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Growing Pains Actress Betty McGuire Dies at 100
Actress Betty McGuire died at 100 on October 8 of natural causes at a care home in Woodland Hills, California.
She was best known for playing grandmother Kate Malone on Growing Pains, appearing in 12 episodes during the sitcom’s seven-season run from 1985 to 1992.
The ABC show made her familiar to television audiences, but her career also included Broadway and television roles dating back to the 1950s and 1970s.
She appeared in Broadway productions including Plain and Fancy, Happy Hunting and Oh Captain!, and later had guest roles on shows such as Charlie’s Angels, Matlock and ER.
Outside acting, she supported low-income tenants facing eviction through volunteer work at a Los Angeles legal clinic.
In her retirement community, she hosted the interview show GabFest and took part in community life.
Betty McGuire, the actress best known for playing Kate Malone on the ABC sitcom Growing Pains, has died at 100.
She died of natural causes on Oct. 8 at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s campus in Woodland Hills, California.
McGuire had a seven-year run on Growing Pains, appearing in Seasons 1-2 and 4-7.
Her career included Broadway productions, television roles and films.
She also volunteered at a Los Angeles legal clinic supporting low-income tenants facing eviction.
- Who
- Betty McGuire, an actress known for Growing Pains.
- What
- She died at 100 of natural causes.
- When
- Oct. 8; the sources reported her death on Oct. 18, 2026.
- Where
- The Motion Picture & Television Fund’s campus in Woodland Hills, California.
- Why
- The sources say she died of natural causes.
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McGuire died of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s campus in Woodland Hills.
Her death was reported and confirmed by representatives.
- Age
- 100
- Date of death
- Oct. 8
- Cause of death
- Natural causes
- Growing Pains role
- Kate Malone
- Growing Pains run
- Seven years
- Volunteer work
- Coalition for Economic Survival legal clinic, Los Angeles