Actress Noel Neill, who played Lois Lane, the intrepid reporter on the Adventures of Superman television series who never quite figured out her Daily Planet colleague Clark Kent was the "man of steel", has died aged 95, a friend said.

Neill died on Sunday at her home in Tucson, Arizona, after a long illness, Jim Nolt, owner of The Adventures Continue website dedicated to the 1950s TV show, said in a statement.

Neill was born on November 25, 1920, in Minneapolis, where her father was a journalist at the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

When the Superman franchise was revived in 1978 as a big-budget movie with Christopher Reeve in the starring role, Neill made a cameo appearance as Lane's mother.

In 2006, she had a brief role in Superman Returns, as did Jack Larson, who had played Olsen in the TV series.

They both appeared in a 1991 episode of the Superboy show, and Larson died last September at 87.

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