Jennifer Runyon, the actress best known for playing a lead role on the 1980s sitcom Charles in Charge and for an iconic scene in the original Ghostbusters movie, has passed away at 65-years-old.
Her family announced her death in a Facebook post, noting that Runyon had been sick for a while.
“This past Friday night our beloved Jennifer passed away,” the family wrote about the movie star. “It was a long and arduous journey that ended with her surrounded by her family.” The post added that Runyon would “always be remembered for her love of life and her devotion to her family and friends…Rest in peace our Jenn.”
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Runyon’s Bewitched co-star, Erin Murphy, later confirmed the actor had passed away from cancer.
“So sad to share that my friend Jennifer Runyon Corman has passed away after a brief battle with cancer. Some people you just know you’ll be friends with before you even meet. She was a special lady. I’ll miss you Jenn. My thoughts are with your family and beautiful children,” Murphy wrote on Instagram.
Born in Chicago in April 1960, Runyon made her first major Hollywood debut with a role in the 1980 slasher film To All a Goodnight.
1984 would go on to be her busiest year, appearing in Ivan Reitman’s blockbuster Ghostbusters as a college student subjected to an ESP experiment by Bill Murray’s character Dr. Venkman. That same year, she landed the part of Gwendolyn Pierce on Charles in Charge, the sitcom that ran until 1990 and gave Runyon her most notable and long-running TV run.
Runyon also appeared in the college comedy Up the Creek, the drama The In Crowd, the World War II parody A Man Called Sarge, and the sci-fi horror picture Carnosaur.
On television, she later appeared on the soap opera Another World and made guest appearances on Magnum, P.I., Quantum Leap, Murder, She Wrote, and Beverly Hills, 90210.
In 1988, she joined the cast of A Very Brady Christmas, the holiday reunion TV movie, playing Cindy Brady.
Runyon stepped away from acting in the early 1990s, though she returned periodically over the last three decades, including Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival in 2015 and Terror Tales in 2016.
Away from Hollywood, Runyon built a private life in Southern California with her husband, basketball coach Todd Corman, and their two children.
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