Played the wife of Dick Van Patten in the ABC/Lorimar comedy/drama "Eight Is Enough" (1977). Over fifteen years earlier, Ms. Hyland and Mr. Van Patten had both appeared on the NBC/Procter and Gamble soap opera "Young Dr. Malone" (1958).
She played the wife of a minister in both the film One Man's Way (1964) and in the television series "Peyton Place" (1964).
Son, Zachary, born on July 1973
Was John Travolta's first real-life love interest; she died of cancer in Travolta's arms on March 27, 1977 in Los Angeles.