US stage and television actress Elizabeth Franz has died.

The Tony Award winning actress - who was best known for her role in the 1999 Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman - has died at the age of 84 following a battle with cancer, her husband, screenwriter Christopher Pelham, told The New York Times.

She died away at her home in Woodbury, Connecticut on November 4, with her husband explaining she had a "severe reaction" to the drugs that were used to treat her illness.

Fraz won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Linda Loman in the 50th-anniversary Broadway production of Arthur Miller's play.

She also reprised the role in a 2000 TV adaptation of Death of a Salesman, for which she earned an Emmy nomination.

Miller was a fan of her portrayal, tell

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