Judith Light's mother in the TV movie Dangerous Affection. She also appeared in 1989's Troop Beverly Hills as outspoken director of the Wilderness Girls. Also in 1989, she was the main character of an episode of the horror anthology series Tales from the Crypt. In 1991, she starred in an episode of the horror anthology series The Hidden Room. In 1995, she played Phoebe Buffay's grandmother, Frances, on Friends. In 1997, some of her last roles include an episode of Nothing Sacred, the TV movie Sisters and Other Strangers, and the theatrical movie The Relic. Her final role was as Virginia Sheridan, a recurring part as Cybill Shepherd's character's mother on the sitcom Cybill (having previously also played Shepherd's on-screen mother in the 1972 film The Heartbreak Kid). A later episode of Cybill was dedicated to her. Personal life and death She was married to Hardy Ulm, with whom she had five children, from 1943 until his death in 1970. She was then married to actor James Whitmore from 1972 to 1979. Lindley died of complications from leukemia on October 16, 1997, at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. She was age 79. She was cremated and her ashes buried in an unmarked grave near her parents at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in Santa Monica, California. Partial Filmography References External links 1918 births 1997 deaths 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Los Angeles American television actresses American soap opera actresses American stage actresses Deaths from leukemia Deaths from cancer in California Warner Bros. contract players