Emerging from Detroit and honed at The New School’s Dramatic Workshop under Erwin Piscator, she entered the professional stage in 1944 and soon after debuted on Broadway in the comedy Loco (1946). A versatile performer, she earned four Tony nominations for Bus Stop, Sail Away, Company-where she introduced “The Ladies Who Lunch”-and the revival of A Delicate Balance, and secured a Tony for her one-…
