Overview
- Mary Beth Hurt, who earned three Tony nominations and appeared in films like Interiors and The World According to Garp, died Saturday, March 28, at an assisted-living facility in Jersey City according to posts by her daughter and husband.
- Her daughter, Molly Schrader, announced the news Sunday on Instagram and said her mother died after a ten-year struggle with Alzheimer’s disease.
- Paul Schrader, her husband and frequent director, shared his first public reflection Monday on Facebook, writing about facing loss as he recalled his father’s journal entry on his own mother’s death.
- Hurt built a four-decade career on Broadway and in Hollywood, with Tony-nominated turns in Trelawny of the 'Wells,' Crimes of the Heart, and Benefactors, and screen roles in The Age of Innocence and Affliction.
- Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2015, Hurt entered memory care in recent years as Schrader moved to live near her, and she is survived by Schrader and their two children, Molly and Sam.