Carrie Snodgress
Carrie Snodgress | |
---|---|
![]() Snodgress in 1970 | |
Born | Caroline Louise Snodgress October 27, 1945 Barrington, Illinois,U.S. |
Died | April 1, 2004 Los Angeles,California,U.S. | (aged 58)
Education | Northern Illinois University Art Institute of Chicago |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1969–2004 |
Children | 1 |
Caroline Louise Snodgress(October 27, 1945 – April 1, 2004)[1]was an American actress. She is best remembered for her role in the filmDiary of a Mad Housewife(1970), for which she was nominated for anAcademy Awardand aBAFTA Awardas well as winning twoGolden Globesand twoLaurel Awards.
Life and career[edit]
Born inBarrington, Illinois,Snodgress attendedMaine Township High School EastinPark Ridge,thenNorthern Illinois Universitybefore leaving to pursue acting. She trained for the stage at theGoodman School of Dramaat theArt Institute of Chicago(laterDePaul University). After some minor TV appearances, she made her film debut in an uncredited appearance inEasy Riderin 1969, followed by a credit in 1970 forRabbit, Run.[2]Her next film,Diary of a Mad Housewife(1970), earned her a nomination forAcademy Award for Best Actressand twoGolden Globewins, as Best Actress in a Comedy or a Musical[3]andNew Star of the Year – Actress.[4]
She quit acting soon after to live with musicianNeil Youngand care for their son Zeke, who was born withcerebral palsy.[5]She returned to acting in 1978 inThe Fury.[6]
According toSylvester Stallone,Snodgress was the first actress considered for the role ofAdrianinRocky.However, Snodgress declined the part because it was not well-paid.[7]RockydirectorJohn G. Avildsencast Snodgress in two of his later films:A Night in Heavenand8 Seconds.
Neil Young's song "A Man Needs a Maid"was inspired by Snodgress, featuring the lyric" I fell in love with the actress / she was playing a part that I could understand. "[8]She also inspired the songs "Heart of Gold","Harvest"and"Out on the Weekend"from Young's albumHarvest,[9]as well as "Motion Pictures" from the 1974 albumOn the Beach.She and Young split in 1974, and his song "Already One", which later appeared on his 1978 albumComes a Time,bookends their relationship. Later she and musician and film score composerJack Nitzschebecame lovers. Nitzsche had previously worked with Young on several albums. In 1979, Nitzsche was charged with threatening to kill her after he barged into her home and beat her with a handgun. He pleaded guilty to threatening her, was fined, and placed on three years' probation.[10][11]
She made heroff-Broadwaydebut in 1981 as a replacement inJohn Ford Noonan'sA Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking.She also appeared inAll the Way Home,Oh! What a Lovely War!,Caesar and Cleopatra,Tartuffe,The BalconyandThe Boor(all at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago); andCurse of the Starving Classat the Tiffany Theatre (in Los Angeles). Other films includeMurphy's Law,White Man's Burden,Pale RiderandBlue Sky.She also worked extensively in television.[12]
In her final film,Katja von Garnier'sIron Jawed Angels(2004) about thewomen's suffrage movementduring the 1910s, Snodgress portrayed the mother ofAlice Paul,played byHilary Swank.[10]
Death[edit]
While waiting for aliver transplant,Snodgress was hospitalized in Los Angeles, where she died ofheart failureon April 1, 2004, at age 58.[10][13]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Television[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1969 | Judd, for the Defense | Eileen | Episode: "The Crystal Maze" |
1969 | The Virginian | Josephine Delphinia | Episode: "Crime Wave in Buffalo Springs" |
1969 | The Outsider | Janet / Diane | Episode: "The Flip Side" |
1969 | The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | Megan Baker | Episode: "The Whole World is Watching" |
1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Laura | Episode: "The White Cane" |
1969 | Silent Night, Lonely Night | Janet | TV movie |
1970 | Medical Center | Mim Hoagley | Episode: "The Deceived" |
1970 | The Forty-Eight Hour Mile | Janet / Diane | TV movie |
1971 | The Impatient Heart | Grace McCormack | TV movie |
1978 | Love's Dark Ride | Nancy Warren | TV movie |
