LaWanda Page, who played Aunt Esther Anderson on the '70s sitcom "Sanford and Son," is improving after being hospitalized for complications from diabetes.

Page, 76, was admitted to the Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles on Tuesday, but she could be home in a few days, a nursing supervisor said.Page played the proprietor of the Sanford Arms, a run-down rooming house next to the junkyard owned by Fred Sanford, played by Redd Foxx. Aunt Esther was always at odds with Sanford.

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