The Odd Couple and Legacy actor, dramatist, and screenwriter Joan Hotchkis passed away on September 27 in Los Angeles. 95 years old.
Congestive heart failure was the cause of Hotchkis’ death, according to her daughter Paula Chambers.
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Hotchkis was the last surviving child of Preston Hotchkis and Katharine Bixby, influential civic figures in Los Angeles who throughout the course of the last century oversaw organizations like the California Historical Society and the Metropolitan Water District.
She landed the leading role of Lizzie in The Rainmaker at the Players Ring theater in Hollywood.
When she returned to New York she became a member of The Actors Studio and was cast in TV commercials and guest spots.
This is when she met director Bob Foster, whom she married in 1958 and with who she had daughter Paula.
