Judy Farrell, who played Nurse Able on ‘M*A*S*H,’ dead at 84

Judy Farrell, who played Nurse Able on the television series “M*A*S*H,” died Sunday, according to published reports. She was 84.

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Farrell died nine days after having a stroke, her son, Michael Farrell, confirmed to Fox News Digital.

TMZ was the first outlet to report the actress’ death.

Farrell appeared on eight episodes of the comedy-drama series, according to IMDb.com. She first appeared on the series in 1976 and was part of the cast in the show’s final episode, the two-hour “Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen” in February 1983.

Farrell’s first husband, Mike Farrell, also starred in the series as Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt, Entertainment Tonight reported. They were married from 1963 to 1983, according to Fox News Digital.

Loretta Swit, who played Maj. Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in the series, called Judy Farrell’s death “a painful loss.”

“Judy was a most beautiful woman -- inside and out. We grew up together,” Swit told Fox News Digital. “She was family. This has been a painful loss, but we will always have the beauty of her memory. Rest in peace, Nurse Able.”

In 2018, Judy Farrell shared a memorable moment from filming an episode with “M*A*S*H” series star Alan Alda.

“I did an episode where Hawkeye goes to fix a gas stove in the nurse’s tent and it blows up, making him temporarily blind. Alan decided to make it so he really couldn’t see,” Judy Farrell told The Hollywood Reporter. “I ended up being the nurse who led him around, except I was always bumping him into stuff because I didn’t know how to lead a blind person around.

“At one point, Alan turned to me and said, ‘Do your children trust you?’”

In addition to “M*A*S*H,” Judy Farrell had television roles on series including “Get Smart,” “Fame,” “The Partridge Family” and “Quincy, M.E.,” according to People. Her film credits included “J.W. Coop,” “Chapter Two” and Long-Term Relationship.”

Farrell is also credited as a writer for 131 episodes of “Port Charles,” a soap opera spinoff of “General Hospital,” from 1998 to 2003, according to IMDb.com.

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