Betty McGuire, Actress on Broadway and ‘Growing Pains,’ Dies at 100
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New details about Betty McGuire’s life and career highlight her decades of work on stage and screen, as well as her later volunteering for tenants facing eviction. The actor, known for playing Kate Malone on Growing Pains, died aged 100 on 8 October.
McGuire appeared in 12 episodes of the sitcom between 1986 and 1991 and performed in three Broadway productions: Plain and Fancy, Happy Hunting and Oh, Captain! Her screen credits included Up in Smoke, Coma and numerous television series across a 70-year career. She also hosted a talk show at the retirement home where she lived from 2017, focusing on staff members’ stories.
- Betty McGuire died aged 100 on 8 October.
- She appeared in 12 episodes of Growing Pains.
- She spent years helping low-income tenants facing eviction.
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Betty McGuire was an American actor whose career spanned stage and screen. She appeared in Broadway productions and in films and television programmes over several decades.
Many viewers knew her as Kate Malone in the sitcom Growing Pains, which ran from 1985 to 1992. McGuire appeared in 12 episodes between 1986 and 1991, alongside other work in film and television.
Later in life, she volunteered to help tenants facing eviction and hosted a talk show at her retirement home, where she lived from 2017. Her career and community work extended across different stages of her life.