Actress and singer Lola Albright dies at 92

Actress and singer Lola Albright has died, aged 92.
The veteran star passed away on Thursday (23Mar17) in Toluca Lake, California.
Her friend Eric Anderson confirmed the news to the Ohio Akron Beacon Journal.
“She went very peacefully,” he said. “She died at 7:20 a.m. of natural causes. We loved her so much.”
Albright shot to fame as Kirk Douglas’ spurned lover in the 1949 boxing movie Champion, which earned Douglas an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. The film itself won the Academy Award for editing.
But she was perhaps best known for playing nightclub singer Edie Hart opposite Craig Stevens in the NBC private eye show Peter Gunn, which aired from 1958 to 1961. Albright landed an Emmy nomination in 1959 for the role.
She went on to star opposite Elvis Presley in 1962’s Kid Galahad, and appeared again with her Champion co-star Douglas in 1967’s The Way West alongside Robert Mitchum.
Albright also recorded two albums, Lola Wants You in 1957 and Dreamsville in 1959.
She is survived by her stepdaughter Susan Chadney.