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Tony Award-nominated character Mary Beth Hurt, known for her roles successful movies specified arsenic “The World According to Garp” and others, has died astatine nan property of 79.
Her daughter, Molly Schrader, shared nan news connected Instagram Sunday, saying that her mother died connected Saturday and had suffered pinch Alzheimer’s.
“Yesterday greeting we mislaid my mom, Mary Beth, to Alzheimer’s aft a decade agelong conflict pinch nan disease,” she wrote, alongside a image of herself arsenic a babe pinch her mother.
“She was an actress, a wife, a sister, a mother, an aunt, a friend, and she took connected each those rolls pinch grace and a benignant ferocity. Although we’re grieving location is immoderate comfortableness successful knowing she is nary longer suffering and is reunited pinch her sisters successful peace.”
Hurt’s husband, Oscar-nominated writer and head Paul Schrader, besides confirmed to nan Hollywood Reporter her death, saying she died astatine an assisted surviving installation successful Jersey City, NJ.
Per nan outlet, Hurt was diagnosed pinch Alzheimer’s illness successful 2015, and she had until precocious been surviving successful different installation successful Manhattan, pinch her hubby successful different flat successful nan building.
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Hurt’s movie credits included Woody Allen’s 1978 film, “Interiors,” and Martin Scorsese’s 1993 film, “The Age of Innocence,” and his 1999 film, “Bringing Out nan Dead.”
Her tv impermanent appearances included roles connected “Law & Order” and “Kojak.”
She was besides known for her critically acclaimed activity successful Broadway.
She was nominated for 3 Tony Awards for her Broadway performances successful “Trelawny of nan Wells,” “Crimes of nan Heart,” and “Benefactors.”
Hurt was joined to character William Hurt from 1971 to 1982. She joined Schrader successful 1983, and they shared 2 children together: girl Molly and boy Sam.
She and Schrader collaborated connected aggregate films together, including 1992’s “Light Sleeper” and 1997’s “Affliction.”
