The death has been announced of the American actress Valerie Perrine, best known for her role as Eve Teschmacher in the Superman franchise and her Oscar-nominated performance as Honey Bruce in the biopic Lenny.
She was 82 and had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2015.
Perrine's death was announced by her friend and carer Stacey Souther, who told US entertainment trade publication The Hollywood Reporter: "She faced Parkinson's disease with incredible courage and compassion, never once complaining.
"She was a true inspiration who lived life to the fullest - and what a magnificent life it was.
"The world feels less beautiful without her in it."
Texas-born Perrine was a former Las Vegas showgirl who made her film debut in 1972's Slaughterhouse-Five, based on the 1969 bestseller of the same name by Kurt Vonnegut.
She received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance as Honey Bruce opposite Dustin Hoffman as the trailblazing comedian Lenny Bruce in the 1974 biopic Lenny.
For her performance as Lenny Bruce's wife, Perrine also won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival and the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer.
Perrine was best known by audiences for her role as the kind-hearted Eve Teschmacher in the Christopher Reeve-starring Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980).
Among her many other film credits were The Last American Hero, The Electric Horseman, The Cannonball Run, and What Women Want.
On television, her credits included Homicide: Life on the Street, ER, The Practice, Nash Bridges, and Walker, Texas Ranger.
