Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the charming Aunt Alma in "A Wake in Providence" (1999). Born into a prominent theatrical family, the daughter of stage actors Yeghishe and Gohar Harout, during World War II she was accoladed as a beauty pageant queen and began her career as a leading lady on the stage in little theatres and stock companies. Upon being introduced to director Denis Sanders while attending a social function at the prestigious Ciro's nightclub, he was so impressed by her dark good looks, hourglass figure, and distinctive voice, that he arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry beginning with her appearing under his supervision per a supporting role in "Crime & Punishment, USA" (1959). From there, she would go on to flourish as a notable character actress appearing in over 60 features. Often typecast as wives, mothers, grandmothers, old maids, landladies, neighbors, eccentrics, gossips, con artists, white collared workers, secretaries, housekeepers, educators, authority figures, educators, wealthy widows, dowagers, lawyers, doctors, and matriarchs. She appeared in such feature films as "The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze" (1963), "Another Nice Mess" (1972), "Hangup" (1974), "Transylvania Twist" (1989), "Hollywood Boulevard II" (1990), "King B: A Life in the Movies" (1993), "The Elevator" (1996), and "Baggage Claim" (2013). On television, she appeared in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Dr. Kildare," "I Dream of Jeannie," "Family Affair," "Mr. Terrific," "Lou Grant," "Cagney & Lacey," "Gimme a Break!," "MacGyver," "Mama's Family," "Webster," "The Golden Girls," "Quantum Leap," "Night Court," "Seinfeld," "The Family Man," "Blossom," "Saved by the Bell: The New Class," "The Crew," "Caroline in the City," "The Nanny," "Providence," "Without a Trace," "The Practice," "Six Feet Under," "Rock Me, Baby," "Raising the Bar," "Everybody Loves Raymond," and "Fringe". During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a politically active Democrat, was a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, had been a commercial model for the Ford Agency, sat on her local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys and Girls Club, was among the many founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, sat on the board of directors for the Ivar Theatre, had been the celebrity spokeswoman for JCPenney and Lipton's Tea, was a recipient of various accolades for her stage work, and she was married to businessman Robert Kardashian from 1947 to 1998 (their union ended upon his death and produced two children). Following her 2013 retirement, she spent the remainder of her life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions and was involved in charitable and religious ventures until her death from the complications of advanced age.