Sex and the City was one of the most iconic television series in the world in the early 2000s. Between 1998 and 2004, the lives of four women living in the city that never sleeps became standard entertainment material for millions. of homes around the globe. Six seasons and 94 episodes in which to learn about the chores of Carrie Bradshow, Samantha Jones, Charlotte York and Miranda Hobbes.
However, many more names and characters rubbed shoulders with the leading actresses: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon. Sadly, one of those faces went off this Thursday, at the age of 93, when she only had a month and a half left to reach 94. It is Frances Sternhagen, who once played an antagonist role as Bunny MacDougal, Charlotte's not very beloved mother-in-law.
Sternhagen was born in 1930 in the United States capital, Washington DC. Although she never considered being an actress at the beginning, it was a professor at Vassar University, where she studied History, who encouraged her to make her first attempts at theater. Her debut as a film actress occurred in 1967, participating in the film Up The Down Staircase directed by Robert Mulligan. However, her fame would come to her years later.
It was in 1986 when Sternhagen landed on the sets of Cheers, where she would play Esther Clavin, Cliff's mother. From there, her career included more and more prominent roles, always in the role of the authoritarian matriarch figure. Another example is the series ER, where she played Millicent Carter, the grandmother of Dr. John Carter (Noah Wyle). A striking feature of her acting career, which she was never afraid to highlight.
“It's fun to play these snobby older ladies. It is always more fun to be unpleasant, I have met women like that and I suppose I am capable of imitating them," she explained in an interview for the Los Angeles Times in 2002. Beyond her outstanding roles on the small screen, where she was a candidate With three Emmys, Frances would end up accumulating 7 Tony Award nominations for her efforts in the theater.
Her son, John Carlin, was in charge of communicating the news through his Instagram profile, saying goodbye to her in an emotional message: “I am very lucky to be able to call her my mother, my friend, my singing and dancing partner. We were together last week and we talked on Monday afternoon, telling each other how much we loved and missed each other. Fly, Frannie. She brings down the curtain on a life lived with such richness, passion, humility and generosity.”
