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Barbara Stuart, actress, 81
« on: May 23, 2011, 04:10:18 PM »
In the 1980 film “Airplane!” she was the wife of the pilot played by Robert Stack. She played Tom Hanks' future mother-in-law in 1984's “Bachelor Party” (grabbing Nick the Dick's hot dog at the bachelorette party).  On TV she was Bunny, Sergeant Carter's girlfriend on “Gomer Pyle, USMC”  and in the "Batman" TV series she was Rocket O’Rourke, henchwoman to the Puzzler.  She also appeared on the “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show,” “Rawhide,” “The Twilight Zone,” “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “Taxi.”   She was 81.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/arts/television/barbara-stuart-tv-actress-is-dead-at-81.html