Connie Hines, 'Mr. Ed' actress, dies at 78

[tonysam]

Connie Hines, 78, an actress in the 1960s TV show Mr. Ed, has died. She portrayed Carol Post, whose husband, Wilbur, was the only person who could converse with Mr. Ed, the eponymous talking horse.

Ms. Hines died last Friday at her home in Beverly Hills from complications of heart problems, said Alan Young, her Mr. Ed costar.

In the show, which ran from 1961 to 1966 on CBS, the Posts moved into a rambling country home only to find a horse in their barn. The center of the show became the banter between Young and Mr. Ed, which left Ms. Hines trying to make the most of her opportunities.

Ms. Hines was born in Dedham, Mass. In Young's 2007 book Mr. Ed and Me and More, Ms. Hines wrote a section about her career, describing her childhood in a show-business family.

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She and star Alan Young were friends for years. They were featured on the new first season set of "Mister Ed.'

[Skittles]

1. aw, she was awesome

pretty gal too

[tonysam]

2. Bit by bit, all of the people I watched on television when I was a child

are dying off.

I would never have thought she would die before Alan Young. He is 90 years old.

[virgogal]

11. Bit by bit all the people I grew up with are dying off. Aging is a bitch.

[madrchsod]

15. no shit....

[tonysam]

5. +100 for the picture. n/t

[tonysam]

7. The L.A. Times

has a complete obituary here.

[virgogal]

3. I have a daughter who was TERRIFIED of Mr. Ed. Needless to say she

was quite young.

[tonysam]

4. He was a beautiful horse. He died not too long after the series went off the air.

n/t

[virgogal]

6. He certainlly was beautiful---my other kids loved him.

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. As a little kid, I thought she was just about the most beautiful woman in the world...

and I thought Wilbur Post had to be the luckiest man alive to have a talking horse and that gorgeous lady as a wife.

RIP, Ms. Hines

[XOKCowboy]

13. We must be about the same age...

I felt the same. :) Rip Ms. Hines.

[tblue]

9. Awww, dang! Not Mr. Ed's mom!!!! nt

[tonysam]

10. kick for Connie n/t

[bikebloke]

12. Saw her obituary last week.

Flipping through a paper, her photo caught my eye. I knew her. Then I saw Mr. Ed.

Once as a kid, my father told me a news documentary was coming on about a horse that could talk. I thought a real Mr. Ed! Only it was just another episode of Mr. Ed.

In Holland, they called him something different. We were walking around in Afula, Israel, when this horse galloped past down the street. A Dutch girl said it was something, the horse that talks.

[madrchsod]

14. i thought she was cute.........