{"id":62416,"date":"2023-11-30T01:09:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T06:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=62416"},"modified":"2023-11-30T01:09:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T06:09:43","slug":"frances-sternhagen-cheers-actress-dead-at-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/30\/frances-sternhagen-cheers-actress-dead-at-93\/","title":{"rendered":"Frances Sternhagen, &#8216;Cheers&#8217; Actress, Dead at 93"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62414\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Frances-Sternhagen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Frances-Sternhagen.jpg 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Frances-Sternhagen-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Her Tony-winning Broadway career included \u201c<em>Driving Miss Daisy<\/em>,\u201d \u201c<em>On Golden Pond<\/em>\u201d and \u201c<em>The Heiress<\/em>.\u201d On TV she had maternal roles in \u201c<em>Sex and the City<\/em>,\u201d and achieved lasting and widespread recognition for her comedically stern portrayal of Esther Clavin, the demanding mother of insufferable postman Cliff Claven on &#8220;<em>Cheers<\/em>.&#8221; On &#8220;<em>ER<\/em>,&#8221; Sternhagen played Millicent Carter, grandmother of Noah Wyle\u2019s Dr. John Carter, and on &#8220;<em>The Closer<\/em>,&#8221; she recurred as Willie Rae Johnson, mother of Kyra Sedgwick\u2019s Brenda Leigh Johnson.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62417\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62417\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62417\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Frances_Sternhagen_1962.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Frances_Sternhagen_1962.jpg 592w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Frances_Sternhagen_1962-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sternhagen in 1962<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other TV credits stretching from the 1950s through 2012 include &#8220;<em>Westinghouse Studio One<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Defenders<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Spencer<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Law &amp; Order<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Tales From The Crypt<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Laramie Project<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Simpsons<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Becker<\/em>,&#8221; and &#8220;<em>Parenthood<\/em>.&#8221; She was a familiar presence on daytime TV as well, appearing on soaps &#8220;<em>Another World<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Secret Storm<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Love of Life<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Doctors<\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>One Life to Live<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-1721318033\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>News of her death was confirmed by her family in a statement, obtained by People. \u201cIt is with great sadness that we share the news that our dear mother, actress Frances Sternhagen, died peacefully of natural causes in New Rochelle, NY, on November 27th, 2023 at the age of 93,\u201d it read. \u201cWe continue to be inspired by her love and life.\u201d Sternhagen worked extensively on stage and on television. On Broadway, she won two Tonys and was nominated for five more. On TV, she played the mother of anybody who was anybody.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62418\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Frances-Sternhagen-Cheers.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Frances-Sternhagen-Cheers.webp 450w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Frances-Sternhagen-Cheers-300x207.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>Sternhagen is survived by \u201c6 children, 9 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren,\u201d according to her family\u2019s statement. \u201cA celebration of her remarkable career and life is planned for mid-January, near her 94th birthday.\u201d Her son, John Carlin, made a personal statement on Instagram. \u201cFly on, Frannie,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe curtain goes down on a life so richly, passionately, humbly, and generously lived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frances_Sternhagen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More about Frances Sternhagen Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her Tony-winning Broadway career included \u201cDriving Miss Daisy,\u201d \u201cOn Golden Pond\u201d and \u201cThe Heiress.\u201d On TV she had maternal roles in \u201cSex and the City,\u201d and achieved lasting and widespread recognition for her comedically stern portrayal of Esther Clavin, the demanding mother of insufferable postman Cliff Claven on &#8220;Cheers.&#8221; 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