Background
Marcella E. Gallagher was born January 23, 1950, one of fourteen children.
Marcella E. Gallagher was born January 23, 1950, one of fourteen children.
She attended Rosemont School of the Holy Child and Pine Manor College in Massachusetts before moving to New York City when she was 19.
She was best known for her supporting role as Louella Caraway Lee in television hit Dallas where she played the secretary of J.R. Ewing from 1979 until 1981. After this she wasn"t seen on screen much. She died of a chronic liver disease in Santa Monica, California.
Upon her death she had a three-year-old daughter named Grace that was the light of her life.