Jennifer Leak, soap opera star and Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) actress, died at her home in Jupiter, Fla., reports The East Hampton Star. She was 76.
The actress was diagnosed with the rare neurological disease progressive supranuclear palsy seven years before her death, per The East Hampton Star.
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Leak was born on Sept. 28, 1947, in Cardiff, Wales. Throughout her childhood, she grew up in various cities, including Hertfordshire, England, Nova Scotia, Canada, Jerusalem, and Toronto. She began her career in Canada at the age of 17 after she appeared in the Mike Nichols-directed pilot of the Canadian television series Wojeck.
She was then cast in Nichols’ The Graduate but was unable to join the production due to immigration difficulties.
Leak later moved to Los Angeles, and within a few months, she was cast as Lucille Ball’s daughter in the 1968 feature Yours, Mine and Ours. On that set, Leak met her first husband, Tim Matheson.
The former couple played step-siblings in the comedy film about a blended family of 18 children. Matheson portrayed Mike Beardsley, the son of Henry Fonda’s Frank.
Following her death, Matheson, 76, penned a tribute to her on Facebook.