Blazing Saddles actress Carol Arthur has died at 85… after 11-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease
- Carol Arthur died aged 85, after an 11-year-battle with Alzheimer’s disease on Sunday in Woodland Hills, California
- The celebrated actress portrayed Rock Ridge schoolmarm Harriett Van Johnson in the 1974 classic Blazing Saddles
- Carol Arthur died aged 85, after an 11-year-battle with Alzheimer’s disease on Sunday in Woodland Hills, California
- Director Mel Brooks said in a statement: ‘She was my lifelong friend, and she will be missed’
Blazing Saddles actress Carol Arthur has died aged 85, after an 11-year-battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Arthur was the widow of comedian Dom DeLuise, and starred in four Mel Brooks movies as well as appearing on Broadway.
Her family announced the news on Monday, saying that Arthur passed away Sunday at the Mary Pickford House at the Motion Picture & Television Fund home in Woodland Hills, where she had lived there since 2015, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The celebrated actress portrayed Rock Ridge schoolmarm Harriett Van Johnson in the 1974 classic Blazing Saddles.
Director Mel Brooks said in a statement to THR: ‘She was my lifelong friend, and she will be missed.’
RIP: Blazing Saddles actress Carol Arthur has died at 85… after 11-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease