Elizabeth Franz, who received a Tony Award for her unusual, forceful turn as the wife of Brian Dennehy ’s Willy Loman in a 50th anniversary production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman , has died. She was 84.

Franz died Nov. 4 at her home in Woodbury, Connecticut, after a battle with cancer, her husband, screenwriter Christopher Pelham, told The New York Times .

Franz also landed Tony noms in 1983 and 2002, respectively, for portraying Kate Jerome (Matthew Broderick’s mom) in Neil Simon ’s Brighton Beach Memoirs and the youngest of four sisters ( Piper Laurie , Frances Sternhagen and Estelle Parsons were her siblings) in a revival of Paul Osborn’s Morning’s at Seven .

Elizabeth Franz, who received a Tony Award for her unusual, forceful turn as the wife of Brian D

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