Gwen Van Dam 1928 - 2024

[Midnite]

Gwen Van Dam, a Character Actress for 70 Years, Dies at 96

The article doesn't list DS, but she played a secretary at the Foundling Home in Episode 8.  Robin's summary of her scene is below (sometimes her boss was a Miss, sometimes a Mrs.) with MB's capture of her on the left:

Miss Hopewell orders her secretary to send this letter to Miss Victoria Winters, Collinswood, Collinsport, Maine--"Dear Victoria--I think you should know that shortly after our telephone conversation today, I received a visit from a man who said that he was a magazine writer, and finally admitted he was a private detective--oddly enough, his inquiry was almost the same as our phone conversation

--he was anxious to learn why you had been hired by the Collins family, who recommended you, and the rest of it--the detective's name was Wilbur Strake--do you know this man, or have you any idea who hired him to learn this facts about you?"

With thanks to Kosmo!

[Mysterious Benefactor]

My hat is off to Kosmo - I have no idea how he remembers the names of the actors and actresses who appeared on DS in such small parts?! 

Thanks, Midnite, for sharing the news of her passing...