Actor Barbara Bosson, nominated for multiple Emmy awards for her portrayal of Fay Furillo in the acclaimed 1980s police drama “Hill Street Blues,” has died. She was 83.
According to her son, director and producer Jesse Bochco, Bosson died Saturday “peacefully ... (and) surrounded by her family and loved ones.” No cause of death was given.
Bosson was best known for her “Hill Street Blues” role, for which she was nominated for a supporting drama actress Emmy during each of the first five years of the show’s run. Furillo was introduced as the fussy ex-wife of Daniel J. Travanti’s Capt. Frank Furillo, but over the course of the series she evolved into a victim’s advocate.
