The actress is greatest recognized for her function in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.
Elyse Donalson useless: The X Recordsdata and Halloween star dies unexpectedly aged 78 (Picture: Fox)
Elyse Donalson has sadly died aged 78. The actress died unexpectedly on Wednesday at her house in Studio Metropolis, her sister, Harriette Meyer, instructed the Hollywood Reporter. She had loved a profitable on-screen profession for greater than twenty years.
Tributes have poured in on-line for the beloved star, as one fan penned: “She was the one who delivered the magnificently creepy line, ‘How does it really feel to be damned?’ to Paul Rudd. Might she relaxation in peace.” A second tweeted: “RIP Elyse,” whereas a 3rd shared a tearful emoji.
Elyse appeared in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers and quite a few acclaimed reveals together with St. Elsewhere, The X-Recordsdata and Dr. Quinn, Medication Lady.
Born in Texas, Elyse moved to Los Angeles within the Nineteen Eighties and landed elements on greater than two dozen TV sequence together with Doogie Howser, M.D., Something However Love, Chicago Hope, The Apply and Beverly Hills, 90210.
She appeared alongside Paul Rudd within the 1995 movie Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, the place she portrayed a lady in a sanitarium who startles Rudd’s Tommy Doyle after she’s stabbed by Myers (A. Michael Lerner).
Elyse starred as a nun in 1986 on St Elsewhere, a decide in 1988 on Matlock, a nurse in Quantum Leap in 1989 and within the early 2000s she appeared in Jag and The X Recordsdata.
She additionally appeared in a sequence of TV reveals together with Our Home, Starman, Hardball, Paradise, and Medical Investigation.
Elyse Donalson, Actress in ‘Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers,’ Dies at 78 https://t.co/qJcPwq8HXf
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 2, 2026
Her resume additionally included 1988’s Man In opposition to the Mob, 1991’s Locked Up: A Mom’s Rage and 1994’s Kids of the Darkish.
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When she wasn’t performing, Elyse labored at numerous regulation companies to make ends meet.
The actress is survived by her sister, nieces, Kellie and Kate, her brother-in-law, Jimmie, her nice nieces, Madison, Macy and Piper, and her nice nephew, Clay.
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