Mary Carver, who played the mother of the two private-detective brothers on the long-running CBS series SIMON & SIMON, died October 18 following a brief illness. She was 89.Carver starred as Cecilia Simon on 153 episodes of SIMON & SIMON, which ran from 1981-89.
In an acting career that spanned more than 60 years, Carver also played the mothers of Goldie Hawn in Protocol (1984) and James Woods in Best Seller (1987). In Arachnophobia (1990), her character was one of many who died from a spider bite.
Carver also was seen on the big screen in such films as From Here to Eternity (1953), Pay or Die (1960), I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977) and Safe (1995).