Los Angeles, Jan. 27 -- Actor Jan Shepard has passed away. She was 96.

As per The Hollywood Reporter, Shepard died on January 17 at Providence St Joseph Medical Center in Burbank of pneumonia brought on by respiratory failure. Her son Hollywood prop master, Brandon Boyle, confirmed the demise.

"She was a good one and will be dearly missed," he said.

Jan Shepard is best known for guest-starring on Rawhide, The Virginian, Gunsmoke and two dozen other TV Westerns. She portrayed Mimi, the sister of Presley's Danny Fisher, in the Michael Curtiz-directed King Creole (1958) and the wife of Danny Kohana (James Shigeta), who partners with Presley's Rick Richards in a helicopter business, in Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966).

Her big-screen resum...