Elizabeth Hoffman
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About
Former film and television performer who was often classified as a character actress and became best known for her role as Beatrice Reed Ventnor throughout the entirety of the NBC drama series Sisters from 1991 to 1996. She appeared in films such as Nuts, opposite Barbra Streisand, and Dante's Peak. She also performed in television roles on series like Matlock, Thirtysomething, and Stargate SG-1.
Before Fame
She made her television debut in the recurring role of Miss Mason on Little House on the Prairie in the year 1980. The following year, she appeared in her first major motion picture as Margaret Buchanan in the supernatural horror film Fear No Evil.
Trivia
She portrayed former first lady of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt in the television miniseries The Winds of War in the year 1983. She would later reprise her role as Roosevelt in the follow-up miniseries War and Remembrance in the year 1988.
Family Life
After her passing of natural causes in the year 2023, she was survived by her sons Chris and Paul, as well as her grandchildren Lily, Lauren, Allison, and Erica.
Associated With
She played the mother of characters played by Swoosie Kurtz, Sela Ward, Patricia Kalember, and Julianne Phillips on the television series Sisters.
