So sad. The iconic actress who played Trixie on ‘The Honeymooners’ passed away on Nov. 26 in Burbank, Calif. She was 90 years old.
Jane Kean, who gained notoriety in the 1960s for starring in the revival TV series The Honeymooners alongside Jackie Gleeson and Art Carney, died on Nov. 26 at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif.
Jane Kean: Actress Dies At 90
The 90-year-old actress passed away after suffering complications from a fall, according to the Los Angeles Times. Her niece, Deidre Wolpert, confirmed her death.
Jane Kean Interview
Most will remember Jane as Trixie, the long-suffering wife of Ed Norton on The Honeymooners. “There’s something about the show — people relate to it,” she told the Los Angeles Times in 1991. “People believed the show was real, and that we really were the characters we played.”
But Jane was not a one-role actress. She played many different characters over the span of four decades,...
Jane Kean, who gained notoriety in the 1960s for starring in the revival TV series The Honeymooners alongside Jackie Gleeson and Art Carney, died on Nov. 26 at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif.
Jane Kean: Actress Dies At 90
The 90-year-old actress passed away after suffering complications from a fall, according to the Los Angeles Times. Her niece, Deidre Wolpert, confirmed her death.
Jane Kean Interview
Most will remember Jane as Trixie, the long-suffering wife of Ed Norton on The Honeymooners. “There’s something about the show — people relate to it,” she told the Los Angeles Times in 1991. “People believed the show was real, and that we really were the characters we played.”
But Jane was not a one-role actress. She played many different characters over the span of four decades,...
- 11/29/2013
- by Andrew Gruttadaro
- HollywoodLife
Hollywood icon Jane Kean passed away on Tuesday (Nov. 26). She was 90.
Best known as Ed Norton's wife Trixie on the TV revival of "The Honeymooners," Kean passed away at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank where she was taken after complications from a fall. Deirdre Wolpert, her niece, confirmed the death on Thursday (Nov. 28) to The Huffington Post.
Kean enjoyed a long career in music and comedy which she began at 16, when she appeared in her first Broadway show. She worked for years in musical theater but achieved nation fame for her work on "The Honeymooners."
In addition to Wolpert, she is survived by a stepson, Joseph Hecht Jr., his family, and Wolpert's husband and two children.
Best known as Ed Norton's wife Trixie on the TV revival of "The Honeymooners," Kean passed away at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank where she was taken after complications from a fall. Deirdre Wolpert, her niece, confirmed the death on Thursday (Nov. 28) to The Huffington Post.
Kean enjoyed a long career in music and comedy which she began at 16, when she appeared in her first Broadway show. She worked for years in musical theater but achieved nation fame for her work on "The Honeymooners."
In addition to Wolpert, she is survived by a stepson, Joseph Hecht Jr., his family, and Wolpert's husband and two children.
- 11/29/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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