March 29 (UPI) — Interiors and Age of Innocence actress Mary Beth Hurt has died at the age of 79.
“Yesterday morning we lost my mom, Mary Beth, to Alzheimer’s after a decade long battle with the disease,” Hurt’s daughter Molly Schrader wrote on Instagram Sunday.
“She was an actress, a wife, a sister, a mother, an aunt, a friend, and she took on all those rolls with grace and a kind ferocity. Although we’re grieving there is some comfort in knowing she is no longer suffering and is reunited with her sisters in peace.”
Hurt’s other credits include Thirtysomething, The World According to Garp, Six Degrees of Separation, Autumn in New York, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Lady in the Water.
The actress was married to actor William Hurt from 1971 to 1982.
Filmmaker Paul Schrader was her husband from 1983 until her death.
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Actress Valerie Perrine attends the premiere of “What Women Want” in Westwood, Calif., on December 13, 2000. Perrine, best know for her roles in “Superman” and “Lenny,” died at the age of 82 on March 23. Photo by Russ Einhorn/Star Max/UPI | License Photo
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