Betty McGuire, the Broadway star who played grandma Kate Malone in 'Growing Pains', dies aged 100

McGuire died of natural causes on October 8 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, family friend Keith Gerchak said. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1926, she worked for 70 years. Her credits ranged from 'Columbo' to 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'.

She played Sister Mary Quacker in Cheech & Chong's 'Up in Smoke'.

On Broadway she performed alongside Ethel Merman, Bea Arthur and Tony Randall.

At her retirement home she hosted her own in-house talk show, 'GabFest'.