'Dreamgirls' and 'Transformers' Actress Esther Scott Dies at 66 After Heart Attack

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Actress Esther Scott died after suffering a heart attack, PEOPLE confirms. She was 66.

Along with movie roles inEncino Man,Austin Powers in Goldmember andThe Craft, Scott played next-door neighbor Delma Warner on four seasons of The CW’sHart of Dixieand Gladys on the short-lived seriesThe Geena Davis Show. She also appeared inThe Help,Melrose PlaceandSister, Sister.

“She loved the work she did,” a family representative tells PEOPLE. “She loved her fans. She was always humbled and honored when her fans acknowledged and recognized her. She’ll be missed.”

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The late actress got her start in Hollywood in the mid-1980s when she lent her voice to theStar Wars: Ewoksseries and made one of her last onscreen appearances in 2016’sThe Birth of a Nation,in which she played the grandmother of slave rebellion leader Nat Turner.

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“I prayed to Nana Bridget that I presented her in a way that would honor who she was,”Scott said of herBirth of a Nationrole. “Bridget encouraged his [Turner’s] spirituality, his faith.”

source: people.com