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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kevin E G Perry

Mary Beth Hurt, Tony-nominated actor who worked with husband Paul Schrader, dies at 79

The 'World According to Garp' actor Mary Beth Hurt, pictured in Hollywood in 2006, has died at the age of 79 - (Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

Mary Beth Hurt, the three-time Tony-nominated actor who enjoyed a 40-year film career, has died. She was 79.

Hurt played a memorable role in the 1982 Robin Williams comedy-drama The World According to Garp, and worked with director Martin Scorsese in The Age of Innocence and Bringing Out the Dead.

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