‘Growing Pains,’ Broadway Actress Was 100
The Hollywood Reporter • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Betty McGuire, a Broadway actress and recurring TV mom on ABC's Growing Pains, has died at age 100 from natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital.
- She appeared as Kate Malone, mother/grandmother on 12 episodes of Growing Pains between 1986-1991, and had roles in films like Up in Smoke and Coma in 1978.
- Born in 1926 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, McGuire had a 70-year career on stage and screen, performing alongside notable stars and starring in major musicals and TV shows such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Murphy Brown.
- Beyond acting, she volunteered extensively for a legal clinic supporting low-income tenants and produced a talk show at her retirement home, highlighting staffers' stories rather than celebrities.
- McGuire had no surviving family and had been a resident of the MPTV home since 2017, embracing new opportunities even in her 90s.
