Jane Kean | Entertainer, 90 - Philly.com

Jane Kean, 90, who got her start in musical theater but was best known as Ed Norton's beleaguered wife, Trixie, on a TV revival of The Honeymooners, died Tuesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif., where she was taken after complications from a fall.

Her niece, Deirdre Wolpert, confirmed the death Thursday.

Ms. Kean, who was born in Hartford, Conn., got into show business at an early age along with her sister, Betty, with the encouragement of her mother. She appeared in a Broadway production of Early to Bed and eventually moved to Los Angeles and appeared in some films for MGM before forming a comedy act with her sister, who is Wolpert's mother. The all-female comedy team, a rarity at the time, played night clubs and rubbed shoulders with comedians such as Milton Berle.

The sisterly duo also performed in a comedy called Ankles Aweigh on Broadway, Wolpert said.

After jumping to television, Ms. Kean stayed on

for five years before leaving to pursue other avenues, including guest appearances, performing in Las Vegas, and doing voice work.

Last year, Ms. Kean put on a one-woman show that was a retrospective of her life's work and had plans to travel to London after Christmas with her niece. She was also preparing invitations for her annual Christmas party in the days before her death, Wolpert said. - AP