Maryedith Burrell

About

Actress known for her roles on Days of Our Lives. She also starred in Fridays, Faerie Tale Theater, Murder She Wrote and M*A*S*H. She has also worked as a script doctor for Disney and as a documentarian for National Geographic. 

Before Fame

She attended UC Santa Cruz and later transferred to UCLA. She went on to work as a publicist, where she was encouraged to act by coworkers such as Jason Robards Jr. and Shelley Winters. 

Trivia

She served as a creative consultant for Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins. 

Family Life

She was married to Bruce Crawford Burrell from 1972 to 1979. In 2003, she was remarried to Peter Bergman. The couple remained married until his death in 2012. 

Associated With

Jack Lemmon was one of her early career mentors.