Penelope Milford , who scored an Oscar nomination for Coming Home , played the school counselor in Heathers , appeared on Broadway and had roles in Endless Love and other films, has died. She was 77.

Her family told our sister publications that Milford died Tuesday in Saugerties, NY, but did not provide a cause.

Born on March 23, 1948, in St. Louis, MO, Penelope Milford got her start on the New York stage, co-starring with Richard Gere in the Off Broadway show Long Time Coming and a Long Time Gone . She later appeared on Broadway in Lenny (1972) with Cliff Gorman, who won a Tony for his lead title role, and the Best Musical Tony nominee Shenandoah (1975), for which she earned a Drama Desk nomination as featured actress.

She had appeared in a few films including Norman M

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