Mary Beth Hurt was an actress nominated for a Tony Award.
Mary Beth Hurt, the Tony Award-nominated performer whose career across stage and screen spanned five decades, has passed away at the age of 79 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Her daughter, Molly Schrader, confirmed the news on Instagram Sunday, stating that her mother passed away on Saturday at an assisted living facility in Jersey City
“Yesterday morning, we lost my mom, Mary Beth Hurt, to Alzheimer’s after a ten-year battle with the disease,” she wrote, sharing a photo of herself as a baby with her mother.
“She was an actress, a wife, a sister, a mother, an aunt, and a friend, embracing each role with grace and a fierce kindness. While we mourn her loss, there is comfort in knowing she is no longer in pain and has been reunited with her sisters in peace,” her daughter wrote.
Her husband, Oscar-nominated writer and director Paul Schrader, also confirmed her passing to the Hollywood Reporter.
Mary Beth Hurt was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2015 and had been living in a Manhattan care facility until recently, when she moved to an assisted living home in Jersey City she appeared in Interiors, and collaborated with Martin Scorsese on both The Age of Innocence and Bringing Out the Dead.
She also worked with her husband on several projects, including Light Sleeper and Affliction.
On Broadway, Hurt earned three Tony Award nominations for her performances in Trelawny of the Wells, Crimes of the Heart, and Benefactors, cementing her reputation as one of the stage’s most respected performers of her generation. She also appeared on television shows such as Law & Order and Kojak.
Hurt was previously married to actor William Hurt from 1971 to 1982. She married Paul Schrader in 1983, and the couple had two children together, Molly Schrader and Sam.
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