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Glenne Headly, 62, had Lansford roots

NEW YORK (AP) - Glenne Headly, an early member of the renowned Steppenwolf Theatre Company who went on to star in films and on TV, died Thursday night, according to her agent. She was 62. No cause of death or location was immediately available.

Headly was known from performances in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "Mr. Holland's Opus," and the miniseries "Lonesome Dove." She had recurring roles on "ER" and "Monk," and played the daughter of Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer in the 2001 live telecast of the play "On Golden Pond." She was set to appear in the upcoming Hulu sitcom "Future Man."In 1979 she was recruited by Chicago's budding Steppenwolf Theatre, joining John Malkovich, her first husband.Headly was born on March 13, 1954, in Connecticut. Her first years were spent living under the care of her mother in San Francisco and her maternal grandmother in Lansford.Early in her elementary school years, she joined her mother, who was then living in Greenwich Village, and grew up experiencing a rich cultural life. She studied ballet at the Robert Joffrey school of ballet and modern dance at the Martha Graham Studios.Headly is survived by husband Byron McCulloch, whom she married in 1993, and their son.

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