Actress Valerie Perrine passed away today, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease.  She was 82 years old.

Perrine was the type of actress who could do it all.  She made her debut as Montana Wildhack in the 197s adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughter-House Five.  She was Oscar nominated for playing Lenny Bruce’s wife in 1975’s Lenny.  She was the only cop willing to write Adrienne Barbeau a ticket in Cannonball Run.  She could do drama just as easily as comedy.  But for many of us, she will always be best remembered for playing Ms. Teschmacher, Lex Luthor’s assisant who saved Superman’s life in 1978’s Superman and then helped Luthor escape from prison in 1980’s Superman II.

With Perrine’s passing, only three of the principles from Superman and Superman II are still with us: Sarah Douglas, Jack O’Halloran, and Marc McClure.

RIP.