Mary Beth Hurt, star of Interiors and The World According to Garp, dies aged 79

The actor, who was nominated for three Tony awards, made her film debut in Woody Allen’s Interiors and worked into the 2010s including in films made by her second husband, Paul Schrader The actor Mary Beth Hurt, who starred in films including Interiors and The World According to Garp, has died of Alzheimer’s aged 79. The news was confirmed on a joint Facebook post by her daughter, Molly Schrader, and her husband, the writer and director Paul Schrader. “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,” read the post. “Although we’re all grieving there is some comfort in knowing she is no longer suffering and reunited with her sisters in peace.” Born Mary Beth Supinger, she was married to the actor William Hurt between 1971 and 1982, and made her Broadway debut in 1974. Tony-nominated for her performances in Crimes of the Heart, Trelawny of the Wells and Benefactors, she also worked with her second husband, Schrader, on the films Affliction (1997) and Light Sleeper (1992). Her film debut was in Woody Allen’s Bergman-esque 1978 drama Interiors, for which she won much praise. Other key films included The Wo