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Tony Award Nominee Bonnie Franklin Passes Away at 69

By: Mar. 01, 2013
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Bonnie Franklin, the Tony, Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated actress whose career spanned more than five decades, has passed away due to pancreatic cancer, her family has announced.

Franklin is best known for her work in the CBS comedy One Day at a Time, on which she appeared from 1975 to 1984, earning both Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.

The actress received a Tony nomination along with Outer Critic and Theatre World awards for her performance in Applause, which opened on Broadway in 1970.

She appeared at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ, in "George M!" and in "A Thousand Clowns."

Franklin guest starred in The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Gidget, Charles in Charge, Hot in Cleveland and more.




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