Oscar-nominated actor Barbara Barry died under medical assistance at her home in New York.
She is 95 years old.
Her agent, Gary Gersh, confirmed to NBC News in a statement Thursday that Barry’s death was “medical assistance provided under New York State’s Medical Assistance in Dying law, of which she was a supporter and advocate.”
The law, which takes effect on August 5, allows terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to obtain self-administered prescription drugs to end their lives.
Barry’s daughter, Jane Harnick, told The New York Times that her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer and died Wednesday. She also has idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an interstitial lung disease that causes breathing problems, fatigue and weight loss, according to the Times.
“I have a very full, active life, but what’s ahead is unknown but known at the same time,” Barry said of her lung disease diagnosis in a 2014 interview with Playbill. “I’m all in now and trying to help others do the same.”
Barrie is best known for her role as Evelyn Stoller in the 1979 film Breaking Bad, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
In 1971, Barry was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in the musical “Company,” Broadway.com reported. Her other stage credits include “Betrayal of the President” and “The Prisoner of Second Avenue.”
She was also nominated for an Emmy Award for her roles in “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” and the television series “Disengagement,” based on the film. Other notable films include “Private Benjamin,” the TV series “Double Trouble” and “Suddenly Susan.”