Lieux Dressler (born Louise Aldrich; February 27, 1930 – February 8, 2018) was an American film and television actress.

Life and career

Before becoming known as an actress, Dressler worked as a nightclub singer in Dallas. During this time, she was married to trombonist Morris Repass, with whom she had two sons.[1] In the 1960s, her marriage ended, and she moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. She operated an acting workshop named the Patio Playhouse,[2] where she developed techniques that continue to be taught at acting classes.

During the 1970s, she appeared on various television series, including Columbo, Gunsmoke, Kolchak: the Night Stalker, and The Rockford Files.[3] She was mostly recognized as Alice Grant, the long suffering mother of Heather Grant Webber on the long running daytime drama General Hospital from 1978-1983. She also appeared in feature films, most notably Truck Stop Women (1974), Kingdom of the Spiders (1977),[4] and Point of No Return (1993), and then she retired from acting.

Lieux Dressler Repass died on February 8, 2018, at the age of 87.[5]

Filmography (selected)

References

  1. ^ Waters, Rick (1995). "Music is my mistress". The TCU Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  2. ^ Rainey, Buck (1990). Those Fabulous Serial Heroines. Scarecrow Press. p. 427.
  3. ^ Abbott, Jon (2009). Stephen J. Cannell Television Productions: A History of All Series and Pilots. McFarland. p. 63.
  4. ^ Hughes, Howard (2014). Outer Limits: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Science-Fiction Films. p. 42.
  5. ^ "Remembering Louise Aldrich Dressler Repass (Mama Lieux)". Amy Jacquelyn Miller on Facebook. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

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