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Elizabeth Franz, Tony-Winning Actress of Stage and Screen, Dies at 84

by Beth Stevens

Elizabeth Franz, the Tony-winning actress whose fierce and deeply felt portrayal of Linda Loman in the 1999 Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman became a career-defining performance, died on November 4 at her home in Woodbury, Connecticut. She was 84. The cause was cancer and a severe reaction to the drugs used to treat it. Born Elizabeth Jean Frankovitch on June 18, 1941 in Akron, Ohio, Franz began her career at…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 2:54pm on November 17, 2025