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Annette Charles | Actress in 'Grease,' 63

Annette Charles, 63, perhaps best-known for her role as Cha Cha DiGregorio in Grease , has died.

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Annette Charles, 63, perhaps best-known for her role as Cha Cha DiGregorio in

Grease

, has died.

Her agent confirmed she died Wednesday night. A longtime friend, Los Angeles Councilman Tom LaBonge, said she died in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer.

Her death cames a little more than two months after the death of Grease actor Jeff Conaway, whose character was Cha Cha's date at a dance.

Ms. Charles appeared on many TV shows during the 1970s and early 1980s, including Barnaby Jones; The Bionic Woman; Magnum, P.I.; Bonanza; The Mod Squad; Gunsmoke; and The Flying Nun.

Born Annette Cardona, she became a speech professor under that name at California State University, Northridge.

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