What happened to Frances Sternhagen?

Frances Sternhagen, the accomplished actress who earned acclaim for her Tony Award-winning performances in stage productions such as “Driving Miss Daisy” and “On Golden Pond,” portraying formidable older women while donning aging makeup at a young age, passed away on Monday at her residence in New Rochelle, N.Y. She was 93.

Her son, Tony Carlin, confirmed her death.

Ms. Sternhagen’s Tony Awards were for featured actress in a play, showcasing her versatility in two distinct productions. In the 1995 Broadway revival of “The Heiress,” adapted from Henry James’s novel “Washington Square,” she portrayed Cherry Jones’s well-intentioned and matchmaking Aunt Lavinia. Meanwhile, in Neil Simon’s 1973 adaptation of Chekhov, “The Good Doctor,” she exhibited her talent by playing various roles in comedic sketches.

Her career flourished in mature Off Broadway roles, notably as the strong-willed Southern widow in Alfred Uhry’s “Driving Miss Daisy” in 1988, a character in her 50s, and as the concerned wife in Ernest Thompson’s “On Golden Pond” in 1979, tackling the role at the age of 49.

Ms. Sternhagen received Tony nominations for her contributions to the original productions of “On Golden Pond,” “Equus,” and the musical “Angel,” as well as for her roles in revivals of “Morning’s at Seven” and “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window.”