Barbara Barrie, the actor nominated for an Academy Award for her role in the 1979 film "Breaking Away," has died at 95. The Los Angeles Times, TheWrap and Fox News report she died on Wednesday at her home in Manhattan.

Her death followed a terminal cancer diagnosis and was medically assisted, her daughter, Jane Harnick, said, according to The New York Times as cited by all three outlets. The Los Angeles Times reports Barrie's representatives said she supported New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act, which took effect on August 5.

Barrie was born Barbara Berman in Chicago in 1931. Her family moved to Corpus Christi, Texas, and she studied drama at the University of Texas. She made her Broadway debut in 1955 in "The Wooden Dish."

She earned a Tony nomination for the original 1970 cast of Stephen Sondheim's musical "Company." Her last Broadway role was in 2017, in "Significant Other," the Los Angeles Times reports.

Her first major film role came in 1964 in "One Potato, Two Potato," playing a white woman who falls in love with a Black man. TheWrap and Fox News report the role won her the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival.

In "Breaking Away," she played the mother of an Indiana teenager. She earned an Emmy nomination when she played the role again in a TV series. She also played the wife of the title detective on "Barney Miller," Goldie Hawn's mother in "Private Benjamin," and Brooke Shields' grandmother on "Suddenly Susan."

After a rectal cancer diagnosis in 1994, Barrie wrote memoirs to help remove the stigma around the illness. Her husband, Jay Harnick, died in 2007. She is survived by her children, Jane and Aaron.

What we know: Barbara Barrie died on Wednesday at 95 after a terminal cancer diagnosis.
What we don't: Details of any memorial plans.