the actress had never recovered from a mild heart attack that she had had several months earlier, which he said had left her a patient at Barlow Respiratory Hospital in Los Angeles. "She had several pre-existing conditions that she had been dealing with for years, and unfortunately they began to overtake her," Stevens said. Stevens also said that per Rubinstein's request, no funeral would be held. Filmography Films References External links 1933 births 2010 deaths Actresses from Pittsburgh Actors with dwarfism American film actresses American television actresses American voice actresses University of Pittsburgh alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni Actresses from Berkeley, California Actresses from Los Angeles Jewish American actresses American people of Polish-Jewish descent Deaths from kidney failure Deaths from lung disease 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses HIV/AIDS activists Jewish American activists Jewish human rights activists 21st-century American Jews