Shera Danese

Shera Danese (b. 1949) who was married to Peter Falk from 1977 until his death, having first worked together on a 1976 Columbo episode. She appeared seated next to Falk in The Muppets Go Hollywood.

Danese appeared in five more Columbo installments, as well as episodes of Starsky & Hutch, Kojak, Charlie's Angels, Three's Company, and assorted TV movies (1983's Sparkling Cyanide). She was a regular on the short-lived Tim Conway sitcom Ace Crawford, Private Eye and later appeared in a 2010 episode of Cold Case. Films include Risky Business, New York, New York (with Liza Minnelli), John Q (with Denzel Washington), and Alpha Dog (with Justin Timberlake).