“It is with profound grief that we confirm the passing of Katherine Hartley Short,” a rep for Short said in a statement. “The Short family is devastated by this loss and asks for privacy at this time. Katherine was beloved by all and will be remembered for the light and joy she brought into the world.”

Law enforcement sources told TMZ that she died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  The LAPD responding to her Hollywood Hills home shortly after 6:40 p.m. on Monday.

Survivors include her younger brothers, Henry and Oliver.

Born on Dec. 3, 1983, Katherine Short received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and gender sexuality studies from NYU in 2006 and her master’s in social work from USC in 2010.

She later worked at UCLA’s Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital and for the dual-diagnosis outpatient program Camden Center.

She was involved in a charity called Bring Change 2 Mind, which aims to “empower young people to build connected, empathetic and supportive school communities where conversations about mental health are welcome and stigma-free.”

Short and Dolman first met in 1972 when they worked together on a production of Godspell, and they married in 1980. Dolman died in August 2010 after a battle with ovarian cancer, after which Short told The Guardian: “It’s been a tough two years for my children. This is the thing of life that we live in denial about, that it will ever happen to us or our loved ones, and when it does you gain a little and you suffer a little. There’s no big surprise.”