Helen Joan Stenborg (January 24, 1925 – March 22, 2011) was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. She occasionally acted with her husband, actor Barnard Hughes (1915–2006), to whom she was married for 56 years from 1950 until his death in 2006; they had two children.

Career

Stenborg appeared on stage in revivals of '' A Doll's House'', '' A Month in the Country'', and '' The Crucible''; the original, belated US production of

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's '' Waiting in the Wings'', for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play; and the Lanford Wilson plays, '' The Rimers of Eldritch'' and ''

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'' winning the

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for her performance in the latter. She portrayed Helga Lindeman on the soap opera '' Another World'' from 1977 to 1978. Stenborg also appeared in the 1999 film,

My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York ''My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York'' is a 1998 short film directed by Barbara Schock. It was made as a thesis film for the AFI Conservatory. In 2000, it won an Oscar at the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short Film. ...

, which won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject in 2000.

Death

She died on March 22, 2011, aged 86, in New York City.

Partial filmography

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'' (1975) - Mrs. Edwina Russell *''

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'' (1979) - Mrs. Acton *'' Starting Over'' (1979) - Older Woman *'' The Bonfire of the Vanities'' (1990) - Mrs. McCoy *'' Me and Veronica'' (1993) - Woman at Laundromat *'' Marvin's Room'' (1996) - Nun on Phone *'' Isn't She Great'' (2000) - Aunt Abigail *'' Bless the Child'' (2000) - Sister Joseph *'' Enchanted'' (2007) - Ballroom Lady #1 *'' The Caller'' (2008) - Jimmy's Mother *'' Doubt'' (2008) - Sister Teresa (final film role)

References

External links

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Barnard Hughes and Helen Stenborg papers, 1880s-2011
held by Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stenborg, Helen 1925 births 2011 deaths Actresses from Minnesota American film actresses American stage actresses American soap opera actresses Obie Award recipients Actresses from Minneapolis Deaths from cancer in New York (state) 21st-century American women