Superman actress Valerie Perrine has died following a battle with Parkinson's disease. She was 82. "It is with deep sadness that I share the heartbreaking news that Valerie has passed away," Perrine's friend Stacey Souther announced in a Monday, March 23, Facebook statement shared on both women's pages. Souther explained that the late actress - best known for playing Lex Luthor's secretary, Eve Teschmacher, in 1978's Superman and 1980's Superman II - "faced Parkinson's disease with incredible courage and compassion, never once complaining.