The Fugitive and Quinn Martin productions star Jacqueline Scott has sadly died at the age of 89.
Jacqueline died on Thursday at her Los Angeles home, her son Andrew confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
Andrew revealed that his Missouri-native mother passed away from natural causes.
Her death comes just weeks after her husband Gene Lesser, a former TV writer and press agent, died.
The pair met on the set of Macabre and married in 1958 and had a beautiful life together ever since, including having children and grandchildren.
Actress Jacqueline Scott has died at the age of 89 (Image: WireImage)
In addition to their son, the pair also leave behind granddaughters Arianna and Valerie and daughter-in-law Sue.
Jacqueline was famous for playing the sister of David Janssen’s man on the run in The Fugitive and the wife of Walter Matthau’s bank robber in Charley Varrick.
Scott’s characters were often married to the main characters in the films and TV episodes she appeared in.
Her character was married to small-town sheriff Jimmy Stewart in Firecreek (1968) and Dennis Weaver’s salesman in Steven Spielberg’s Duel (1971), and on the 1963 Twilight Zone episode “The Parallel,” she was the wife of an astronaut (Steve Forrest) who finds things amiss after he returns home after orbiting the Earth.
Jacqueline Scott in a scene from the film ‘Charley Varrick’, 1973 (Image: Getty Images)
Jacqueline, who was said to be a “down-to-earth” from directors she worked with, also appeared in three films for director Don Siege.
She starred in Death of a Gunfighter (1969), starring Richard Widmark and Lena Horne; Telefon (1977), starring Charles Bronson and Lee Remick, and Bette Midler’s Jinxed! (1982), his last movie.
During five episode’s of ABC’s The Fugitive, Jacqueline played Richard Kimble’s (Janssen) married sister, Donna.
She also starred in the 1967 series finale, “The Judgment: Part II,” watched by a then-record 78 million viewers.
Producer Terry Castle (L) and actress Jacqueline Scott attend the AFI FEST 2007 presented by Audi held at the Rooftop Village at ArcLight Cinemas on November 8, 2007 in Hollywood, California (Image: Getty Images)
Jacqueline also appeared in other dramas for Quinn martin productions, including The F.B.I., The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon and Barnaby Jones.
The blonde star also worked on eight episodes of Gunsmoke, five of Have Gun — Will Travel and three of the original Perry Mason.
Jacqueline was born on June 25, 1931, in Sikeston, Missouri, and from a young age appeared in tap-dance competitions starting when she was just three years old.
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