( CNN ) -- Actress Elaine Stritch , known for her brash persona , gravelly voice and versatility over seven decades on Broadway , died Thursday , longtime friend Julie Keyes told CNN . She was 89 . Stritch died at her Birmingham , Michigan , home early Thursday , surrounded by family , Keyes said . Funeral arrangements have not been made , but Stritch will be buried next to her husband , John Bay , in Chicago next week , Keyes said . The marquees of Broadway theaters will be dimmed for one minute in Stritch 's memory at 7:45 p.m. Friday , the Broadway League said . `` Elaine Stritch 's big personality was matched by her big talent , '' Broadway League Executive Director Charlotte St. Martin said . `` Collaborating with some of Broadway 's greatest playwrights and composers throughout her lengthy career , her signature numbers and singular style created a memorable legacy . '' New York City named Stritch one of its Living Landmarks in 2003 . Just 17 when she moved to New York to study acting , Stritch made her Broadway debut in 1946 . She was nominated for five Tony Awards and eight primetime Emmys over her long career . She did not win a Tony until her autobiographical one-woman show -- `` Elaine Stritch at Liberty '' -- won the 2002 special theatrical event Tony . Her 2002 performance also won an Emmy after it was made into an HBO show . Stritch was awarded two other acting Emmys , including one for a guest star role on `` Law & Order '' and one for playing Alec Baldwin 's mother on `` 30 Rock . '' Stritch was born in Detroit in 1925 but moved to New York City to study acting when she was 17 . Her Broadway debut came in `` Loco , '' a comedy that ran for just a month in October 1946 . Her first musical role on Broadway came a year later in `` Angel in the Wings . '' `` The Ladies Who Lunch , '' from Stephen Sondheim 's `` Company , '' became her signature song when she sang it on Broadway in 1971 . The performance earned her a Tony actress nomination . Her other Tony nominations came from `` Bus Stop '' in 1956 and `` Sail Away '' in 1962 . People we 've lost in 2014 . CNN 's Jane Caffrey contributed to this report .
NEW : Elaine Stritch will be buried next to her husband in Manhattan . NY : Broadway to shine lights in Elaine 's honor Friday night . Her autobiographical one - woman show ` ` Elaine Stritch at Liberty '' won a Tony and Emmy . Stritch made her Broadway debut in 1946 .