Frances Sternhagen, a Tony-winning starlet with lotsof years on the phase and screen, passedaway Monday of natural triggers in New Rochelle, New York, her household stated in a declaration. She was 93.
She was recognized for her repeating function as the regal grandma of Dr. John Carter, played by Noah Wyle, on “ER” and as Cliff’s mom on “Cheers,” for which she was twotimes chosen for Emmys.
She made a unique impression in her function as the physician who assists Sean Connery’s policeofficer in Peter Hyams’ 1981 sci-film “Outland,” and in “Misery,” she played the constable’s spouse, Virginia, who was part of the search for James Caan’s author character.
Her other movies consistof “Julie and Julia,” “Starting Over,” “Independence Day” and “Doc Hollywood.”
In a function comparable to that of Millicent Carter on “ER,” Sternhagen repeated on “Sex and the City” as Bunny MacDougal, the blue-blood mom of Trey, played by Kyle MacLachlan — making a 2002 Emmy election for her efficiency in an episode in which she finds her kid having sex with his sweetheart and bolts from the space.
Sternhagen likewise appeared from 2006 to 2012 as Willie Rae Johnson, the Southern mom of Kyra Sedgwick’s character on “The Closer.” She had most justrecently appeared onscreen in Rob Reiner’s 2014 function movie “And So It Goes,” starring Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton.
She was likewise understood for her stint on NBC’s “Another World” as Jane Overstreet in the early 1970s.
In a long profession on Broadway, Sternhagen was 7 times a Tony candidate, winning in 1974 for included starlet in a play for Neil Simon’s “The Doctor” and in 1995 for included starlet in a play for a revival of “The Heiress.” Her other Tony elections were for Lorraine Hansberry’s “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,” included starlet, in 1972; “Equus,” included starlet, 1975; “Angel,” starlet in a musical, 1978; “On Golden Pond,” starlet in a play, 1979; and Paul Osborn’s “Morning’s at Seven,