Jennifer Runyon, an actress best known for her work in Ghostbusters and A Very Brady Christmas, has died after a brief battle with cancer, according to her friend, fellow actress and Bewitched star Erin Murphy. She was 65.
“So sad to share that my friend Jennifer Runyon Corman has passed away after a brief battle with cancer. Some people you just know you’ll be friends with before you even meet. She was a special lady. I’ll miss you Jenn. My thoughts are with your family and beautiful children,” Murphy wrote on Instagram.
Corman first began appearing on TV and in film in 1980, logging credits in series like The Fall Guy, Boone and The Master, as well as booking a recurring role in the long-running NBC soap Another World. In 1984, she appeared opposite Tim Matheson in comedy Up the Creek. That same year, she also featured in the iconic supernatural comedy starring Bill Murray, portraying a female student undergoing a paranormal assessment.
In the years following, she also appeared in shows like Magnum, P.I.; Quantum Leap; Murder, She Wrote and Beverly Hills, 90210. Runyon also played Gwendolyn Pierce in the first season of family sitcom Charles in Charge, the object of Scott Baio’s titular character’s affection.
Runyon also took over Susan Olsen’s role as the youngest Brady child, Cindy, in the 1988 made-for-TV movie A Very Brady Christmas, which reunites the family around the holiday.
Born April 1, 1960, in Chicago, Runyon married Todd Corman — a basketball coach, assistant director and nephew to actor Roger Corman — in 1991. The couple had two children, a son, Wyatt, and a daughter, Bayley.
Also an actress who’s logged episodes of 9-1-1, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Jane the Virgin, Bayley Corman posted a tribute to her mom, writing: “all of the best parts of me came from you. i would give anything for one more day together.”
