Celebrated Stage Actress Helen Stenborg Dies at Age 86
Helen Stenborg, the Tony-nominated matriarch of a distinguished stage family that included her late husband, Barnard Hughes, their director son Doug Hughes and actress daughter Laura Hughes, died at her Manhattan apartment on March 22 at age 86. Her children were at her bedside. Born in Minneapolis on January 25, 1925, Stenborg moved to New York after graduating from high school to launch her acting career. She me…