Los Angeles, Feb. 27 -- Actor Lynda Gravatt, who had her theatrical debuts in shows including 'Doubt,' '45 Seconds From Broadway,' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' 'The Old Settler,' and 'Intimate Apparel,' has passed away.

She was 76.

David Gravatt, Lynda's son, told The Hollywood Reporter that his mother passed away on Friday at a New Brunswick, New Jersey, hospital.

Gravatt, a founding member of Robert Alexander's Living Stage at the renowned Arena Stage company in Washington, won a Theatre World award in 1999 for her performance as 1940s Harlem resident Quilly McGrath in 'The Old Settler' and an AUDELCO award in 2004 for her role as the bossy landlady Dickson in 'Intimate Apparel.'

In 2001, she stood in for Leslie Uggams as Ruby in August...