Lynn Borden

Borden was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Evelyn and Bill Freyse, a cartoonist,[1] and raised in Tucson, Arizona.[2] Borden attended the University of Arizona, where she performed in theatre and studied drama and psychology.[1] Borden graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1958.[3][4] In 1957 she had won the Miss Arizona pageant and been a runner-up in the Miss America Pageant.[2][5]

Borden (left) with Ray Fulmer in Hazel, 1965

Borden began her screen career in 1962 with an uncredited role as a party guest in the film Days of Wine and Roses.[6] In 1965 she was cast as Barbara Baxter for the final season of Hazel.[1][4] After the series ended in 1966 Borden appeared in other television programs, including The Fugitive, Get Smart, Fantasy Island and The Dick Van Dyke Show.[2][4] She also starred and co-starred in films such as Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Frogs,[7] Black Mama White Mama, Walking Tall, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry and Savannah Smiles.[2] Borden retired in 2006, last appearing in the police procedural television series CSI: NY.[2][5]

Borden married Chris Borden in 1958.[8][9] They divorced in 1963. Borden married Roger Brunelle[10] in 1982, the marriage lasting until her death in 2015.[4]

Borden died in March 2015 after an extended illness in Encino, California, at the age of 77.[2][5]

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