FILE - Actress Rhonda Fleming attends Motion Picture Pioneer of the Year Awards on November 24, 1974 at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City. SANTA MONICA, CA (AP) - Actress Rhonda Fleming, the fiery redhead who appeared with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, Ronald Reagan and other film stars of the 1940s and 1950s, has died.
She was 97.Fleming died Wednesday in Santa Monica, California, assistant Carla Sapon told The Associated Press.From her first film in color, “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court ” (1949) with Bing Crosby, Fleming became immensely popular with producers because of her vivid hues.