NEW YORK -- A Western Michigan University graduate who made a name for herself on Broadway has died at age 57, according to a New York Times report.

Mazzie died of ovarian cancer, her husband told the newspaper. She was diagnosed with cancer in 2015.

Mazzie, who lived in the Kalamazoo area at one point, graduated from WMU in 1982. She interned at the Barn Theatre in Augusta.

Some of her most notable roles on stage have included Clara in "Passion," in 1994, Mother in "Ragtime" in 1998, Lilli/Kate in the revival of "Kiss Me Kate" in 1999, and Helen Sinclair in "Bullets Over Broadway" in 2014.

Mazzie was a three-time Tony nominee.

After her diagnosis in 2015, she underwent surgery for removal of her ovaries and a hysterectomy, and also had chemotherapy.