1979 | Fast Friends | Diana Hayward | TV movie |
1979 | The Solitary Man | Sharon Keyes | TV movie |
1982 | Quincy M.E. | Mrs. Vicki McGuire | Episode: "The Face of Fear" |
1983 | ABC Afterschool Special | Mrs. Cranston | Episode: "Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy" |
1984 | Nadia | Stefania Comaneci | TV movie |
1984 | Highway to Heaven | Evelyn Nealy | Episode: "To Touch the Moon" |
1985 | A Reason to Live | Isobel Bennett | TV movie |
1986 | Murder, She Wrote | Connie Vernon | Episode: "If a Body Meet a Body" |
1988 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Dr. Viola Rhodes | Episode: "Brain Drain" |
1988 | Crossbow | Lady Montal | Episode: "Ladyship" |
1989 | In the Heat of the Night | Mrs. Kroller | Episode: "Crackdown" |
1990 | The Rose and the Jackal | Joan Pinkerton | TV movie |
1990 | Shades of LA | Lt. Armacost | Episode: "Pointers from Paz" |
1991 | Equal Justice | Marla Prentiss | Episode: "Courting Disaster" |
1991 | Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis | Louise McVay | TV movie |
1992 | Woman with a Past | Mama | TV movie |
1992 | Civil Wars | Mary Esquavil | Episode: "Drone of Arc" |
1992 | Reasonable Doubts | Christine Anderson | Episode: "Try to Be Nice, What Does It Get You?" |
1993 | The X-Files | Darlene Morris | Episode: "Conduit" |
1993 | Murder, She Wrote | Irene Macinoy | Episode: "Love & Hate in Cabot Cove" |
1994 | Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story | Mrs. Byrd | TV movie |
1994–1995 | Phantom 2040 | Heloise Walker | Voice, Recurring role |
1995 | Chicago Hope | Mrs. Weber | Episode: "Every Day a Little Death" |
1995 | Sisters | Betty Merrill | Episode: "For Everything a Season: Part 2" |
1996 | Death Benefit | Virginia McGinnis | TV movie |
1996 | All She Ever Wanted | Alma Winchester | TV movie |
1998 | ER | Mrs. Lang | Episode: "A Hole in the Heart" |
1998 | Touched by an Angel | Judy Bowers | Episode: "Miles to Go Before I Sleep" |
2002 | Judging Amy | Dr. Larabie | Episode: "People of the Lie" |
2003 | The West Wing | Mrs. Martha Rowe | Episode: "Red Haven's on Fire" |
2004 | Iron Jawed Angels | Mrs. Paul | TV movie |
References[edit]
- ^"Carrie Snodgress Biography".Turner Classic Movies.Archived from the original on May 29, 2022.RetrievedMay 28,2022.
{{cite web}}
:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^Browning, Norma Lee (January 4, 1970)."Miss Snodgress arrives in Hollywood and everyone decides the name's gotta go".Chicago Tribune.p. 3, section 10.
- ^"Winners & Nominees Actress In A Leading Role – Musical Or Comedy (1971)".GoldenGlobes.com.Golden Globe Awards.Archived fromthe originalon December 31, 2018.RetrievedDecember 30,2018.
- ^"Winners & Nominees: New Star Of The Year – Actress (1971)".GoldenGlobes.com.Golden Globe Awards.Archived fromthe originalon July 27, 2020.RetrievedDecember 30,2018.
- ^Carr, David (September 19, 2012)."Neil Young Comes Clean".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedJuly 1,2020.
- ^Oliver, Myrna (April 10, 2004)."Carrie Snodgress, 57; Best Actress Nominee".Los Angeles Times.
- ^"Rocky: Every Actress Considered for Adrian".Screen Rant.July 3, 2021.
- ^Graff, Gary;Durchholz, Daniel (2010).Neil Young: Long May You Run: The Illustrated History.Voyageur Press.p. 65.ISBN978-0760336472.
- ^Neil Young (February 1, 2022).Neil Young Radio.Sirius XM.
- ^abc"Carrie Snodgress, 57, Dies; Starred as 'Mad Housewife'".The New York Times.April 10, 2004.
- ^[dead link]"Carrie: It wasn't real rape".The Miami News.Associated Press. October 23, 1979. p. 6A.RetrievedOctober 1,2015– via Google News.[permanent dead link]
- ^"Carrie Snodgress (movie and TV credits)".TV Guide.RetrievedDecember 30,2018.
- ^Oliver, Myrna (April 10, 2004)."Carrie Snodgress, 57; Best Actress Nominee".Los Angeles Times.Archivedfrom the original on March 12, 2017.RetrievedMarch 3,2019.
External links[edit]
- 1945 births
- 2004 deaths
- American film actresses
- American television actresses
- Best Musical or Comedy Actress Golden Globe (film) winners
- New Star of the Year (Actress) Golden Globe winners
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Actresses from Illinois
- People from Barrington, Illinois