Celeste Holm, center, appears in 1950's "All About Eve" with Garry Merrill, from left, Bette Davis, and Hugh Marlow.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: Holm "passed peacefully" with husband, friends, family nearby, her niece says
- Holm won the best supporting actress Oscar for "Gentleman's Agreement" in 1947
- Funeral arrangements were not immediately available
(CNN) -- Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm died at her home in New York on Sunday at the age of 95, her niece, Amy Phillips, confirmed.
Holm, a star of the Broadway stage and movies, was admitted to New York's Roosevelt Hospital a week ago, but her husband took her home to her Manhattan home on Friday, Phillips said.
"She passed peacefully in her home in her own bed with her husband and friends and family nearby," she said.
Holm won the best supporting actress Academy Award for "Gentleman's Agreement" in 1947. She was nominated for the same honor in 1949 for "Come to the Stable" and 1950 for "All about Eve," according to the Academy database.
Funeral arrangements were not immediately available.
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