Elaine Stritch, the legendary Broadway actress and singer, died on Thursday at her Michigan home. She was 89.

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Stritch’s passing was confirmed by her friend Julie Keyes to The New York Times.

Stritch, a Detroit native, made her Broadway debut in 1946 in Jed Harris’ comedy Loco. She went on to earn Tony nominations for her inspired work in William Inge’s Bus Stop (1955), Noel Coward’s Sail Away (1961), Stephen Sondheim’s Company (1970), in which she sang one of her most enduring numbers – “The Ladies Who Lunch,” and Edward Albee play A Delicate Balance (1996). Stritch finally took home a Tony for her one-woman show Elaine Stritch at Liberty in 2001.

On the small screen, Stritch more recently appeared on Tina Fey’s 30 Rock, on which she played Jack Donaghy’s (Alec Baldwin) mother Colleen. Her recurring guest appearances earned her an Emmy in 2008. Stritch previously won Emmys for a 1993 guest role on Law & Order and for a TV documentary about Elaine Stritch at the Liberty in 2004.

Stritch also appeared on the big screen, starting off in the 1950s in films in which she starred alongside Charlton Heston and Rock Hudson in Three Violent People and A Farewell to Arms, respectively. In the 80s, Stritch landed a part in Woody Allen’s September and worked with the director once again in 2000 in Small Time Crooks. Stritch also appeared in Autumn in New York and Monster in Law with Jane Fonda.

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Stritch was predeceased by her husband John Bay in 1982.

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