Entertainment

Actions

Phyllis Somerville, actor of stage and screen, dies at 76

Phyllis Somerville, actor of stage and screen, dies at 76
Posted
and last updated

NEW YORK (AP) — Phyllis Somerville, an actor who appeared in a variety of films, television shows and Broadway productions over her 45-year-plus career, has died. She was 76.

Somerville's manager Paul Hilepo says Somerville died Thursday in New York City of natural causes.

A native of Iowa, Somerville moved to New York in the 1970s and most recently appeared onstage in the Broadway production of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

On television, she appeared in “The Big C," “NYPD Blue” and was in films like “Arthur” and was among “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” actors nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Friday

06/26/2026

Mostly Clear

-° / 67°

6%

Saturday

06/27/2026

Clear

89° / 61°

1%

Sunday

06/28/2026

Clear

87° / 62°

0%

Monday

06/29/2026

Clear

90° / 65°

0%

Tuesday

06/30/2026

Clear

93° / 64°

0%

Wednesday

07/01/2026

Clear

91° / 62°

1%

Thursday

07/02/2026

Clear

89° / 61°

1%

Friday

07/03/2026

Clear

91° / 65°

0%