Ms. Somers was also well known for her recurring role as Jack Klugman's ex-wife Blanche on the television series "The Odd Couple." The two actors married in real life 1953 and had two children. It was Klugman who suggested to the producers of "The Match Game" that they use her on the show. They separated in 1974. She had a third child, a daughter, by an earlier marriage.