Actress Marcia Strassman Dead at 66: Starred In ‘Welcome Back, Kotter,’ ‘Honey I Shrunk The Kids’

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: Yahoo



Actress Marcia Strassman has died at the age of 66 after a long battle with breast cancer, her sister Julie Strassman confirmed. Though Marcia Strassman acted in a wide range of TV shows and feature films, she was best known for her lead roles in the TV show Welcome Back Kotter and the comedy feature Honey I Shrunk the Kids and its sequel, Honey I Blew Up the Kids. Strassman also served on the national board of the Screen Actors Guild.

“She was the funniest, smartest person I ever met,” said Julie Strassman of her sister. “And talented. She knew everything. Now I won’t be able to call her and ask her questions.”

News of Strassman’s death first emerged in online posts by long-time friend, ” Curb Your Enthusiasm director Bob Weide: “So sad that a sweet friend, kind person & wonderful actress Marcia Strassman lost her brave battle with cancer today.”

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Strassman was active in fundraising for various progressive and social causes, including breast cancer research and treatment even before she was diagnosed, her sister said. She was a member of the Screen Actors Guild national board, elected to a three-year term in 2010. Julie Strassman said her sister continued to sing, and had many other skills and a wide group of friends throughout Hollywood.


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[Tom_Foolery]

1. RIP, Mrs. Kotter...

[calimary]

2. That's a shame. She was lovely, and she just never seemed to age!

I was always amazed to see how she just did not change. From the "Welcome Back Cotter" days to the "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" era - the late 70s to the late 80s. She was absolutely ageless.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

3. She towered over Moranis in those "Honey" films

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[shenmue]

4. I has a Sad

[AndreaCG]

5. RIP

She was a great straight woman to Gabe Kaplan.

[wordpix]

6. agrotoxins = cancer

Get the pesticides, fungicides and GE crops out of our food and we'll all be a lot healthier.

Sorry she died of cancer at such a (relatively) young age. I have it, too

[eggplant]

8. Um...

Cancer predates agrotoxins and has tons of causes including inherited genetics, but thanks for the thread hijack.

I wish you the best with your treatment.

[Octafish]

22. A warning, not a hijack.

Better to know than not to know. Like endocrine disruptors and cancer -- science and medicine are just starting to scratch the surface.

http://www.breastcancerfund.org/clear-science/biology-of-breast-cancer/endocrine-disrupting-compounds/

[appalachiablue]

24. Thanks for stating this truth, too many people are unaware.

Pesticide chemicals, antibiotics, plastics and other toxins used in the industrial food system, and in consumer household and personal products are thought by experts to contribute to the tremendous rise in chronic and other diseases in the last 20-30 years.

[eggplant]

34. I wasn't suggesting that she was wrong.

I was trying to suggest that there was no specific connection mentioned between Ms. Strassman's cancer and agrotoxins, and ignores the myriad of *other* causes.

There are many things that increase the odds of cancer. Some chemicals are particularly nasty in the chromosome damage they can cause. My mom has two of the three BRCA markers (statistically unheard of) and went through breast cancer. As a guy, I decided to do genetic screening for them, and came up positive for one of her two.

Being male and having one of the BRCA markers increases my odds of getting breast cancer by some huge factor -- from "odds of being killed by a meteor" to "odds of knowing someone killed by a meteor", or something like that. It is *really* unlikely. But it also means I've got a 50/50 shot at passing it onto either of my boys, and if they got it, it's another 50/50 for them to pass it on to their kids, which might be daughters. So it matters, even though my personal risk is low.

Cancer is an odds game. Having one chromosome damaged isn't enough -- you have to hit both in a single cell. This is why genetics matters -- you already start with all of your cells screwed by having a first chromosome damaged. Same thing with extended exposure to carcinogens -- over time, you get the cumulative damage risk, and eventually you might hit the same cell twice, and you're off to the races.

Flight crews increase their risk by spending so much time in the upper atmosphere -- lots more solar radiation up there. Flying as a passenger, not a lot of risk. It all depends on exposure and genetics.

[UpInArms]

16. ...

[Beaverhausen]

23. I'm sorry. I have many friends with it now

it's scary how prevalent it seems to be these days.

[progressoid]

7. RIP

[7962]

9. I hate cancer. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

10. How sad. R.I.P.

One of my favorite shows in high school. Her character always played it straight despite all the chaos caused by Kotter and the Sweat Hogs.

Condolences to her family and R.I.P. We will miss "Mrs. Kot-taire".

[jaysunb]

11. There have been several deaths among

young female entertainers here lately. Seems so strange.

[Hari Seldon]

12. Nurse Cutler

[shenmue]

26. :(

Now I has even moar Sad.

[Skittles]

13. awwwwwwww

I thought she was very pretty and witty

[Liberalynn]

14. RIP Marcia

Loved her as Mrs Kotter

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. Cancer sucks. A good friend just died yesterday from it. May Ms Strassman's family

be consoled by what sounds like a large circle of friends enlarged by her good works.

[Nedsdag]

17. So Mrs. Kotter, Mr. Woodman, Epstein, and Horshack are in the Buchanan H.S. in the sky.

R.I.P.

[Raine1967]

18. Damn.

I really wanted the recipe for her 'work famous tuna casserole'

May she RIP.

[RufusTFirefly]

19. Adorable.

Even though I didn't watch "Kotter" or see the Moranis movies, Marcia was still on my young male radar as someone who exuded both sexiness and smarts. The details about her fundraising causes merely validate my gut feelings. RIP, Ms. Strassman.

[LeftinOH]

20. I had a "thing" for Mrs. Kotter when I was a kid...

Tucked up with Mrs K. in that funky little Brooklyn apartment seemed like the perfect life-

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[FLPanhandle]

27. Me too.

I thought she was hot.

[NaturalHigh]

28. Oh yeah, me too.

She was my #1 crush for quite a while.

[KatyMan]

29. agree!

we all must be in our late 40s...

[Frank Cannon]

31. She and Bailey Quarters from WKRP...

Belong with Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island on the list of the TRUE hottest women ever on TV.

[FLPanhandle]

32. Bailey Quarters pretty much kick started my puberty

and to this day, I have a thing for coconut creme pie

[KamaAina]

35. You betcha!

[closeupready]

21. So sad.

[greatlaurel]

25. My condolences to her family and friends.

She always seemed so very smart and talented.

[aikoaiko]

30. I crushed on her hard in 1976. I just learnedd she had a hit single called The Flower Children

The Flower Children.

[Gothmog]

33. May she rest in peace