Tony-winning actress Elizabeth Franz, 84, died on Nov. 4. She started out in rep theater, and by the late ’60s was appearing on Broadway in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. She won a Tony for the 1999 revival of Death of a Salesman, also appearing in The Cherry Orchard, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, The Cemetery Club, Uncle Vanya, Morning’s at Seven, and The Miracle Worker, in addition to many Off-Broadway shows, and a turn in Buried Child on the West End. She was also a busy character actress in films and TV (As the World Turns, Another World, Dear John, Sisters, Sabrina, Gilmore Girls, Judging Amy, Law & Order, Grey’s Anatomy). Franz was married to actor Edward Binns and writer Christopher Pelham. Franz told WhatsOnStage’s Mark Shenton that her favorite costars were “Sam Waterston on Long Day’s Journey into Night and Hal Holbrook in our touring production of Death of a Salesman. I love these men because they share so beautifully. They have such great self-esteem and confidence, and it doesn’t get in the way of the work. They don’t mind others getting noticed.”
