Dimitra Arliss dies at 79

Dimitra Arliss, who carried out a hired killer alongside Robert Redford and Paul Newman inside the caper comedy "The Sting," has died in La. She was 79.Jaime Larkin, an agent for your Film and television Fund Hospital, states Arliss died Jan. 26 within the Woodland Slopes facility of complications in the stroke.The Ohio native began her acting career within the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. On Broadway, Arliss starred opposite Stacy Keach in "Indians" with Kevin Kline and John Malkovich in "Arms as well as the Guy."After turning up just like a "hit lady" inside the 1973 hit "The Sting," she was noticed in "Xanadu," starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly, too as with Clint Eastwood's "Opera."Her numerous television credits include "Dallas," ''Quincy M.E.," and "Wealthy Guy, Poor Guy."Arliss is managed to get having a sister. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com