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Had been battling esophageal cancer for two years but continued to work up until the last years of her life.

Performed in over 100 movies and television shows, and her voice was heard in over 75 films and TV shows.

She and husband Richard Stahl were founding members of the groundbreaking, political satire improvisational group The Committee. Known for her scores of inventive and droll characters, Ish performed with The Committee Theater in the 1960s and 1970s.

She and husband Richard Stahl were both off-Broadway theater actors when they met in 1959. They married later that year. In the 1960s the pair moved to San Francisco and joined improv comedy group The Committee. They settled in Santa Barbara in 1975.

Mother of Allegra and Oliver.

In the last 13 years of her life, she also taught singing and acting at Santa Barbara City College.

Noted voice artist and vocal mimic.