- Born
- Birth nameMary Beth Supinger
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Mary Beth Hurt was born on September 26, 1946 in Marshalltown, Iowa, USA. She is an actress, known for The World According to Garp (1982), Lady in the Water (2006) and Interiors (1978). She has been married to Paul Schrader since August 6, 1983. They have two children. She was previously married to William Hurt.
- SpousesPaul Schrader(August 6, 1983 - present) (2 children)William Hurt(December 2, 1971 - December 9, 1982) (divorced)
- ChildrenMolly Johanna Schrader
- Growing up in Marshalltown, Iowa, she had Jean Seberg as a baby sitter. The Sebergs lived next door to her.
- Her childhood babysitter was actress Jean Seberg, also a Marshalltown native. Hurt played the role of Seberg, in voice-over, in Mark Rappaport's 1995 documentary From the Journals of Jean Seberg (1995).
- Has been nominated for Tony Awards three times: as Best Actress (Featured Role -Play), in 1976 for "Trelawny of the 'Wells'" and in 1982 for "Crimes of the Heart;" and as Best Actress (Play), in 1986 for "Benefactors."
- Has a daughter, Molly Johanna Schrader (b. 1984), and a son, Sam Schrader (b. 1988), with her husband, Paul Schrader.
- I've never been cast as a mistress. I'm the girl men marry, not the girl they have affairs with.
- I think I always was an actress. It was a matter of finding out that acting was a profession. That happened the first time I ever saw a play. It was put on by high school kids who lived in the neighborhood; and I suddenly realized that all those people on television and the movies were actors. Once I knew that,it wasn't a matter of that's what I wanted to be, but that's what I was.
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