Eileen Herlie

Eileen Herlie (1918 - 2008)
==Film Deaths==
*Hamlet (1948) [Queen Gertrude]: Poisoned when she drinks from a goblet of wine that Basil Sydney had intended for Laurence Olivier, she dies shortly afterwards while talking to Laurence.
*Hamlet (1964) [Queen Gertrude]: Poisoned when she drinks from a goblet of wine that Alfred Drake had intended for Richard Burton.
== Television Deaths ==
* All My Children (December 19, 2008) [Myrtle Fargate]: Although she did not appear, she died in her sleep of a heart attack (off-screen). (Herlie had died October 8, 2008 of pneumonia, so her character's death was written to the show.) She last appeared on-screen on June 23, 2008, four months before her passing.
Category:Actresses
Category:Scottish actors and actresses
Category:1918 Births
Category:2008 Deaths
Category:Listed on Original Cinemorgue
Category:Death scenes by poison
Category:Death scenes by accident
Category:Stage Actors
Category:Pneumonia victims
Category:Actors who died in William Shakespeare Movies
Category:Death scenes by drinking poison
Category:American actors and actresses
Category:Pages in need of updating
Category:Soap Opera Stars
Category:All My Children Cast Members
Category:Loving Cast Members
Category:One Life To Live Cast Members
Category:Death scenes due to real-life passing
Category:Off-screen deaths