Helen Stenborg, 86, a Tony-nominated stage, film and TV actress who was the wife of the late Tony Award-winning actor Barnard Hughes and mother of the Tony Award-winning director Doug Hughes, died Tuesday at her Manhattan apartment, according to press agent Chris Boneau. The cause was not given.
Stenborg is known to soap opera fans for her role as Helga Lindeman on Another World from January 1977 to February 1978. Helga was the Cory housekeeper and a reluctant participant in several of Sven Peterson's schemes over the years. She also appeared on Ryan's Hope and One Life To Live.
Stenborg earned a Tony nomination for her 1999 role as pyromaniac Sarita Myrtle in Noel Coward's "Waiting in the Wings." She and her husband celebrated their 50th anniversary onstage in the Coward play and were honored with Drama Desk Awards for Lifetime Achievement in 2000. He died in 2006.
Stenborg's last Broadway performance was in 2002 in...
Stenborg is known to soap opera fans for her role as Helga Lindeman on Another World from January 1977 to February 1978. Helga was the Cory housekeeper and a reluctant participant in several of Sven Peterson's schemes over the years. She also appeared on Ryan's Hope and One Life To Live.
Stenborg earned a Tony nomination for her 1999 role as pyromaniac Sarita Myrtle in Noel Coward's "Waiting in the Wings." She and her husband celebrated their 50th anniversary onstage in the Coward play and were honored with Drama Desk Awards for Lifetime Achievement in 2000. He died in 2006.
Stenborg's last Broadway performance was in 2002 in...
- 3/24/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
Broadway star Helen Stenborg has died at the age of 86. The actress passed away on Tuesday, March 22 at her apartment in New York.
Born in Minnesota in 1925, Stenborg became known for her numerous stints onstage. She won acclaim in touring show "Da" in the 1970s, which also featured her late husband, Barnard Hughes, and she landed a Tony nomination in 1999 for her performance in Noel Coward play "Waiting in the Wings". She also starred in Hugh Leonard's "A Life" in 1980 and teamed up with Helen Mirren in "A Month in the Country" (1995).
Stenborg and Hughes were both presented with Lifetime Achievement honors at the Drama Desk Awards in 2000. She also appeared in a variety of small film and TV roles, including U.S. series "Little House on the Prairie" and soap opera "One Life to Live".
Her last Broadway stint came in "The Crucible" in 2002, when she took the...
Born in Minnesota in 1925, Stenborg became known for her numerous stints onstage. She won acclaim in touring show "Da" in the 1970s, which also featured her late husband, Barnard Hughes, and she landed a Tony nomination in 1999 for her performance in Noel Coward play "Waiting in the Wings". She also starred in Hugh Leonard's "A Life" in 1980 and teamed up with Helen Mirren in "A Month in the Country" (1995).
Stenborg and Hughes were both presented with Lifetime Achievement honors at the Drama Desk Awards in 2000. She also appeared in a variety of small film and TV roles, including U.S. series "Little House on the Prairie" and soap opera "One Life to Live".
Her last Broadway stint came in "The Crucible" in 2002, when she took the...
- 3/24/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Broadway star Helen Stenborg has died at the age of 86.
The actress passed away on Tuesday at her apartment in New York.
Born in Minnesota in 1925, Stenborg became known for her numerous stints onstage. She won acclaim in touring show Da in the 1970s, which also featured her late husband, Barnard Hughes, and she landed a Tony nomination in 1999 for her performance in Noel Coward play Waiting in the Wings. She also starred in Hugh Leonard's A Life in 1980 and teamed up with Helen Mirren in A Month in the Country (1995).
Stenborg and Hughes were both presented with Lifetime Achievement honours at the Drama Desk Awards in 2000.
She also appeared in a variety of small film and TV roles, including U.S. series Little House on the Prairie and soap opera One Life to Live.
Her last Broadway stint came in The Crucible in 2002, when she took the stage with Liam Neeson and Laura Linney.
She also played Sister Teresa in 2008's Doubt - her final film role.
Stenborg is survived by a son and daughter. Hughes died in 2006.
The actress passed away on Tuesday at her apartment in New York.
Born in Minnesota in 1925, Stenborg became known for her numerous stints onstage. She won acclaim in touring show Da in the 1970s, which also featured her late husband, Barnard Hughes, and she landed a Tony nomination in 1999 for her performance in Noel Coward play Waiting in the Wings. She also starred in Hugh Leonard's A Life in 1980 and teamed up with Helen Mirren in A Month in the Country (1995).
Stenborg and Hughes were both presented with Lifetime Achievement honours at the Drama Desk Awards in 2000.
She also appeared in a variety of small film and TV roles, including U.S. series Little House on the Prairie and soap opera One Life to Live.
Her last Broadway stint came in The Crucible in 2002, when she took the stage with Liam Neeson and Laura Linney.
She also played Sister Teresa in 2008's Doubt - her final film role.
Stenborg is survived by a son and daughter. Hughes died in 2006.
- 3/23/2011
- WENN
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- BroadwayWorld.com
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