Mary Egida Rivera, best known for her role in Spider-Man: No Way Home, has passed away. She was 82.
As per TMZ, the actress died peacefully on April 15, 2026, in Honolulu. A family member told the outlet on August 3 that Mary had a stroke before being placed on life support.
“The relative says doctors told them even if Mary emerged from the coma, her prognosis would not be good, so the family made the difficult decision to remove her from life support,” the publication wrote.
For those unversed, Mary was best known for playing Ned Leeds’ grandmother in Spider-Man: No Way Home. She worked with Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland, Zendaya and Jacob Batalon in the Marvel blockbuster.
A relative further told the publication that “Mary lived a good life and was extremely proud of appearing in the 2021 Marvel blockbuster. “
“Her family encouraged her to audition for the role, which ultimately became one of her proudest accomplishments,” a relative added.
Mary’s daughter, Angie Kelly, recently gave an interview to Hawai’i Public Radio in which she revealed that she encouraged her mother to pursue the role.
“I happened to be on a friend’s Facebook scrolling, and I see an ad, a casting call looking for a local Hawai’i Filipina grandmother between the age of 50 and 90. And immediately I thought, ‘Oh, well, my mom qualifies and checks off all those boxes,'” she recalled.
Angie further shared, “They just asked her to talk about herself and why she wanted to do the role. So she just gave a brief history of her time in the Philippines and what brought her to the United States, and raising her four children and 11 grandchildren – and basically that that is her biggest accomplishment of everything that she’s done.”
“My mom has worn many hats over the years. She was a radio broadcaster, a teacher, but most notable was her role as a mother and grandmother,” added Mary’s daughter.
