Rita Gardner Obituary

American actress and singer, Rita Gardner died on September 25, 2022, from leukemia in United States. She was 87.

Rita Gardner was born on October 23, 1934 in New York, United States.

Gardner made her stage debut Off-Broadway in Jerry Herman’s musical review Nightcap before her breakout turn as Luisa in the original cast of The Fantasticks in 1960.

Her other film credits include The Cradle Will Rock, To Be Young, Gifted, and Black, Wings, The Foreigner, Shiva Baby, Chasing Taste, Tiger Lily Road, Marci X, Crazy Little Thing, One Plus One, Eroticise, Buddy & Grace, An Evening with Oliver and many more.

Rita Gardner was a faculty member for the sixth annual Cabaret Conference at Yale University in 2008.

She married the playwright Herb Gardner in 1957 but their marriage ended in divorce in 1970.

Rita Gardner is survived by her husband Robert Sevra.

Rita Gardner’s funeral arrangements are yet to be announced by the family.