Television star Barrie Youngfellow has passed away. The Hollywood Reporter reports that the actress, who’s perhaps best known for her role on the 1980s comedy series It’s a Living, passed away on Monday. No official cause of death was revealed. Youngfellow was 75 years old.

“She was the best of friends and had many loyal ones,” an obituary written by the family reads. “Loved a good story and a nice bottle. Had a great laugh that confirmed her sense of life. Even during her decline, she could shoot off a good one liner. She was so nourished by the care and kindness and love that she received from the staff at Ten Broeck Rehab.”

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Barrie Youngfellow was born Barrie Sarah Rivchun on Oct. 22, 1946, in Cleveland, Ohio. She got her start in television in the early 1980s with a role on The New Temperatures Rising Show and followed this up with appearances in other shows like WKRP in Cincinnati, Barney Miller, and Three’s Company. She is also known for playing Joan Crawford in the TV movie The Scarlett O’Hara War and appeared as the mother of Mayim Bialik’s character in the pilot for Blossom in 1990, though she didn’t continue with the show when it was picked up to series.

In 1978, the actress could be seen in a recurring role as Dr. Gloria Manners on the series A.E.S. Hudson Street. Youngfellow also appeared in the film Nightmare in Blood as well as the TV movies The Bay City Amusement Company, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Vampire, and The Lady from Yesterday. The actress made her final appearance in a TV role in 1998 for an episode of Law & Order. She portrayed Dr. Emily Lindros in the episode titled “Burden.”

It’s a Living Starred Barrie Youngfellow in All 120 Episodes

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Barrie Youngfellow played sarcastic waitress Jan Hoffmeyer Gray on It’s a Living from 1980-82 and 1985-89, as one of the few actors to appear all throughout the series alongside Gail Edwards, Paul Kreppel, and Marian Mercer. Created by Stu Silver, Dick Clair, and Jenna McMahon, the series is set in a restaurant at the top of the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, following the lives of the waitresses who work there.

The show has been released on DVD and has been revived with reruns airing at different homes throughout the years. At one point, it ran for special programming blocks on TV Land, and was aired as a marathon several times in 2018 by Logo TV. More recently, it ran on Antenna TV from 2020-21, putting the show back in front of viewers once again.

Youngfellow’s survivors include her husband, actor Sam Freed (The Wire), with whom she’d been married for 39 years, as well as her sisters, Heide and Kim, and her dogs and cats she loved dearly. Our condolences go out to them along with the rest of Youngfellow’s family and friends at this difficult time. May she rest in peace as her legacy lives on.