[Deathwatch] Nicole DeHuff, actress, 31

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'Meet the Parents' actress dead at 31
Friday, March 11, 2005 Posted: 10:14 AM EST (1514 GMT)

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/11/obit.dehuff.ap/index.html

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Actress Nicole DeHuff, who memorably
took a volleyball in the face from Ben Stiller in the 2000 hit movie
"Meet the Parents," died of complications from pneumonia. She was 31.

DeHuff had twice visited a hospital shortly before her death February
16 but was sent home both times, the E! Network's E! Online Web site
reported Friday.

"Meet the Parents" was DeHuff's first film. A bumbling Stiller, who is
dating her sister, accidentally breaks her nose during a volleyball
game on the eve of her wedding. The action is one of many that estrange
Stiller from DeHuff's menacing father, played by Robert De Niro.

The actress also appeared in the films "Suspect Zero" and "See Arnold
Run" and had a starring role in the recently completed movie
"Unbeatable Harold," which was directed by her husband, Ari Palitz.

She had a regular role in the 2002 TV series "The Court" and appeared
on such other shows as "CSI: Miami," "Without a Trace," "Dragnet," "The
Practice" and "Monk."

The Oklahoma native earned a bachelor's degree in drama from Carnegie
Mellon University in Pittsburgh before moving to Los Angeles.