Passing: Connie Hines,‘Mister Ed’ Actress

From the AP through the NY Times:

Ms. Hines played Carol, Wilbur’s patient and long-suffering wife - playing a supporting role to a talking horse on the television show/

She died on December 18 at her Los Angeles home at age 79.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/arts/television/23hines.html?ref=obituaries