![]() ![]() Hale died at her home in Sherman Oaks, California, on January 26, 2017, at age 94 of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Hale became a follower of the Baháʼí Faith. The couple had two daughters, Jodi and Juanita, and a son, actor William Katt. In 1945, during the filming of West of the Pecos, Hale met actor Bill Williams (birth name Herman August Wilhelm Katt). Hale worked as a spokeswoman for Amana, makers of Radarange microwave ovens, memorably intoning, "If it doesn't say Amana, it's not a Radarange." Private life and death Hale's activity in radio was limited she appeared in one episode each of Voice of the Army (1947), Lux Radio Theatre (1950), and Proudly We Hail (syndicated), as well as five episodes of Family Theater (1950–1954). Her last on-screen appearance was a TV biographical documentary about Burr that aired in 2000. Hale guest-starred in "Murder Impromptu", a 1971 episode of Ironside, Burr's first post-Perry Mason series. She also played his mother in the 1978 movie Big Wednesday. Hale in turn guest-starred on Katt's series, The Greatest American Hero in which Katt played the title role, aka Ralph Hinkley Hale played Hinkley's mother in the 1982 episode, "Who's Woo in America". Hale's son William Katt played detective Paul Drake, Jr., alongside Hale in nine of the Perry Mason TV movies from 1985 to 1988. Hale is thus the only actor to feature in all 30 films. Hale continued her role as Della in the four telefilms produced after Burr's death in 1993, subtitled A Perry Mason Mystery (and starring Paul Sorvino as Anthony Caruso in the first film and Hal Holbrook as "Wild" Bill McKenzie in the remaining three). The film was such a ratings hit that a further 29 movies were produced until 1995. In 1985, Hale and Burr (by then the only surviving cast members from the original series) reprised their roles for the TV movie Perry Mason Returns. ![]() Hale with William Hopper (left) and Frank Sully in Perry Mason (1958) ![]()
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