Barbara Rush, who co-starred with Frank Sinatra and Paul Newman, dies aged 97

Barbara Rush has died (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Barbara Rush, a leading actress in the 1950s and 1960s who co-starred with Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman and other top film stars, and later had a thriving TV career, has died aged 97.

Her death was announced by her daughter, Fox News reporter Claudia Cowan, who posted on Instagram that her mother died on Easter Sunday.