Joyce Ingalls

Joyce Ingalls, an actress and former model, has died, according to multiple news sources. She was 65.

No cause of death was announced. Relatives did ask that memorial contributions be made to a local cancer charity or to the Little Brown Church, where she and her husband, the producer Darrell Fetty, were married and helped run a homeless ministry.

Ingalls, who played a prostitute who tried to console Sylvester Stallone's character in 1978's "Paradise Alley," died Aug. 5 at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Her other film credits include "Deadly Force," "Lethal Weapon 4" and "The Man Who Would Not Die."

Born in 1950 in Charleston, South Carolina, Ingalls got her big break back in 1966 when she won a Cover Girl contest, according to eonline.com. She later signed a modeling contract with the Eileen Ford Agency. She appeared on the covers of Vogue and Cosmopolitan magazines during her modeling career.

She is survived by her husband, Darrell Fetty, who partnered with his wife to establish the Darrell and Joyce Fetty Food Pantry more than two decades ago. She is also survived by their two sons, Derek and Tyler; her mother, JoAnn; and eight siblings.