7th Heaven.
Betty McGuire, who starred on Broadway and played Maggie Seaver's mother Kate Malone on Growing Pains, has died at 100 years old
The veteran actress passed away on October 8 of natural causes at The Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. Above, McGuire and Joanna Kerns as Maggie Seaver in a scene from Growing Pains in 1991
McGuire enjoyed multiple episode stints on Falcon Crest and Hill Street Blues.
One of McGuire's most recognizable roles on the big screen was playing Sister Mary Quacker in the stoner comedy Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke (1978).
She had a small role as a nurse in Michael Crichton's medical thriller Coma (1978) starring Genevieve Bujold and Michael Douglas.
She also had a supporting role as Mrs Munro in the post-Vietnam War drama Heroes (1977) opposite Henry Winkler and Sally Field, and played a neighbor in The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) with Lily Tomlin.
She had a minor role as Mrs Merritt in Wes Craven's horror flick Wishmaster (1997) and played Marge in the psychological thriller Inside (2006).
One of her final film appearances was as Mahjong Lady in the romantic comedy Play the Game (2009).
McGuire was a prolific performer on stage as well, playing Mame across multiple productions between 1957 and 1969.
She spent a great deal of time performing in Australia in such classic musicals as Gypsy, Oliver!, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
On Growing Pains, McGuire played Kate Malone as a warm-hearted maternal figure who tended to bridge the gap between the parents and kids. Above, McGuire, Tracey Gold and Gordon Jump in a scene from Growing Pains in 1990
McGuire starred in 12 episodes on six of the ABC sitcom's seven seasons. Above, McGuire, Kerns and Jump in a scene from Growing Pains in 1987
McGuire was a prolific performer on stage. Above, McGuire and Edwin Steffe in JC Williamson's production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1964)
McGuire was born on March 20, 1926 in Bridgeport, Connecticut and destined to stand out in the crowd. Above, McGuire, left, posing with the Flamingo Park Bike Sweepstakes entrants in Miami Beach, Florida in 1941
McGuire moved to the Motion Picture & Television home in 2017, and kept busy by hosting and producing her own talk show, GabFest, for the on-campus TV station that featured the real-life stories of her fellow residents. Above, McGuire and friend Wendell Jones
McGuire was born on March 20, 1926, in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
She got her start on Broadway with a debut performance in the 1955 musical Plain and Fancy.
She went on to perform alongside Ethel Merman in the musical Happy Hunting (1956-1957) and Tony Randall in Oh Captain! (1958).
McGuire moved to the Motion Picture & Television home in 2017.
She kept busy by hosting and producing her own talk show, GabFest, for the on-campus TV station that featured the real-life stories of her fellow residents.
She also appeared in a 2019 NBC Nightly News piece that highlighted her retirement home.
McGuire expressed enthusiasm for her new home.
'I'm a happy camper. To have the chance to do new things and different things at 92, can you think of anything better? I can't,' she said on the program.
McGuire had no survivors.
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