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Dimitra Arliss, "The Sting" assassin, dies at 79
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Dimitra Arliss, seen here in her memorable role in "The Sting," died Thursday, Jan. 26, at the age of 79.
Published on Jan 30, 2012 10:42AM

Dimitra Arliss, an actress whose best-known movie moment had her trying to kill Robert Redford, has died at the age of 79.

Arliss died Thursday at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital near Los Angeles, from complications from a stroke, the AP reported.

Arliss had credits in such films as "Xanadu" and "Firefox," but her signature moment in movies was as Loretta Salino, the woman who beds Redford's Johnny Hooker in the 1973 classic "The Sting" -- only to be revealed to be an assassin assigned to kill her.

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