Overview
- Friends told outlets that Bower died April 30, 2026, at a senior retirement home in Los Angeles’ Eagle Rock neighborhood and the news was publicly reported on July 11.
- She is best known to genre fans for playing Eve Norda in The Twilight Zone episode “Probe 7, Over and Out” and the alien Sylvia in Star Trek’s second-season episode “Catspaw.”
- Bower built a long TV résumé across the 1960s and 1970s with guest roles on shows such as Perry Mason, Mission: Impossible and Columbo and she appeared in feature films including Superbeast, Prom Night and The Evil That Men Do.
- Her earlier life included post‑war work with the United Nations’ International Refugee Organization and a CBC broadcasting job in Toronto, and her later life saw a shift away from acting to carpentry work, Home Depot employment, and a self-made documentary about chuckwagon racing.
- A life celebration is planned for Sept. 26 in Pasadena and peers and fans have responded with condolences, including an email from William Shatner noting the durable fan interest in her midcentury roles.