Actress, Mother of Todd Bridges Was 83

Betty A. Bridges, an actress and the mom of Diff’lease Strokes star Todd Bridges who appeared on her son’s sitcom, Hill Road Blues, Ally McBeal and lots of different reveals, has died. She was 83.

Bridges died Wednesday in hospice care at Todd’s house in Phoenix, publicist Elizabeth A lot introduced.

Throughout her four-decade profession, Betty Alice Bridges appeared on every little thing from Police Lady, Good Instances, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Charlie’s Angels, Marvel Lady and Quincy, M.E. to Flamingo Highway, Lou Grant, Dallas, NYPD Blue, ER and Scrubs.

The Dallas native additionally was seen in such movies as A Night time on the Roxbury (1998) and Constructing Bridges (2000), a 45-minute documentary about Todd, who as a toddler actor in Hollywood dealt along with his share of hassle.

Bridges was a supervisor and performing coach, too; she co-founded Kane Bridge Academy, and amongst her college students had been Nia Lengthy, sisters Reina and Regina King, Sanaa Lathan, Tony O’Dell, Marcus Chong and Shashawnee Corridor.

Along with Todd, 59, survivors embrace her different kids, Jimmy Bridges and Verda Bridges, additionally actors, and Zerondrick; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

She was married to expertise agent James Bridges Sr. from 1960 till their 1983 divorce.

Bridges performed a vital position in Todd’s restoration from habit, and “her powerful love and unwavering help spotlight the profound impression of household and associates in overcoming life’s hardest battles,” her household famous.

Donations in her identify could be made to the International Restoration Initiatives Basis to “rejoice the lifetime of Betty and the restoration that Todd lives each day.”