Frances Sternhagen, star of Sex And The City, died of natural causes at the age of 93 in New Rochelle, New York.
“We continue to be inspired by her love and life,” her family said in a statement released on Wednesday.
Sternhagen’s most well-known role was as Charlotte York’s annoying mother-in-law Bunny MacDougal in Sex and the City from 2000 to 2002.
She was best known for playing the overbearing mother of John Ratzenberger’s Boston postman character Cliff Clavin on the sitcom Cheers, in addition to playing Kristin Davis’ mother on the hugely famous program.
The talented actor was nominated for an Emmy for both roles.
Furthermore, she received two Tony Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Dramatic): one in 1995 for the revival of The Heiress and one in 1974 for the Broadway debut of Neil Simon’s The Good Doctor.
She appeared in Equus (1975), On Golden Pond (1979), The Sign In Sidney Brustein’s Window (1972), Angel (1978), and Paul Osborn’s Morning’s at Seven (2002 revival). She has also been nominated for five more Broadway awards for excellence.
She began performing on stage on the East Coast in 1951 and had a 63-year career that ended in 2014.
She most recently appeared as the mother of LAPD Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, played by Kyra Sedgewick, in TNT’s The Closer, which aired from 2005 to 2012.
Her children are Paul, Amanda, Tony, Sarah, Peter, and John.
A celebration of the iconic actress’s life and career is planned for mid-January, close to the day she would have turned 94.