She Was on a Roll

Madlyn Rhue, TV and movie actress, was diagnosed with MS in 1977. She said --

We each have two lives. The one we learn by and the one we live after that.

Her learning was as a guest on many popular series beginning in the '50s, as well as soap operas. She was also in several major motion pictures. Check out a long list of her impressive credits.

Performances after 1977 were In Madlyn's second life, when she was lucky enough to continue her acting career, but with MS. She also starred from her wheelchair in an MS ad campaign headed "Even with MS, Madlyn Rhue Is On a Roll." She last appeared in a recurring roll in Murder She Wrote in 1996.

She died in California in 2003.

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