Valerie Perrine, 'Superman' Actress and 'Lenny' Oscar Nominee, Dies at 82
Valerie Perrine, the former Las Vegas showgirl who earned a best actress Oscar nomination for portraying Lenny Bruce’s drug-addicted stripper wife in Lenny and played Lex Luthor’s secretary in a pair of Superman films, died Monday. She was 82.
Perrine’s death at her home in Beverly Hills was announced by friend and soulmate Stacey Souther. She was diagnosed in 2015 with Parkinson’s disease, which eventually robbed her of her mobility and much of her ability to eat and speak.
Valerie Perrine, the former Las Vegas showgirl who earned a best actress Oscar nomination for portraying Lenny Bruce’s drug-addicted stripper wife in Lenny and played Lex Luthor’s secretary in a pair of Superman films, died Monday. She was 82.
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The actress did comedy and drama with equal fervor, also starring as the love interest of Jeff Bridges’ NASCAR driver Junior Johnson in Lamont Johnson’s The Last American Hero (1973) and as the soon-to-be ex of champion rodeo rider Robert Redford‘s character in Sydney Pollack’s The Electric Horseman (1979).
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as Lex Luthor's girlfriend. . .
Miss Teschmacher: "Get out!"
Rest in Peace, Ma'am.
...and it made me a life-long fan of public TV. 
I first became aware of her when I went to see Slaughterhouse Five in the theater.
I didn't know about her Parkinson's suffering. It's very scary to see what it did to her. The last 10 or 15 years I would not have recognized her.
RIP Ms Perrine