He was in the cast of films by great directors such as Interiors (1978), by Woody Allen, and The Age of Innocence (1993), by Martin Scorsese
Mary Beth Hurtactress known for having been part of the cast of several Hollywood films between the 1960s and 2000s, died this Sunday (29) at 79 years of age. According to information from Variety magazine, she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in recent years.
“She was an actress, wife, sister, mother, aunt and friend, and He played all these roles with grace and fierce generosity. While we are all grieving, there is some comfort in knowing that she is no longer suffering and has reunited with her sisters in peace,” said a statement released by her husband, Paul Schrader, and daughter, Molly.
The actress was born as Mary Beth Supinger, in Marshalltown, Iowa, in the United States, and adopted the surname of her ex-husband, fellow actor William Hurt. The two were married for about a decade and divorced in 1981.
In cinema, he was in the cast of films by great directors such as Interiores (1978), the Woody Allenand The Age of Innocence (1993), by Martin Scorsese. In The World According to Garp (1982) starred Robin Williams, the character after whom the title is named.
Active in theater since the 1970s, he received three nominations for the Tony Awards, the main one in theater in the United States, for his work in the plays Crimes of the Heart, Benefactors and Trelawny of the Wells.
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