Valerie Perrine, the Oscar-nominated actress who played Lex Luthor's secretary Eve Teschmacher in Superman, died aged 82 at her Beverly Hills home on Monday, March 23, 2026. Close friend and carer Stacey Souther announced the news on Facebook, attributing her death to complications from a 15-year battle with Parkinson's disease. In her final days, the illness had taken her mobility, speech and the ability to eat solid food.
Perrine kept the extent of her suffering private from fans and Hollywood for years. An intimate 2023 profile by Stacey Souther in the Hollywood Reporter first revealed the struggle. Essential tremors appeared around 2011 during a film shoot, causing her hand to shake so severely that a coffee cup clattered against its saucer, drawing complaints from the sound engineer.
