Film producer and screenwriter Marion Segal Freed has died at the age of 77.
She passed away at her Los Angeles home last week after a long illness.
Freed began her career as a producer and worked with her first husband, actor George Segal, on his films Russian Roulette (1975) and Fun with Dick and Jane (1977). She also served as a film editor on director Terrence Malick's movies Badlands (1973) and 1978's Days of Heaven.
She wed moviemaker Herb Freed in 1985 and they worked on three independent films in the late 1990s - Subterfuge, Paradise Lost and Child 2 Man - all of which were written by the late star and directed by her husband.
She passed away at her Los Angeles home last week after a long illness.
Freed began her career as a producer and worked with her first husband, actor George Segal, on his films Russian Roulette (1975) and Fun with Dick and Jane (1977). She also served as a film editor on director Terrence Malick's movies Badlands (1973) and 1978's Days of Heaven.
She wed moviemaker Herb Freed in 1985 and they worked on three independent films in the late 1990s - Subterfuge, Paradise Lost and Child 2 Man - all of which were written by the late star and directed by her husband.
- 12/27/2011
- WENN
Marion Segal Freed, a producer, editor, screenwriter and the former wife of actor George Segal, died Dec. 22 at her Century City home after a long illness. She was 77. Freed, who was married to Segal for 25 years until their divorce in 1984, also was the step-sister of Susan Harris, the creator of TV's The Golden Girls. Photos: Hollywood’s Notable Deaths Freed served as an associate producer on Russian Roulette (1975) and Fun With Dick and Jane (1977), both of which starred Segal, and did editing work on the actor's 1981 movie Carbon Copy as well as a pair
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- 12/26/2011
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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