Dimitra Arliss, the Greek-American actress who played a hired killer alongside Robert Redford and Paul Newman in the caper comedy “The Sting,” has died in Los Angeles.
Arliss was born in Lorain, Ohio, on October 23, 1932. Her acting career began at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. She first garnered attention after appearing in Arthur L. Kopit’s Broadway play Indians in the 1960s in which she played a Native American character who spoke with an Italian accent. She went on to appear in multiple stage, television and film productions including the 1973 classic The Sting.
Arliss died at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, aged 79, from complications of a stroke. She is survived by a sister.
Filmography
The Sting (1973)
Rich Man, Poor Man Book II (1976)
The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
A Perfect Couple (1979)
Xanadu (1980)
Firefox (1982)
Eleni (1985)
It’s My Party (1996)
Bless the Child (2000)
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