Louise Troy; Actress Appeared on Stage, TV

Louise Troy, a Broadway-oriented actress who also appeared regularly on episodic television, has died of breast cancer. She was 60 and died May 5 in her New York City home.

She portrayed a series of bright and colorful characters on the New York stage. She starred in Noel Coward’s “Private Lives,” Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” and the 1960s musicals “Tovarich” and “Walking Happy.” She received Tony nominations for the latter two.

On TV she was seen often on “The Defenders,” “Hogan’s Heroes” (she married and divorced Werner Klemperer, who played the prison camp commandant in the popular series), “The Odd Couple” and “Kate and Allie.”