Toian Matchinga, Actress on ‘The Wild Wild West,’ Dies at 82
A frequent TV guest star in the 1960s and ’70s, she also appeared in films for directors Don Siegel, Irvin Kershner and Costa-Gavras.
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Toian Matchinga, who guest-starred three times on the 1960s CBS series The Wild Wild West and appeared on such other shows as Death Valley Days, I Dream of Jeannie and The Odd Couple, has died. She was 82.
Matchinga, who later in her acting career went by her birth name, Caryn Matchinga, died Sunday of natural causes at home in Belmont, Massachusetts, her family announced.
In films, Matchinga appeared for Don Siegel in Madigan (1968), for Irvin Kershner in Up the Sandbox (1972) and NBC’s Raid on Entebbe (1977) and, in her final onscreen role, for Costa-Gavras in Mad City (1997).
The Ohio native booked gigs on The Wild Wild West, which starred Robert Conrad and Ross Martin, in 1965, 1967 and 1969. Her résumé also includes episodes of The Wackiest Ship in the Army, The Rat Patrol, The Flying Nun, The Big Valley, Rango, Ellery Queen and Rich Man, Poor Man.
Caryn Lee Matchinga was born in Painesville, Ohio, on Nov. 23, 1941, to Rudolph and Alma Matchinga. She received an acting and playwright scholarship to Carnegie Mellon, then moved to New York, where she made her first TV appearance on the late night talk show PM East/PM West, hosted by Mike Wallace and Joyce Davidson.
While she was an actress, Matchinga also worked as a ghostwriter for MGM, NBC and Paramount Pictures, and she wrote an erotic novel, The Girl, that was published in 2012 under her stage name.
She married Harold Brown on New Year’s Eve in 1976, and they were together until his death in 2004.
Survivors include her son, Jeremy; her daughter-in-law, Betsy; her grandchildren, Zoe and Zachary; and her siblings, Bonnie and Rudy.
“Caryn was a gifted storyteller, often sharing outrageous and hilarious tales from her colorful life in New York and Hollywood,” her family noted. “She had a knack for leaving everyone around her in stitches and maybe just a bit uncomfortable.”
Donations in her memory can be made to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
Actress
Mad City (1997)
Mad City
6.3
Mother (as Caryn Matchinga)
1997
Charles Bronson, Yaphet Kotto, and Peter Finch in Raid on
Entebbe (1976)
Raid on Entebbe
6.7
Mrs. Bennett (as Caryn Matchinga)
1976
Nick Nolte, Peter Strauss, and Susan Blakely in Rich Man,
Poor Man (1976)
Rich Man, Poor Man
8.2
TV Mini Series
Miss Budnick (as Caryn Matchinga)
1976
1 episode
Ellery Queen (1975)
Ellery Queen
8.4
TV Series
Glenda Dunlap (as Caryn Matchinga)
1975
1 episode
The Law (1975)
The Law
8.4
TV Mini Series
Linda (as Caryn Matchinga)
1975
3 episodes
Jack Klugman and Tony Randall in The Odd Couple (1970)
The Odd Couple
7.9
TV Series
Myrna's Friend (as Caryn Matchinga)
1974
1 episode
Barbra Streisand in Up the Sandbox (1972)
Up the Sandbox
5.7
Woman Patient (uncredited)
1972
Barbara Eden in I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
I Dream of Jeannie
7.4
TV Series
Bonnie Crenshaw (as Damian Bodie)
1970
1 episode
Sally Field in The Flying Nun (1967)
The Flying Nun
6.5
TV Series
Marta Vargas
1970
1 episode
Robert Conrad and Ross Martin in The Wild Wild West (1965)
The Wild Wild West
8.1
TV Series
Cosina
Henriette Fauer
Lola Bracer
1965–1969
3 episodes
Madigan (1968)
Madigan
6.5
Rosita
1968
The Second Hundred Years (1967)
The Second Hundred Years
7.6
TV Series
Gloria Runningfawn
1968
1 episode
Lee Majors, Barbara Stanwyck, Linda Evans, Peter Breck, and
Richard Long in The Big Valley (1965)
The Big Valley
7.6
TV Series
Seataki
1967
1 episode
Norman Alden, Tim Conway, and Guy Marks in Rango (1967)
Rango
7.1
TV Series
Carmelita
1967
1 episode
Iron Horse (1966)
Iron Horse
7.1
TV Series
Serafina
1966
1 episode
The Rat Patrol (1966)
The Rat Patrol
7.4
TV Series
Selhim
1966
1 episode
Death Valley Days (1952)
Death Valley Days
7.5
TV Series
Gloria Chavez
Maria
1966
2 episodes
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
7.4
TV Series
Maya
1966
1 episode
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