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Marilyn Lovell Matz | |
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| Born | Marilynn E. Lovell (1931-08-27)August 27, 1931 United States |
| Died | April 13, 2012(2012-04-13) (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer and therapist |
| Years active | 1959–2002 |
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Marilyn Lovell Matz (August 27, 1931 – April 13, 2012) was an American actress, singer, AIDS activist andtherapist.
As a singer credited under her birth name ofMarilynn Lovell, she released anLP onJubilee Records in 1958,Scotch Mist, with arrangements byStan Applebaum.[1] Lovell's early acting roles included the variety showsThe Danny Kaye Show andThe Liberace Show. She appeared in guest roles on several television series, includingThe Munsters andRoute 66. Lovell toured withHello, Dolly!, which starredMary Martin, throughout Asia and Europe in 1965, and appeared in anNBC documentary about the musical's foreign tour in 1966.[2] Lovell sang on the motion picture soundtracks for several horror films during the early 1970s, includingScream Blacula Scream in 1973,The Return of Count Yorga in 1971, andTerror House.[2]
During the 1970s and 1980s, Lovell began to pursue other professions and interests outside of entertainment. She returned to college as an adult and became atherapist.[2] She specifically focused on AIDS patients with the onset of theAIDS epidemic during the 1980s.[2] Lovell and her husband,Peter Matz, held fundraisers which raised thousands of dollars forAIDS Project Los Angeles.[2]
Lovell continued her therapy practice during the 1990s. She simultaneously returned to the entertainment industry singing atjazz clubs andcabarets in the Los Angeles area, including theJazz Bakery and Cinegrill.[2] She was cast in a small role in the 1996 film,Ghosts of Mississippi, directed byRob Reiner.[2]
Matz died of complications frommultiple sclerosis, which she lived with for thirty years, on April 13, 2012, at age 81.[2]