Xenia Gratsos (February 12, 1940 – August 8, 2018) was a Greek-American actress who worked both in film and on stage, under the name Brioni Farrell. She was born in Greece and moved to the United States to pursue her acting career. She had a long career with multiple roles in U.S. television and film. She lived in southern California with her husband, actor Eugene Robert Glazer. Following troubling signs in 2006, she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in 2007; she died in 2018, from complications associated with the disease.
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Personal life
Gratsos met her future husband Eugene Glazer in Milton Katselas' acting class in 1979. An animal lover, Gratsos was reported to have on one occasion collected 18 sheltered animals. Despite her and Glazer having ambitions of retiring to Greece, they never fulfilled this goal. Due to ongoing health problems related to Alzheimer's disease, she and Glazer would instead opt to live out her final years in a skilled nursing facility. After a 12 year battle with Alzheimer's disease, Farrell succumbed to complications of the disease on August 8, 2018. She has two sons.
Filmography
Except where noted, was credited as Brioni Farrell.