Soap star Jennifer Leake dies at 76

The East Hampton Star-Telegram reports that actress Jennifer Leak, who starred in the soap opera and the 1968 film Yours, mine, ours, Died March 18 at his home in Jupiter, Florida. She is seventy-six years old.

Seven years before her death, the actress suffered from progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurological disease, the East Hampton Star-Telegram reported.

Leake was born on September 28, 1947 in Cardiff, Wales. She spent her early years in several cities, including Toronto, Jerusalem, Halifax, England, and Hertfordshire, England.

She began her career in Canada at the age of 17 after appearing in the pilot episode of the Canadian television series Wojeck, directed by Mike Nichols.

She was then cast in the role postgraduate was created by Nichols, but her immigration status prevented her from participating in the series.

Leak later moved to Los Angeles and was cast to play Lucille Ball’s daughter in the 1968 film yours, mine and ours Within a few months. Leake met her first husband, Tim Matheson, on the set.

The comedy about a blended family of eighteen children stars the former couple as step-siblings.

Following her death at the age of 76, Matheson wrote a tribute to her on Facebook.

“It is with a heavy heart that I share the news of the passing of Jennifer Leake. Not only was she my on-screen sister on ‘Yours, Mine & Ours,’ she was also my beloved first wife,” Matheson wrote. “Jennifer was an extraordinary woman, strong, loving and talented. My deepest condolences go out to her husband of 47 years, James D’Auria, and their many friends.”

The former couple married in 1968 and divorced in 1971.