Happy Days actress Erin Moran dies at 56

US actress Erin Moran, best known for playing Joanie in 1970s sitcom Happy Days, has died, aged 56.

Moran joined the Happy Days cast in 1974 when she was 13.

She also made appearances in Murder She Wrote and The Waltons.

In recent years, she was reported to be living in an Indiana trailer park.

In 2010, she joined various Happy Days co-stars in filing a lawsuit against television network CBS, claiming they were owed money from merchandising revenues.

The suit was settled in 2012, with the actors each receiving a payout of $65,000 (£50,000).

They originally asked for $10 million.