Joan Hotchkis Cause Of Death

Joan Hotchkis, an American stage, screen and television actress, writer and performance artist passed away on September 27 at 95 years old.

What was Joan Hotchkis’ cause of death? Hotchkis died from congestive heart failure, her daughter Paula Chambers confirmed in a statement.

From the 1950s through the 1990s, Hotchkis played many roles in television, film and theater (summer stock and Broadway).

She was featured in Broadway productions of;

• It’s a Bird It’s a Plane It’s Superman (Philadelphia previews),
• Advise and Consent and Write Me A Murder

She also played Myra on the soap opera The Secret Storm for several years in the early 1960s.

In 1967, she moved back to Los Angeles and worked steadily in television through the 1970s.

Hotchkis is most noted for playing Dr. Nancy Cunningham, sometime girlfriend of Oscar Madison on the television version of The Odd Couple; Ellen in the Emmy-winning series My World and Welcome to It; and co-starred on L.A.T.E.R. (1980).

Hotchkis also made many guest appearances on TV shows such as;

• Bewitched,
• St. Elsewhere,
• Lou Grant,
• Charlie’s Angels,
• Mannix,
• Marcus Welby,
• Barnaby Jones and more.

On the big screen, she co-starred as Mama Hartley in the feature film Ode to Billy Joe (1976).

Hotchkis was born on September 21, 1927 in Los Angeles and got her start in show business in 1954 after landing the leading role of Lizzie in “The Rainmaker” at Hollywood’s Players Ring theater.