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Soap star Irene Dailey dead at 88
SANTA ROSA , Calif., Oct. 8 (UPI) --
Soap opera star Irene Dailey has died of colon cancer at the age of 88 in Santa Rosa, Calif., her friend Arleen Lorrance said.
Lorrance told the New York Times Dailey died Sept. 24.
The Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress portrayed Liz Matthews on Another World
from 1974 to 1986 and then again from 1988 to 1994.
The New York native also played the role of Nettie Cleary in Frank D. Gilroy's 1964 stage drama The Subject Was Roses,
and made appearances on TV's The Edge of Night,
Ben Casey,
Dr. Kildare,
The Twilight Zone
and The Defenders.
Her film credits include No Way to Treat a Lady,
Five Easy Pieces
and The Amityville Horror.
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