Mary Beth Hurt, Esteemed Actress and Schrader Collaborator, Dies at 79

Mary Beth Hurt, a Tony-nominated Broadway and film actress known for The World According to Garp and The Age of Innocence, has died at 79. Born Mary Beth Supinger in Iowa, she studied drama in college and at NYU, built a prolific stage career with multiple Tony nominations, and appeared in films from Interiors (1978) to collaborations with her husband, writer-director Paul Schrader, on Light Sleeper and Affliction. Schrader and their daughter Molly announced her death on Facebook, noting she had been living with Alzheimer's and had recently been in memory care. Her career spanned stage, film, and television.