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Carol Sutton, Steel Magnolias and Queen Sugar actress, dies at 76 from COVID-19 complications


Carol Sutton, Steel Magnolias and Queen Sugar actress, dies at 76 from COVID-19 complications
Sat Dec 12, 2020 at 6:58pm ET
Actress Carol Sutton has passed away at the age of 76. Pic credit: ©ImageCollect.com/Admedia
Actress Carol Sutton, best known for her roles in Steel Magnolias and Queen Sugar, passed away Thursday night at 76.
New Orleans theater producer and director Tommye Myrick, confirmed Sutton’s death, according to Deadline.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans confirmed Sutton’s death in a statement released on Friday.
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“Carol Sutton was practically the Queen of New Orleans theater, having graced the stages across the city for decades,” Mayor Cantrell wrote. “The world may recognize her from her performances in movies and on TV… but we will always remember her commanding stage presence, her richly portrayed characters and the warm heart she shared with her fellow cast and crew…” ....

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Carol Sutton, 'mesmerizing' New Orleans actress for half century, dies at 76


She died of complications of coronavirus infection, said Tommye Myrick, a friend and local theater director.
“Among actors in New Orleans, there was Carol Sutton - and there was everybody else,” said David Cuthbert, a retired Times-Picayune critic. “She opened her mouth, and out came truth. Wherever she was on stage, that was center stage.”
After making her acting debut in the late 1960s in Dashiki Project Theatre productions, Sutton appeared on stages around the city in productions such as “The Last Madam,” “Native Tongues” and “A Raisin in the Sun.” She moved to television in 1974 with “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” and went on to roles in such movies as “Monster’s Ball,” “Ray,” “Steel Magnolias” and “The Help,” and in the television series “Tremé,” “True Detective” and “Lovecraft Country.” ....

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