Mary Beth Hurt, Tony-nominated actor and wife of Paul Schrader, dies at 79

""She was an actress, a wife, a sister, a mother, an aunt, a friend, and she took on all those roles with grace and kind ferocity. Although we're all grieving there is some comfort in knowing she is no longer suffering and reunited with her sisters in peace.""

"Hurt first appeared on stage in New York in 1974. She became a fixture on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award three times for her performances in Trelawny of the Wells, Crimes of the Heart, and Benefactors."

"In Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence (1993) she played the socialite Regina Beaufort. In 1995, she lent her voice to Mark Rappaport's documentary From the Journals of Jean Seberg, in which she played Seberg."

"Hurt made her film debut in Woody Allen's Interiors (1978), and was nominated for the BAFTA for Best Newcomer. In 1982's The World According to Garp, she played Helen Holm Garp."

Mary Beth Hurt, a three-time Tony-nominated actor, has died at 79. She was known for her roles in films like The World According to Garp and worked with notable directors including Martin Scorsese. Hurt collaborated with her husband, Paul Schrader, on several films. Born in Iowa, she studied drama and became a Broadway fixture. Hurt's film debut was in Woody Allen's Interiors, and she was nominated for a BAFTA. Her last film appearance was in Change in the Air in 2018.

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