Photo Credit: Courtesy of 3DStockPhoto (
on image)
Maria's
Most Recent Stories. Beth Howland, who was best known for playing Vera, a flighty waitress, on the '70s and '80s sitcom “Alice,” died in Santa Monica. She was 74. Her husband, actor Charles Kimbrough, confirmed her death to the Associated Press, revealing that the actress died from lung cancer on Dec. 31.