Actress Marcia Strassman died yesterday at the age of 66 after a seven-year battle with breast cancer:
The Hollywood Reporter
In a career that spanned 50+ years, she was best known for her roles of Julie Kotter in the 1970s sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter" and Diane Szalinski in the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" movies:
IMDB
As a hormonally challenged teen in the 1970s, she was a MILF to me before the term was coined.
I post this here because of her strong support for progressive causes, including:
1. AIDS - AIDS walks, Tuesday's Child (for kids with AIDS)
2. Labor - Screen Actors Guild leader
3. Peace - Artists United to Win Without War, opposing the Iraq War
There may have been more, but that was all I could find. In recent years, she was involved in supporting breast cancer research.