Little Children star Phyllis Somerville passes away

Veteran American actor Phyllis Somerville breathed her last at the age of 76. Her manager Paul Hilepo stated that the actor died of natural causes.

Washington: Phyllis Somerville, a seasoned actor who had a long career in film, television and Broadway productions, is no more. She was 76.

According to a news portal, Somerville's manager Paul Hilepo said the actor died Thursday in New York City of natural causes.

Somerville, who was a native of Iowa, moved to New York in the 1970s. She most recently appeared on stage in the Broadway production of To Kill a Mockingbird.

During her television career, she appeared in The Big C, NYPD Blue and was in films like Arthur and was among The Curious Case of Benjamin Button cast members nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Somerville's last film credit was Poms, in which she appeared alongside Diane Keaton and Pam Grier in a comedy about older women who form a cheerleading squad.

In The Big C, she played the foul-mouthed neighbour to Laura Linney's character, a straight-laced history teacher who is given a grim cancer prognosis.

With inputs from ANI