shared the news on Instagram<\/a> Sunday, saying that her mother died on Saturday and had suffered with Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n\u201cYesterday morning we lost my mom, Mary Beth, to Alzheimer\u2019s after a decade long battle with the disease,\u201d she wrote, alongside a picture of herself as a baby with her mother. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe was an actress, a wife, a sister, a mother, an aunt, a friend, and she took on all those rolls with grace and a kind ferocity. Although we\u2019re grieving there is some comfort in knowing she is no longer suffering and is reunited with her sisters in peace.\u201d<\/p>\nActress Mary Beth Hurt died at the age of 79, her daughter, Molly, shared on Instagram Sunday. She\u2019s seen here in 1982\u2019s \u201cThe World According to Garp.\u201d \u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMolly shared that the actress had battled Alzheimer\u2019s for a decade. She\u2019s seen here with Robin Williams in \u201cThe World According to Garp.\u201d \u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/aside>\nHurt\u2019s husband, Oscar-nominated writer and director Paul Schrader, also confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter her death, saying she died at an assisted living facility in Jersey City, NJ.<\/p>\n
Per the outlet, Hurt was diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s disease in 2015, and she had until recently been living in another facility in Manhattan, with her husband in another apartment in the building.<\/p>\n
A representative for Hurt was not immediately available to Page Six. <\/p>\nHurt also had a role in Woody Allen\u2019s 1978 film. \u201cInteriors.\u201d She\u2019s seen here in the film with the late Diane Keaton. Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMolly wrote of her mother\u2019s death, \u201cAlthough we\u2019re grieving there is some comfort in knowing she is no longer suffering and is reunited with her sisters in peace.\u201d MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHurt\u2019s movie credits included Woody Allen\u2019s 1978 film, \u201cInteriors,\u201d and Martin Scorsese\u2019s 1993 film, \u201cThe Age of Innocence,\u201d and his 1999 film, \u201cBringing Out the Dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her television guest appearances included roles on \u201cLaw & Order\u201d and \u201cKojak.\u201d<\/p>\n
She was also known for her critically acclaimed work in Broadway. <\/p>\nHurt was married to director Paul Schrader and they collaborated on multiple films together. She was previously married to actor William Hurt. MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHurt and Schrader shared two kids together: daughter Molly and son Sam. MediaPunch \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nShe was nominated for three Tony Awards for her Broadway performances in \u201cTrelawny of the Wells,\u201d \u201cCrimes of the Heart,\u201d and \u201cBenefactors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hurt was married to actor William Hurt from 1971 to 1982. She married Schrader in 1983, and they shared two children together: daughter Molly and son Sam.<\/p>\n
She and Schrader collaborated on multiple films together, including 1992\u2019s \u201cLight Sleeper\u201d and 1997\u2019s \u201cAffliction.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n