Veteran TV actress Denise Dowse, whose roles spanned from Beverly Hills, 90210 to Insecure, has died after a battle with viral meningitis. She was 64 years previous.
The information was introduced by Dowse’s sister Tracey in an Instagram publish on Saturday.
“I need to take this second to thank our family and friends for the entire love and prayers,” she wrote. “It’s with a really heavy coronary heart that I inform everybody that my sister, Denise Dowse, has gone ahead to fulfill our household in everlasting life.”
She continued, “Denise Yvonne Dowse was probably the most superb sister, a consummate, illustrious actress, mentor and director. She was my easiest buddy and last member of the family. Denise beloved all of you. I do know that she is watching over us with all of the love she has.”
Dowse was hospitalized in a coma earlier this month after contracting meningitis. Her sister Tracey requested followers for his or her assist in an Aug. 6 Fb publish: “I’m requesting assist and prayers be supplied me and my sister, and my solely rapid household Denise Dowse. She is at the moment within the hospital in a coma introduced on by a virulent type of meningitis. Her docs have no idea when she is going to come out of the coma because it was not medically induced.”
A often seen face on ’90s TV exhibits like Seinfeld, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and ER, Dowse performed West Beverly Hills Excessive vice principal Yvonne Teasley on the Fox primetime cleaning soap Beverly Hills, 90210, showing in two dozen episodes. (She additionally performed a vice principal on NBC’s Saturday morning teen sitcom California Goals.) She went on to recur on Simon Baker’s CBS authorized drama The Guardian as household courtroom decide Rebecca Damsen.
Ian Ziering, who labored with Dowse on 90210, paid tribute to her on Instagram:
Extra just lately, Dowse performed Molly’s therapist Dr. Rhonda Pine on HBO’s Insecure, debuting in Season 2 and returning for 2 extra seasons. Her movie credit included Ray, Starship Troopers and Pleasantville.
