Cecilia Hart

Cecilia Hart (February 19, 1948 – October 16, 2016), sometimes credited as Ceci Jones, was an American television and stage actress. Hart is best known for her role as Stacey Erickson in the CBS police drama Paris, which originally ran from 1979 until 1980. Hart co-starred with her future husband James Earl Jones in the series.

Biography
A native of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the daughter of an Army colonel and his wife, Hart moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. She appeared on Broadway in Tom Stoppard's play, Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land from January-March 1977, winning the 1977 Theatre World Award. She appeared on Broadway in The Heiress (1976) and Design for Living (1984), and in Othello as a replacement "Desdemona" in March 1982. Hart starred opposite Paxton Whitehead in five plays before appearing together in Bedroom Farce at the Westport Country Playhouse in 2015. The production ran from August 25, 2015 through September 13, 2015.

Personal life and death
Hart married actor Bruce Weitz in 1971; they divorced in 1980. She married actor James Earl Jones in 1982; it was also his second marriage. They had one child, Flynn Earl Jones (born 1982), and were married until Hart's death.

Hart died On October 16, 2016, aged 68, from ovarian cancer, in Westport, Connecticut.