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Often played loving mothers and sympathetic wives, but never married in real life.

Director Mike Nichols cast her in his films Le lauréat (1967), Catch-22 (1970), Le jour du dauphin (1973), and À propos d'Henry (1991) and in "Uncle Vanya" (1973) on Broadway.

Received the 1972 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for David Rabe's "Sticks and Bones."

Upon her death, she was buried at Oakhill Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with her parents.

Graduate of the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. She also traveled with the fabled Barter Theatre of Virginia during the same season as another then-unknown, Ernest Borgnine, who also doubled as the bus driver for the troupe.

Appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Picnic (1955), Le lauréat (1967) and Quiz Show (1994).

She was awarded the 1979 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for "Morning's At Seven" at the Academy Festival Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.