{"id":2318786,"date":"2026-03-08T22:21:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T22:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2318786"},"modified":"2026-03-08T22:21:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T22:21:05","slug":"ghostbusters-charles-in-charge-star-jennifer-runyon-dead-at-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ghostbusters-charles-in-charge-star-jennifer-runyon-dead-at-65\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ghostbusters,&#8217; &#8216;Charles in Charge&#8217; star Jennifer Runyon dead at 65"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jennifer Runyon, known for her roles in \u201cGhostbusters,\u201d \u201cCharles in Charge,\u201d \u201cA Very Brady Christmas\u201d and others, has died at the age of 65. <\/p>\n<p>As <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/08\/ghostbusters-actress-jennifer-runyon-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported first by TMZ<\/a>, the actress\u2019 family shared an announcement on her Facebook page Sunday. \u201cThis past Friday night our beloved Jennifer passed away, it was a long and arduous journey that ended with her surrounded by her family,\u201d it read. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe will always be remembered for her love of life and her devotion to her family and friends. I know from above she\u2019s looking down on all of us with her beautiful smile. Rest in peace our Jenn.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jennifer Runyon, known for her roles in \u201cGhostbusters,\u201d \u201cCharles in Charge,\u201d and others, has died at the age of 65.<br \/>\n <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Her family revealed her death on social media but did not give a cause. She\u2019s seen here with Bill Murray in 1984\u2019s \u201cGhostbusters.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Columbia Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A representative for Runyon was not immediately available to Page Six. <\/p>\n<p>No cause of death was given; however, according to \u201cBewitched\u201d actress Erin Murphy, who <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVo1paAkdy3\/?igsh=anhianY4bnd3OHY%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted a tribute<\/a> to her friend Runyon Sunday on social media, Runyon had been battling cancer. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo sad to share that my friend Jennifer Runyon Corman has passed away after a brief battle with cancer,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Runyon was 65 at her death. She played Cindy Brady (seen here) in 1988\u2019s \u201cA Very Brady Christmas.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A fellow actress and friend wrote a tribute to her on Instagram, saying Runyon (seen here on the set of \u201cGhostbusters\u201d) had been battling cancer. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Columbia Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSome people you just know you\u2019ll be friends with before you even meet. She was a special lady,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p>Runyon appeared in the 1984 classic movie \u201cGhostbusters\u201d and was also well-known in the role of Gwendolyn Pierce on \u201980s sitcom \u201cCharles in Charge.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>She played Cindy Brady in the 1988 movie \u201cA Very Brady Christmas.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Runyon is best known for her work in a variety of \u201980s and \u201990s movies and sitcoms. She\u2019s seen here in 2016\u2019s \u201cGhostheads.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Runyon\u2019s seen here in 1984\u2019s \u201cUp the Creek.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Orion Pictures Corp\/Courtesy Ev<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, she appeared on the soap opera \u201cAnother World,\u201d as well as various other series through the \u201990s including \u201cQuantum Leap\u201d and \u201cMurder, She Wrote.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Runyon, known for her roles in \u201cGhostbusters,\u201d \u201cCharles in Charge,\u201d \u201cA Very Brady Christmas\u201d and others, has died at the age of 65. As reported first by TMZ, the actress\u2019 family shared an announcement on her Facebook page Sunday. \u201cThis past Friday night our beloved Jennifer passed away, it was a long and arduous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2318787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[23383,22062,24003,21912,21913],"class_list":["post-2318786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-cancer","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-news","tag-movies","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ghostbusters-Charles-in-Charge-star-Jennifer-Runyon-dead-at-65.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2318788,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318786\/revisions\/2318788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2318787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}