Valerie Perrine, the actress best known for her role as Eve Teschmacher in the Superman films starring Christopher Reeve, has died at the age of 82 after a battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Perrine passed away at her home in Beverly Hills, California (USA), last Monday (23), announced Stacey Souther, a close friend of the actress, in a post shared on his Facebook page.
“It is with deep sadness that I share the heartbreaking news that Valerie has passed away. She faced Parkinson’s disease with incredible courage and compassion, never complaining,” Souther wrote.
He remembered Perrine as a “true inspiration who lived life to the fullest” and noted that “the world seems less beautiful without her in it.” “I love you, Valerie. I’ll see you on the other side,” he added in the post.
Souther also created a page on the crowdfunding site GoFundMe to raise $35,000 to give Perrine the “farewell she deserves.”
Perrine was born on September 3, 1943, in Galveston, Texas, and began her acting career in 1972 when she was cast as Montana Wildhack in the film adaptation of Slaughterhouse-Five, the 1969 novel by Kurt Vonnegut.
The actress appeared in The Last American Hero in 1973 and received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in 1975 for her role as the troubled wife of Lenny Bruce (played by Dustin Hoffman) in the 1974 film Lenny.
However, Perrine only became widely known to global audiences when she was cast as Eve Teschmacher, the assistant and love interest of villain Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) in the 1978 film Superman: The Movie.
Perrine reprised the role in Superman II (1980), but that same year she also appeared in the comedy Can’t Stop the Music alongside the group Village People and Caitlyn Jenner. Unfortunately, the film was so poorly received that it became one of the movies that inspired the creation of the Golden Raspberry Awards.
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