Joan Benedict Steiger, theCandid CameraandGeneral Hospitalactress who was the widow of Academy Award-winnerRod Steiger, has died.
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I saw my first movie when I was about 7, Benedicttold Paul Lesliein 2022.
It wasTop HatwithGinger RogersandFred Astaire.
Joan Benedict Steiger.Michael Tran/FilmMagic
I always had that inkling.
She was also part of the ensemble of NBCsThe Steve Allen Show.
She married actor John Myhers, ofHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Tryingfame, in 1962.
Joan Benedict Steiger and Rod Steiger.Ron Galella Collection/Getty
The couple, who share a daughter, spent three decades together until his death in 1992.
Steiger died two years later, at age 77 of complications from surgery for a gallbladder tumor.
She subsequently had a relationship withOnce Life To Liveactor Jeremy Slate until he died in 2006.
Benedict is survived by her daughter and two granddaughters.
