Claire Malis (February 17, 1943 – August 24, 2012) was an American actress. In later years she was often credited as Claire Malis Callaway. Malis was perhaps best known as the second actress to play Dr. Dorian Lord on the

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daytime

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'' One Life to Live'' from 1977 to 1979. She appeared in the 1980 television series ''

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'' as Dr. Anne Brewster. The 13-episode series continued the story of the 1979 miniseries of the same name. Malis went on to guest star on numerous drama and comedy TV series and multiple films. Between 1983 and 1988 Malis portrayed Rose Polniaczek, mother of series regular Jo, in six episodes of the

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sitcom '' The Facts of Life''.

Death

Malis suffered from

non-Hodgkin lymphoma Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), also known as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is a group of blood cancers that includes all types of lymphomas except Hodgkin lymphomas. Symptoms include enlarged lymph nodes, fever, night sweats, weight loss, and tire ...

but recovered through a

stem cell transplant Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is the transplantation of multipotent hematopoietic stem cells, usually derived from bone marrow, peripheral blood, or umbilical cord blood in order to replicate inside of a patient and to produce ...

administered at City of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital in Duarte,

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in 2010. She died of

congestive heart failure Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome, a group of signs and symptoms caused by an impairment of the heart's blood pumping function. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, ...

and

pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severi ...

on August 24, 2012 at City of Hope. She was 69. She is survived by her husband, architectural and interior designer Thomas Callaway; their son Catlin; and her brother Lee.

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* 1943 births 2012 deaths Actresses from Gary, Indiana American film actresses American soap opera actresses American television actresses Deaths from pneumonia in California 21st-century American women {{US-tv-actor-1940s-stub