Gwen Van Dam, a veteran character actress of seven decades whose 140 credits spanned television, film and the Los Angeles stage, died Dec. 19 at her home in West LA. She was 96. Per previous reporting ...

Gwen Van Dam, whose 70-year career as a character actress for film, television and the stage included turns in True Confessions, Halloween, Coming Home, Stir Crazy and The Trip to Bountiful, has died.

Gwen Van Dam, a prolific character actress who appeared in TV and film, has died. She was 96. Van Dam’s death was confirmed by her son, Dirk Smillie, who told our sister site The Hollywood ...

“In the lead role of Carrie Watts, Gwen Van Dam has big shoes to fill — Geraldine Page (the film) and Lillian Gish (the play),” a L.A. Stage Times reviewer wrote. “Ms. Van Dam chooses ...

Gwen Van Dam, a prolific character actress who appeared in TV and ... Van Dam’s many film roles included a sanitarium nurse in John Carpenter’s original Halloween, Stand by Your Man, Stir Crazy and ...