Tony winner Elizabeth Franz died November 4, after a severe reaction to cancer treatment. She was 84 years old.

Born and raised in Akron, Ohio, Ms. Franz got her start at the Weathervane Theater in Akron before moving to New York, where she swiftly established herself as an Off-Broadway actress of great esteem before making her Broadway debut in 1967's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

On Broadway, Ms. Franz starred in The Cherry Orchard, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Octette Bridge Club, Broadway Bound, the Cemetery Club, Getting Married, Uncle Vanya, Death of a Salesman, Morning's at Seven, and The Miracle Worker.

In 1982, Ms. Franz won the Obie for her performance in Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, and in 1983, she picked up a Best Featured Actress in a Play Tony nomination for her performance as Matthew Broderick's mother Kate in Brighton Beach Memoirs. She received an additional Tony nomination in the same category in 2002 for Morning's at Seven.

Ms. Franz is perhaps most remembered for the 1999 Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman, wherein she played Willy Loman's desperately doting wife Linda opposite Brian Dennehy. The production, which marked the 50th anniversary of Arthur Miller's classic, was a smash hit, winning the Tony for Best Revival of a Play, with performance awards for both Dennehy and Ms. Franz, as well as a Best Direction of a Play win for director Robert Falls. The production was filmed for release by Showtime, and Ms. Franz received both Emmy and SAG Award nominations for her filmed performance.

Ms. Franz was predeceased by her first husband, Edward Binns, in 1990. At the time of her death, she was married to Christopher Pelham.