Mary Beth Hurt has passed away at the age of 79. The actress, who co-starred with Robin Williams in the cult classic The World According to Garp, had been battling Alzheimer’s disease for 10 years. Her daughter, Molly Schrader, announced her death on March 28.
Hollywood has lost another part of its history. Mary Beth Hurt has passed away at the age of 79. The actress achieved great success through numerous roles in television series and plays. She also appeared in many major films from the 1970s to the 1990s. Her daughter, Molly Schrader, announced her death. The actress passed away on Saturday, March 28. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2015.
“Yesterday morning, we lost my mother, Mary Beth, to Alzheimer’s disease after a decade-long battle with the illness ,” her daughter wrote on Instagram. “She was an actress, wife, sister, mother, aunt, friend, and she embraced all these roles with grace and a spirit that was never without gentleness. While we grieve, there is some comfort in knowing that she is no longer suffering and is now at peace with her sisters.
”Mary Beth Hurt has acted for some of the greatest directors
Born Mary Beth Supinger on September 25, 1946, in Marshalltown, Iowa, she was blessed early on by the film industry’s guardian angels; her babysitter was none other than Jean Seberg . Mary Beth studied theater at the University of Iowa and New York University before making her stage debut in 1974 in an off-Broadway production. Throughout her career, she received three Tony Award nominations (the Iowa equivalent of the Molière Awards) for her performances in The Magistrate, a three-act farce (1975), Crimes of the Heart (1981), and Benefactors (1985-1986).
Her popularity skyrocketed in 1978 when she landed her first screen role, that of Joey, in Woody Allen ‘s Interiors , alongside the late Diane Keaton . She then appeared with Robin Williams in The World According to Garp (1982), and with Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day-Lewis in Martin Scorsese ‘s The Age of Innocence (1993). This was followed by Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Autumn in New York (2000), The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), The Dead Girl (2006), Lady in the Water (2006), and Young Adult (2011). Alongside her film career, Mary Beth Hurt has guest-starred in episodes of Kojak , Thirtysomething , Saturday Night Live , and Law & Order .
Mary Beth Hurt was married to a famous actor and a famous director
In her personal life, Mary Beth Hurt was married to actor William Hurt from 1971 to 1982, when he fell in love with Sandra Jennings, a ballet dancer who became pregnant by him, and for whom he left Mary Beth Hurt. She later found love again with Paul Schrader , screenwriter of Taxi Driver and co-writer of Raging Bull, and director of American Gigolo, The Strange Love , and The Master Gardener. Together they had two children, Molly and Sam.
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