She was best known for her role in the 1985 slasher film Friday the 13th: A New Beginning as the mean and foul-mouthed Ethel Hubbard.
She also has made guest appearances on many television shows, including Bonanza, M*A*S*H, ER, The Practice, 7th Heaven, Touched by an Angel, Without a Trace, and Grey's Anatomy.
In 2014, she appeared in season four, episode six of Shonda Rhimes' political drama series, Scandal as former First Lady Bitsy Cooper.
[3] She attended San Francisco State University but dropped out after getting hired for a touring production of The Odd Couple.
[citation needed] Locatell died of cancer at her Sherman Oaks home on April 11, 2023, at the age of 82.