Children release statement: Actress Cindy Williams is dead

At the end of the 1970s, Cindy Williams succeeded with the series "Laverne.

Children release statement: Actress Cindy Williams is dead

At the end of the 1970s, Cindy Williams succeeded with the series "Laverne

The American actress Cindy Williams, known from TV series and films such as "American Graffiti" and "The Conversation", is dead. According to US media, their children Zak and Emily Hudson announced in a statement that Williams died after a short illness had died. The actress was 75 years old. She had a "brilliant sense of humor", quoted the broadcaster CNN and the "Hollywood Reporter", among other things from the statement.

Her 2004 star on the Walk of Fame will be decorated with flowers to commemorate her, the star plaque contributors in Hollywood said. Williams celebrated his first film successes in the 1970s in "American Graffiti" directed by George Lucas and in Francis Ford Coppola's crime novel "The Conversation" ("The Conversation") alongside Gene Hackman. She was also considered for the role of Princess Leia in "Star Wars," but the role ultimately went to Carrie Fisher.

Williams is best known for the sitcom Laverne