I'd obviously seen Elizabeth Wilson previously in The Graduate, but I didn't truly register her as a singular entity until I saw her as Mrs. Newquist in the film version of Little Murders. I'm surprised the obit didn't mention it; she and Vincent Gardenia had both done the triumphant off-Broadway revival and repeated their roles in the film, boosting both their careers enormously. (Fittingly, they won supporting Tonys on the same night a year later)
Anyway, after that I became a devoted fan of Wilson's, and was pleased to see her several times on-stage, in Sticks and Bones, Morning's at Seven and A Delicate Balance. Her film career never really brought her The Big Role, but she was always memorable, even in brief appearances like in Nobody's Fool. A wonderful actress.
R.I.P. Elizabeth Wilson
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