OBITUARY

Dana Wynter dies at 79; actress in ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’

Dana Wynter, best known for her role in “Body Snatchers,” appeared in numerous TV and film projects. The science-fiction film became a cult classic partly because of its “McCarthy-era subtext,” film critic Leonard Maltin wrote.

By Keith Thursby

Los Angeles Times

May 8, 2011

Dana Wynter, an actress best known for her role in the 1956 science-fiction classic “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” has died. She was 79.

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