Elaine Stritch, a 5-time Tony nominated Broadway legend and a recurring character on TV’s 30 Rock, passed away this morning at the age of 89.
Stritch made her Broadway debut in 1946 for the production Loco and had since starred in productions by William Inge, Noel Coward and Stephen Sondheim. In 1995 she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. She finally a Tony for her one-woman show Elaine Stritch at Liberty, recanting stories of her time on Broadway and struggles with alcoholism.
More recently, Stritch was profiled in the documentary Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me and won her third Emmy in 2007 for playing Jack Donaghy’s mother Colleen.