The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel actor Wenne Alton Davis has died after being hit by a car. She was 60.
Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that the actor was killed in an accident in New York City on Monday night. Davis was out to dinner with friends, and was walking to the train station when a motorist struck her in Midtown Manhattan. She was rushed to Mount Sinai West Hospital, where she died from her injuries.
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Police did not immediately charge the driver, who remained at the scene after the accident.
“I can only describe Wenne Davis as a bright light,” Davis’ agent Jamie Harris tells EW in a statement. “She had a huge love for New York, for acting, for her colleagues at JFK and, most of all, her family and her circle of friends (which was also huge). She was someone for whom friendliness and kindness were not what she did but more who she was as a person.”
Harris goes on to say that “many of her friends in the past few days … spoke of her generous spirit and love of life,” and that she will be greatly missed “by all who knew and loved her.”
Harris added: “We all agree that she had much more to do in her career as an actor and her life. Literally, no one I’ve spoken to can believe that she’s no longer with us.”
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Davis (born Wendy Davis) appeared on the Prime Video series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in one episode in 2023, playing a police officer opposite Rachel Brosnahan‘s titular lead character. This was Davis’ most recent onscreen role.
She also appeared on TV in episodes of Rescue Me, Girls5eva, New Amsterdam, Blindspot, and American Odyssey. She appeared in the 2014 TV movie The Normal Heart, and the 2011 drama Shame.