LOS ANGELES -- Rod Steiger, the stocky, intense actor who played Marlon Brando's hoodlum brother in "On the Waterfront" and won an Oscar as a redneck Southern police chief in "In the Heat of the Night ...
Benedict is also known for stints as a cast member of "Candid Camera" and "The Steve Allen Show." Born July 21, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, Benedict first performed at just 7 years old, onstage at the ...
Joan Benedict Steiger, who was part of the original stock company for Candid Camera and later became the wife of actor Rod Steiger, died June 24 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of ...
She also worked with Steve Allen and Elizabeth Taylor and played a jailed Leona Helmsley in a one-woman stage show. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Joan Benedict, who starred on the original Steve Allen ...