Actress Zoe Caldwell Who Won 4 Tony Awards Dies at 86

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Zoe Caldwell, a four-time Tony Award-winner, has passed away at the age of 86.

The actress died peacefully in her home in Pound Ridge, New York on Sunday from complications due to Parkinson’s disease, a spokesperson for her son, Charlie Whitehead, confirmed to PEOPLE.

Born in Australia, Caldwell first started her professional career at 9 years old in a production ofPeter Panbefore going on to appear in productions at Melbourne’s Union Theatre Repertory Company and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company.

She moved to London to join the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1959 and began her American acting career as an original member of the company at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis.

Caldwell made her Broadway debut in 1965’sThe Devils. She went on to appear in Tennessee Williams’Slapstick Tragedythe following year — a role that won her a Tony Award for best featured actress in a play.

The actress later won Tony Awards for her performances in 1869’sThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1982’sMedeaand 1995’sMaster Class.

Her last acting credit was the grandmother of Oskar (Thomas Horn) in the 2011 filmExtremely Loud and Dangerously Close.

Caldwell was married to theater producer Robert Whitehead from 1968 until his death in 2002.

source: people.com