Anjanette Comer, Actress in ‘The Loved One’ and ‘The Appaloosa,’ Dies at 86

Anjanette Comer, the 1960s ingenue who had leading roles in The Loved One , The Appaloosa and The Baby but passed on two major starring opportunities that could have transformed her career, has died. She was 86.

Comer died May 28 at UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center, according to a death certificate filed with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health that was obtained by The Hollywood Reporter . She battled leukemia and had heart issues.

Comer had chances to star opposite Robert Redford in Barefoot in the Park and alongside Warren Beatty in Bonnie and Clyde , but she declined to work in both landmark 1967 releases, and Jane Fonda and Faye Dunaway, respectively, were the ones who would ultimately benefit. Related Stories Lifestyle Presley Gerber, Son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, Dies at 27 Music Chad Gilbert, New Found Glory Guitarist, Dies at 45

In a 1981 interview with UPI’s Vernon Scott, Comer said she rejected both jobs because she “had this very important relationship with a man, an actor, who didn’t want me to work in movies. At that time I was young and naive.” She added that she “hated her career.”