Beatrice Colen played the recurring role of carhop Marsha Simms in early episodes of Happy Days, in seasons 1-3 and 5.
Career[]
Starting off in the 1970s, Beatrice landed roles early in her career in both film and television, she was the first actress to portray Etta Candy in the ABC-TV live action adaptation of the DC comic book series Wonder Woman. After the pilot, she only appeared during the series' first season (1976–77), which were set during World War II. When the series was picked up by CBS-TV, retooled and reset in modern times, the character was dropped.
Colen acted in such television film as Schoolboy Father (1980), Brave New World, and in feature films such as Lifeguard, the Mel Brooks comedy film High Anxiety, American Pop, and Who's that Girl?.
She also guest starred on a number of TV shows such as The Odd Couple, All in the Family, The Love Boat, Barney Miller (1981, episode: "The Rainmaker"), The Wonder Years, and Baywatch.
Her final television appearance before retiring was in a 1997 episode of Nickolodeon's The Secret World of Alex Mack.
Personal & Family life/Death[]
Colen was married to Patrick Cronin on October 23, 1977, and together they had two sons, James Cronin and Charlie Cronin. She died of lung cancer on November 18, 1999, in Los Angeles, California, at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.[1]
Colen died on the opening night of Brentwood High School's production of The Man Who Came to Dinner, which was written by her grandfather, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright George S. Kaufman, and which starred her son, James Colen, in the title role of Sheridan Whiteside. Her memorial service was held at Saint James Episcopal Church in Los Angeles ten days later.
References[]
- ↑ "Beatrice Colen, known as the car-hop on roller skates at Arnold's Malt Shop on TV's "Happy Days," and as the "Wonder Woman" sidekick, Etta Candy, died of lung cancer at Los Angeles' Cedar Sinai Hospital Nov. 18. Ms. Colen was 51.", Playbill.com, November 18, 1999. Retrieved on October 9, 2017.
External links[]
- Beatrice Colen article at Wikipedia
Beatrice Colen at the Internet Movie Database
