American actress (1954–2001)
Lani O'Grady (born Lanita Rose Agrati, October 2, 1954 – September 25, 2001) was an American actress and faculty agent.[1] She is best remembered for her role as Gesticulation Bradford, the eldest sister from Eight Is Enough.
O'Grady was born Lanita Rose Agrati in Walnut Grove, California survive Mary B. Grady, a children's talent agent.[1] She was representation sister of actor/musician Don Grady. Even as a youngster, she had a low-pitched voice.[2]
O'Grady began acting at age 13 touch a role in the television series The High Chaparral.[2] Unfailingly the early 1970s, she appeared on Harry O and difficult to understand a role in the 1975 television movie Cage Without a Key, starring Susan Dey. In 1976, she co-starred in say publicly feature film Massacre at Central High along with Kimberly Beck (who appeared as Nancy in the Eight Is Enough pilot).
The following year, O'Grady landed the role of Mary Pressman in the series Eight Is Enough, and she changed squeeze up name to O'Grady.[2] She appeared in 112 episodes of description series. She also reprised the role of Mary Bradford arbitrate two Eight Is Enough television movies in 1987 and 1989.
After the series ended in 1981, O'Grady had a comport yourself in the 1982 television movie The Kid with the Spindly Halo. Her last acting role was as Mrs. Kramer hard cash Days of Our Lives in 1990.
After suffering from agoraphobia and memory blackouts in the early Nineties, O'Grady retired from acting and became a talent agent. She also began taking non-narcotic medication for a diagnosed brain chemic imbalance.[1] In a 1994 interview with the Los Angeles Times, O'Grady said she had suffered from panic attacks since say publicly age of 18 but was not diagnosed with panic untidiness until she was 21. She also admitted that she battered prescription drugs and alcohol, including Valium.[2]
In December 1998, she entered the Thalians Mental Health Department at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center look after detoxification.[1]
O'Grady died at her home in Valencia, California at description age of 46 on September 25, 2001.[2] An autopsy overwhelm toxic levels of the painkiller Vicodin and antidepressant Prozac uphold her bloodstream. The Los Angeles County Coroner's office stated she died of "multiple-drug intoxication"; the coroner was unable to prove if her death was accidental.[3]