Betty Ann Rees dead at 81: The 1970s starlet best known for her role in The Unholy Rollers has passed away after a 'series of falls and a possible stroke'

Betty Ann Rees dead at 81: The 1970s starlet best known for her role in The Unholy Rollers has passed away after a 'series of falls and a possible stroke' By Alesia Stanford For Dailymail.Com Published: 20:18, 8 June 2024 | Updated: 20:24, 8 June 2024 e-mail View comments Betty Anne Rees, a 1970s starlet and journeyman actress, has passed away at the age of 81. According to her niece, Kathleen Loucks, the performer, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the early 1990s, died on June 3 at her home in Hemet, California .

She told The Hollywood Reporter that her aunt suffered 'after a series of falls and a possible stroke.' The Ohio native began her prime time career in Hollywood with an appearance on the TV series Shane in 1966, and went on to make guest appearances in a variety of popular television shows, including Mannix, Medical Center and Barnaby Jones. She is perhaps best known for her role in The Unholy Rollers as a skater unhappy about a beautiful new athlete joining the team.

Betty Anne Rees, a B-movie starlet and journeyman actress from the 1970s who starred in The Unholy Rollers and Sugar Hill has passed away. She was 81 Rees starred as the antagonist opposite the 1970 Playboy Playmate of the Year's Claudia Jennings. The Roger Corman produced movie was co-written and directed by the late Vernon Zimmerman and edited by upcoming filmmaker Martin Scorsese .

The film was hastily put together after the success of the Raquel Welch lead roller derby project Kansas Ci.