Leleti Khumalo

. Lindley unexpectedly succumbed to leukemia on October 16, 1997, a "Cybill" script by her hospital bedside. She is married to Mbongeni Ngema the composer of the orginal Sarafina play. Lindley garnered further parts of all sizes in various TV films and series, the last being a recurring role on the CBS sitcom Cybill. Leleti Khumalo is a young actress who played the leading role in the movie Sarafina alongside Whoopi Goldberg. Dietch agreed, and Lindley kept her word (the film went on to become a cult classic and make a solid profit). Lindley said that she would buy a portion of the film if Dietch let her do just that one take again.

The director, Donna Dietch, replied that they did not have the budget for reshooting. Lindley wanted to retape one key scene. One of her last notable roles was a character part in the lesbian romance film Desert Hearts (1985). Lindley continued to appear steadily on television and film.

Roper were so popular that they were spun off to their own show, The Ropers (1979), which was not a success. The character and her husband Mr. Roper on the hit sitcom Three's Company (1977) (Lindley wore a wig to maintain the character's exagerrated hairstyle). Her greatest fame arrived when she began playing the wisecracking, perpetually unfulfillfed Mrs.

Upon resuming her career, she began to make steady appearances on television, including a 6-year stint as manipulative "Aunt Liz" Matthews on NBC soap Another World. She took time off to get married and raise five children. Among her many Broadway plays were: "On Golden Pond", "Playhouse 90", "Long Day's Journey into Night", "Horse Heavens" and many others. Nothing panned out, and she went to New York in her mid-twenties to take her talent to the stage.

She got her early start in Hollywood by being a stand-in, which eventually progressed to stunt work. Born on September 24, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, Lindley was the product of show business parents. Audra Lindley (1918-1997) was an American actress.