Actress Carole D’Andrea, best known for her turn on stage and on the silver screen in West Side Story, has died. She was 87.

The actress’ death was announced on social media by her three daughters. “We are writing to let you know that our beloved mother passed away peacefully at home this past Tuesday, March 11th due to heart failure,” her daughters Andrea, Robin, and Hilary, wrote in a shared statement.

“It was a privilege to be by her side as she passed, and to witness in these last few weeks the grace and courage in which she carried herself as she prepared to, as our Godfather put it, ‘exit stage left,’” they wrote. “She also died on her 44th AA sobriety anniversary, which she said was ‘the day that I changed my life.’ She told us many times in her last few days what a quality life she led as a mother, grandmother, performer, and teacher.”

D’Andrea is best known for starring in the 1961 adaptation of West Side Story. According to IMDb, D’Andrea was one of six actors who were cast in both the original Broadway show and the film. She played Velma, one of the Jet girls.

The other six actors were Tony Mordente, Jay Norman, Tommy Abbott, William Bramley, and David Winters. Mordente died in June 2024, just months after his wife and their West Side Story co-star Chita Rivera.

D’Andrea also appeared in the 1985 documentary That’s Dancing!, which captured the history of dance.

She was married to Tony winning actor and Mad Men star Robert Morse, with whom she shares her three daughters. According to The Hollywood Reporter, D’Andrea quit acting to focus on raising her daughters.

The actress later turned to teaching acting classes, which she began doing at Carnegie Hall in New York City and continued through the Covid-19 pandemic till the week before her death, per THR.

D’Andrea is survive by her three daughters and her grandchildren.