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Hollywood Star Noreen Nash Dies in Los Angeles at 99

Noreen Nash, who starred in dozens of movies in 1940s and ’50s, has died in Beverly Hills, her son told The Hollywood Reporter.

James Woods, Noreen Nash and her husband James Whitmore.

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By Mathew Murphy

Actress Noreen Nash, who starred in notable movies including The Southerner, Giant and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold, has died in Los Angeles at 99. Her son Lee Siegel Jr. confirmed sad news to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday. Nash played Texas cotton farmer Becky Devers in The Southerner and was the glamorous Hollywood star Lona Lane in Giant, alongside James Dean. She was married to Lee E. Siegel, known as the “Doctor to the Stars,” from 1942 until his 1990 death, and to Oscar-nominated actor James Whitmore of The Shawshank Redemption from 2001 until his 2009 death.

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