Marilyn Lovell Matz (August 27, 1931 – April 13, 2012) was an American actress, singer, AIDS activist and therapist. As a singer credited under her birth name of Marilynn Lovell, she released an LP on Jubilee Records in 1958, ''Scotch Mist'', with arrangements by

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Retrieved December 20, 2019 Lovell's early acting roles included the variety shows '' The Danny Kaye Show'' and ''The Liberace Show''. She appeared in guest roles on several television series, including '' The Munsters'' and ''

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''. Lovell toured with '' Hello, Dolly!'', which starred Mary Martin, throughout Asia and Europe in 1965, and appeared in an NBC documentary about the musical's foreign tour in 1966. Lovell sang on the motion picture soundtracks for several horror films during the early 1970s, including '' Scream Blacula Scream'' in 1973, '' The Return of Count Yorga'' in 1971, and '' Terror House''. During the 1970s and 1980s, Lovell began to pursue other professions and interests outside of entertainment. She returned to college as an adult and became a therapist. She specifically focused on AIDS patients with the onset of the

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during the 1980s. Lovell and her husband, Peter Matz, held fundraisers which raised thousands of dollars for AIDS Project Los Angeles. Lovell continued her therapy practice during the 1990s. She simultaneously returned to the entertainment industry singing at jazz clubs and cabarets in the Los Angeles area, including the

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and Cinegrill. She was cast in a small role in the 1996 film, ''

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'', directed by Rob Reiner. Matz died of complications from

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, which she lived with for thirty years, on April 13, 2012, at the age of 81. She was survived by two stepsons and her grandchildren. Her husband, composer Peter Matz, whom she married in 1981, died in 2002.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lovell Matz, Marilyn 1931 births 2012 deaths American television actresses American stage actresses HIV/AIDS activists American film actresses Cabaret singers Neurological disease deaths in California Deaths from multiple sclerosis Place of birth missing 21st-century American women