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name: "Mary Beth Hurt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mary-beth-hurt"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 September 1946"
died: "28 March 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:21.523037+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mary Beth Hurt

Actor. Born 26 September 1946 in Marshalltown, Iowa, USA. Died 28 March 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 September 1946, Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
- **Died:** 28 March 2026
- **Also known as:** Mary Beth Supinger, Mary-Beth Hurt, Marybeth Hurt, Mary Supinger

## Biography

Mary Beth Hurt was an American actress of stage and screen. She studied drama at the University of Iowa and at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She made her New York stage debut in 1974 and received three Tony Award nominations for her Broadway performances in *Trelawny of the 'Wells'* (1976), *Crimes of the Heart* (1982) and *Benefactors* (1986). She also received an Obie Award and a Clarence Derwent Award.

Her film credits include *Interiors* (1978), *The World According to Garp* (1982), *The Age of Innocence* (1993) as Regina Beaufort, and *Six Degrees of Separation* (1993). She collaborated with filmmaker Paul Schrader, her husband since 1983, on films including *Light Sleeper* (1992) and *Affliction* (1997). Hurt died on 28 March 2026 in Jersey City, New Jersey.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Age of Innocence* (1993), Fi1m 86, as Regina Beaufort — [page](https://film.one/film/the-age-of-innocence.md)

## Also known for

- *Red Dragon* (2002), Museum Curator (uncredited)
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Jessica Blaine-Todd
- *The Exorcism of Emily Rose* (2005), Judge Brewster
- *The Family Man* (2000), Adelle
- *Lady in the Water* (2006), Mrs. Bell
- *Young Adult* (2011), Jan
- *Bringing Out the Dead* (1999), Nurse Constance
- *Untraceable* (2008), Stella Marsh

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