{"id":1437,"date":"2026-03-09T00:59:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/?p=1437"},"modified":"2026-03-09T00:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:59:05","slug":"jennifer-runyon-actress-known-for-her-roles-in-ghostbusters-and-charles-in-charge-dies-at-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/?p=1437","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Runyon, actress known for her roles in \u201cGhostbusters\u201d and \u201cCharles in Charge\u201d, dies at 65"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Runyon&#8217;s friend, &#8216;Bewitched&#8217; alum Erin Murphy, shared on social media that she had &#8220;a brief battle with cancer&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img data-document-id=\"cms\/api\/amp\/video\/AA1XPMut\" data-reference=\"video\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Actress Jennifer Runyon has died at the age of 65<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">She was best known for her roles in <em style=\"text-align: justify\">Ghostbusters<\/em> and <em style=\"text-align: justify\">Charles in Charge<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Runyon&#8217;s friend, <em style=\"text-align: justify\">Bewitched <\/em>alum Erin Murphy, shared on social media that she had &#8220;a brief battle with cancer&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Jennifer Runyon, an actress known for her roles in <em style=\"text-align: justify\">Ghostbusters<\/em> and the CBS sitcom <em style=\"text-align: justify\">Charles in Charge<\/em>, has died at age 65.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Runyon&#8217;s family confirmed her death in a social media post on Sunday, March 8, according to ABC7 Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-document-id=\"cms\/api\/amp\/image\/AA1XQ1iY\" data-reference=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1XQ1iY.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;This past Friday [March 6], our beloved Jennifer passed away. It was a long and arduous journey that ended with her surrounded by her family,&#8221; the post read. &#8220;She will always be remembered for her love of life and her devotion to her family and friends. Rest in peace our Jenn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Runyon&#8217;s friend, <em style=\"text-align: justify\">Bewitched <\/em>alum Erin Murphy, also confirmed her death in a Facebook post on Saturday, March 7, writing that she had &#8220;a brief battle with cancer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Some you just know you\u2019ll be friends with before you even meet. She was a special lady. I\u2019ll miss you Jenn. My thoughts are with your family and beautiful children,&#8221; Murphy, 61, wrote.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-document-id=\"cms\/api\/amp\/image\/AA1XMFTE\" data-reference=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1XMFTE.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Born in Chicago on April 1, 1960, Runyon later married collegiate basketball coach Todd Corman. The couple welcomed two children together, a son named Wyatt and a daughter named Bayley.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In 2014, Runyon stated that she was semi-retired from acting and was instead working as a teacher, according to <em style=\"text-align: justify\">Variety<\/em><em style=\"text-align: justify\">.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Her daughter, Bayley, an actress who has appeared in episodes of <em style=\"text-align: justify\">9-1-1, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina <\/em>and <em style=\"text-align: justify\">Jane the Virgin, <\/em>also shared a tribute to her mother on Instagram, writing: &#8220;all of the best parts of me came from you. i would give anything for one more day together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;the kindest most compassionate person i\u2019ve ever known. my best friend. i wasn\u2019t ready for this,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-document-id=\"cms\/api\/amp\/image\/AA1XMKgv\" data-reference=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1XMKgv.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<\/strong><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8216;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">to stay up-to-date on the best of what has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Runyon made her feature film debut in the 1980 slasher movie <em style=\"text-align: justify\">To All a Good Night<\/em> and had supporting roles in the 1984 films <em style=\"text-align: justify\">Up the Creek<\/em> and <em style=\"text-align: justify\">Ghostbusters<\/em>, in which she portrayed a student undergoing a paranormal assessment in an iconic scene with Bill Murray and Steven Tash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">She also starred in the 1984 sitcom <em style=\"text-align: justify\">Charles in Charge<\/em> and had a number of other film and TV roles in the 1980s and 1990s, including taking over the role of Cindy Brady from Susan Olsen in <em style=\"text-align: justify\">A Very Brady Christmas,<\/em> as well as appearances in <em style=\"text-align: justify\">The Fall Guy, Boone<\/em>, <em style=\"text-align: justify\">The Master<\/em> and <em style=\"text-align: justify\">Quantum Leap<\/em>, according to Deadline.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Runyon also made guest appearances on series including <em style=\"text-align: justify\">Murder, She Wrote<\/em>, <em style=\"text-align: justify\">A Man Called Sarge<\/em> and <em style=\"text-align: justify\">Beverly Hills, 90210<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Read the original article on <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Runyon&#8217;s friend, &#8216;Bewitched&#8217; alum Erin Murphy, shared on social media that she had &#8220;a brief battle with cancer&#8221; NEED TO KNOW Actress Jennifer Runyon has died at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}