Columbo
1971
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Falk was married to his first wife, Pianist Alyce Mayo, between 1970 and 1976. The couple adopted two children, Catherine and Jackie, before their divorce. On December 7, 1977, Falk married his second wife, Shera Danese. Danese was an actress and the 1970 Miss Pennsylvania World winner.
Danese met Peter Falk on the set of the movie Mikey and Nicky and became his second wife on December 7, 1977. They were married for 33 years until Falk's death on June 23, 2011, at age 83 from complications of Alzheimer's disease and pneumonia.
Airing on May 15, 1997, A Trace of Murder granted Peter Falk’s wife Shera Danese her sixth series appearance and biggest to date as she played one half of a pair of murderous lovers who offed an innocent pencil neck in order to frame her boorish husband for a crime he didn’t commit.
Lieutenant Columbo: Peter Falk Vivian Dimitri: Helen Shaver Leland St John: Ian McShane Charlie Chambers: Ed Winter Sergeant Brady: Tom Isbell Dr Steadman: Roscoe Lee Brown Mitch Connelly: Michael Alldredge Written by: Peter S. Fischer Directed by: Vince McEveety Score by: Richard Markowitz. Episode synopsis: Rest in Peace, Mrs Columbo
A Trace of Murder: Directed by Vincent McEveety. With Peter Falk, David Rasche, Shera Danese, Barry Corbin. A beautiful woman and her forensics expert boyfriend try to frame her very rich husband for murder.
Married to Peter Falk, she played in six of his "Columbo" TV movies: Fade in to Murder (1976), Murder Under Glass (1978), Murder, a Self Portrait (1989), Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star (1991), Undercover (1994) and, finally, A Trace of Murder (1997).
According to Falk's daughter Catherine, his second wife Shera Danese (who also was his conservator) allegedly stopped some of his family members from visiting him; did not notify them of major changes in his condition; and did not notify them of his death and funeral arrangements.
