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Marilyn Hall, Emmy-Winning Producer And Wife Of Monty Hall, Dies At 90

Hall worked on behalf of Brandeis University, the Jewish Welfare Fund and Tel Aviv University, for whom she made several documentary films, and was a devoted patron of the arts, from after-school programs for L.A. children to the Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills.

Hall shared her talent and resources for several charities and developed programs for the Julia Ann Singer School for child care, Guardians of Courage, Israel Bonds, the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging and Variety Clubs International, where she served as a board member while writing for and producing its International Humanitarian Award event.

Hall also leaves behind her grandchildren Aaron (and his wife Stacey), Mikka (Mark), Maggie (Adam), Jack and Levi and her sister, Peggy.

In a 2002 interview with the Archive of American Television, Monty recalled how he met Marilyn. He had just moved to Toronto and was having dinner with a cousin.

He was told that “we have another cousin on the other side of the family, not related to you, and she’s an 18-year-old actress on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She plays Alice in Wonderland, all these leading parts, she’s an ingenue. You should meet her.

“I said, ‘I don’t think I want to meet an 18-year-old actress.’ I was almost 24; that was too much for me. But I did meet her, and when I met her, it was game over. We were married a year later.”

In lieu of flowers, donations in her honor can be made to the L.A. Jewish Home or Variety, the children’s charity.

(SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter)