Elizabeth Jean Frankovitch, popularly known as Elizabeth Franz, has died. Known for her roles in Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You and Death of a Salesman, Elizabeth had always wanted to become an actress from a young age. She saw acting as a way to express and release emotions she had always had to hold in when dealing with her parents, especially her mom, Harriet, who suffered from mental illness. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostShe recalled in a 1999 Times interview,“My grandmother would hide me in her closet. I remember holding onto my father and saying, ‘She'll come back’.”Elizabeth Franz began her acting career in the 1960s. In 1983, she married actor Edward Bins, who died in 1990. She later married Christopher Pelham, and they were together until her death. Franz was an award-winning actress; she had won an Obie Award, Joseph Jefferson Award, Tony Award, Elliot Norton Award, Los Angeles Stage Alliance Award, and Lucille Lortel Award.Producer Arthur Miller once commended her acting:“She has discovered in the role the basic underlying powerful protectiveness, which comes out as fury, and that in the past, in every performance that I know of, was simply washed out.”Her most awarded role was that of Linda in Death of a Salesman. She described her character in the play.“I always assumed it was there, but here it is far more emphasised — correctly.”She added:“You can say anything because you know in the end you're going to be in that bed, curled up and having the most wonderful conversations. When she's curled up in his arms and she's singing to him — you can't tell me that isn't a very sexual moment.”More details on Elizabeth Franz’s passingElizabeth Franz died on November 4, 2025, after battling cancer. Her husband, Christopher Pelham, confirmed the news in a statement to The New York Times. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostHe revealed that her death was a result of her illness and a ‘severe reaction’ to the treatment, and she passed at her home in Woodbury, Connecticut.Elizabeth Franz is survived by her husband and brother.Read more: Who is Dana Terrace? All about 'The Owl House' creator as she slams Disney+ for platforming AI-generated content, asks viewers to pirate her showRead more: How long were David Harbour and Alison Sudol together? Stranger Things star’s ex-wife Lily Allen extends support to the actor’s former partnerRead more: “Stop this horror”: Actor Jon Voight urges Donald Trump to terminate Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty and stop him from turning NYC into a “cr*p city”