When Kate Spade died in June, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel team made sure that the series’ star Rachel Brosnahan — the designer’s niece — had time to grieve.
At the Amazon Prime Video Post Emmy Awards Party, Alex Borstein, Brosnahan’s costar, opened up to PEOPLE exclusively about the challenging days following Spade’s death.
“We kind of shut down production for a little bit so she could go and be with her family,” Borstein, 47, said.
She added, “We all reached out to her in different ways.”
Spade died by suicide at age 55. In June, Brosnahan, 27, paid tribute to her aunt by sharing a video of Spade dancing with husband Andy Spade in front of a mariachi band.
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“Knowing Katy, this is how she would want to be remembered,” Brosnahan wrote. “She had a light that words can’t capture but touched everyone she came into contact with. She was exceedingly kind, beautifully sensitive, insanely talented, funny as heck and one of the most generous people I have ever known. She was effervescent.”
Brosnahan concluded, “Hug your loved ones extra tight today.”
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Borstein, who took home the Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy, also praised Brosnahan, who won her own trophy on Monday night for outstanding lead actress in a comedy.
“She’s amazing,” Borstein told PEOPLE. “She’s generous, she’s lovely, she’s thoughtful and she’s an extremely hard worker. Everyone on the show, there’s no whiners, and there’s no one that shows up unprepared. Everyone is just a pro from the get-go, so it’s really nice, really rare.”
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On Monday, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel nabbed the award for outstanding comedy series in addition to outstanding directing and outstanding writing wins for creator Amy Sherman-Palladino.
Borstein said of the cast, “I think we all genuinely actually like each other.”
If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), text “help” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 or go to suicidepreventionlifeline.org.
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