I saw where she died early this week. I liked her as Hotsie Totsie on Welcome Back Kotter. Anyone know how she died
Debralee Scott
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Actress Debralee Scott, who starred in television sitcoms such as "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," the "Police Academy" film series and who was a frequent face on the late 1970s game show circuit, has died, her family said. She was 52.
Scott died April 5 at her home in Amelia Island of natural causes, said her sister, Jeri Scott, a talent manager in Beverly Hills.
Scott, who celebrated her birthday on April 2, came from a family of show business insiders. Her eldest sister, Scott Bushnell, produced many of director Robert Altman's films. Middle sister Jeri Scott is an agent turned manager.
The two older Scotts came out to San Francisco from their home town of Elizabeth, N.J., as young adults. A few years later, their father said their younger sister Debralee was "getting restless" and he asked if she could join them, Jeri Scott recalled Friday.
"She was 16. She was supposed to finish high school, but I doubt she showed up," Scott said. "It was the 70s in San Francisco. It was wear a flower in your hair."
Scott eventually met an agent in Los Angeles, and got her first major role on "Mary Hartman" at age 22. She later played the role of Hotsy Totsy on the show "Welcome Back Carter."
She had been engaged to John Dennis Levi, a police officer with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who was killed in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
Scott had just moved to north Florida to be with her older sister.
Funeral plans were pending.
Scott died April 5 at her home in Amelia Island of natural causes, said her sister, Jeri Scott, a talent manager in Beverly Hills.
Scott, who celebrated her birthday on April 2, came from a family of show business insiders. Her eldest sister, Scott Bushnell, produced many of director Robert Altman's films. Middle sister Jeri Scott is an agent turned manager.
The two older Scotts came out to San Francisco from their home town of Elizabeth, N.J., as young adults. A few years later, their father said their younger sister Debralee was "getting restless" and he asked if she could join them, Jeri Scott recalled Friday.
"She was 16. She was supposed to finish high school, but I doubt she showed up," Scott said. "It was the 70s in San Francisco. It was wear a flower in your hair."
Scott eventually met an agent in Los Angeles, and got her first major role on "Mary Hartman" at age 22. She later played the role of Hotsy Totsy on the show "Welcome Back Carter."
She had been engaged to John Dennis Levi, a police officer with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who was killed in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
Scott had just moved to north Florida to be with her older sister.
Funeral plans were pending.
