Tammy Grimes: American actress and singer (1934-2016)

She starred in and won a Tony Award for a 1960 play called The Unsinkable Molly Brown. She also starred in her own television show The Tammy Grimes Show in 1966.

Tammy Grimes
Tammy Grimes in 1966
Born	Tammy Lee Grimes (1934-01-30)January 30, 1934 Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	October 30, 2016(2016-10-30) (aged 82) Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	1955–2003
Spouse(s)	Christopher Plummer (m. 1956; div. 1960) Jeremy Slate (m. 1966; div. 1967) Richard Bell (m. 1968; died 2005)
Children	Amanda Plummer

Grimes was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, the daughter of Eola Willard (née Niles), a naturalist and spiritualist, and Luther Nichols Grimes, an innkeeper, country-club manager, and farmer.

She attended high school at the then all-girls school, Beaver Country Day School, and Stephens College, and then studied acting at New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse. She studied singing with Beverley Peck Johnson.

Grimes married Christopher Plummer on August 16, 1956, with whom she had a daughter, actress Amanda Plummer. They divorced in 1960.

Her second husband was actor Jeremy Slate, who she married in 1966 and divorced a year later. Her third husband was composer Richard Bell, who she married in 1971; the couple remained married until Bell's death in 2005.

Grimes died on October 30, 2016, in Englewood, New Jersey, aged 82 from natural causes. Her survivors include her brother, Nick, and her daughter Amanda.

• Tammy Grimes on IMDb  
• Tammy Grimes at the TCM Movie Database
• Tammy Grimes at the Internet Broadway Database  
• Tammy Grimes at the Internet Off-Broadway Database