Other websites
- Elizabeth Franz on IMDb
- The Piano Teacher (review), nytimes.com; accessed November 8, 2016.
This short article about an actor or group of actors from the United States can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.Elizabeth Jean Frankovitch (June 18, 1941 – November 4, 2025), known professionally as Elizabeth Franz, was an American actress. She was born in Akron, Ohio. Her career began in 1981 and she retired in 2015. She was in many Broadway shows. She was known for her roles in Sam Shepard play Buried Child and Frank McGuinness's Bird Sanctuary. In 1999, she won a Tony Award for her role in Death of a Salesman.
Franz also appeared in Long Day's Journey into Night, The Glass Menagerie, The Comedy of Errors, Madwoman of Chaillot, The Lion in Winter, A View from the Bridge, The Matchmaker, The Wizard of Oz, Great Expectations, The Model Apartment, and Woman in Mind.
Franz died from an allergic reaction caused by her cancer treatment on November 4, 2025, in Woodbury, Connecticut, at the age of 84.
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