Nancy Dow
Nancy Dow | |
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 Publicity Photo of Nancy Dow | |
| Born | Nancy Maryanne Dow July 22, 1936 |
| Died | May 27, 2016(aged 79) |
| Other names | Nancy Aniston |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1966–2004 |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2, includingJennifer Aniston |
Nancy Maryanne Dow[citation needed](July 22, 1936 – May 27, 2016) was an American television and film actress. She was married to actorJohn Anistonand was the mother of actressJennifer Aniston.[2]
Early life
[edit]Dow was born inWest Hartford, Connecticut,one of six daughters of Louise (néeGrieco) and Gordon McLean Dow. Her maternal grandfather, Louis Grieco, was an Italian immigrant;[3]her other ancestry included English, Scottish and Irish.[4]Dow had five sisters: Linda, Martha, Sally, Joan, and Jean.[citation needed]
Career
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Dow was an actress, a model, and an author. She acted in a few television shows, includingThe Beverly Hillbillies,in which she played Athena in one episode.[5][6]
Personal life
[edit]Dow was also married toJohn T. "Jack" Melick Jr.,a pianist/bandleader who was based in Dallas from 1956 to 1961.[7]The couple had one son, John T. Melick III (b. 1959),[7]an assistant director and second-unit director.
Dow and her daughter Jennifer were estranged for six years, partially because Dow wrote a book about their relationship, entitledFrom Mother and Daughter to Friends: A Memoir(1999).[8]In 2005, after Aniston's divorce fromBrad Pitt,she and her mother reportedly reconciled. Aniston described the gradual progress of her new relationship with her mother: "It's been really nice. It's crazy what, you know, your life kind of being turned upside down will lead you to.... For us it's... It was the time and it was going to happen when it was supposed to happen. So this is good. It's baby steps."[9]
Health and death
[edit]In 2011 and 2012, Dow had severalstrokeswhich affected her ability to speak and walk. On the morning of May 25, 2016, she was taken by ambulance from her home inToluca Lake, Los Angeles.She died two days later at 79 years old.[10]
Filmography
[edit]- The Beverly Hillbillies(1966) (TV series) – Athena
- The Wild Wild West(1967) (TV series) – Tersa
- The Ice House(1969) – Jan Wilson
- Pure(2004) – Lynne
References
[edit]- ^"FamilySearch.org".
- ^"Jennifer Aniston's Mother Nancy Dow Dies at Age 79".E! Online.May 26, 2016.
- ^Aniston, Nancy (September 1, 1999). "Chapter 2: Switching Focus".From Mother and Daughter to Friends: A Memoir(1st ed.). Amherst, New York:Prometheus Books.p. 32.ISBN1573927724.
My maternal grandfather, Louis Grieco, was a hardworking Italian immigrant who came from Melitto, Italy, around the turn of the century.
- ^Stated onInside the Actors Studio,can be viewed athttp:// tudou /programs/view/arFg6tAWzbY/
- ^"Nancy Dow".Television Academy.RetrievedNovember 14,2022.
- ^"All About Jennifer Aniston's Parents, John Aniston and Nancy Dow".People.RetrievedNovember 14,2022.
- ^abInterview with John T. Melick, Jr, June 2011
- ^"Not even friends",fact.on.ca; accessed May 27, 2016.
- ^Jennifer Aniston finds peace after Brad,abcnews.go; accessed May 27, 2016.
- ^Jennifer Aniston's Mother Nancy Dow Has Died: She 'Passed Peacefully Surrounded by Family and Friends,' Says Actress,People. May 25, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Jennifer Aniston
- 1936 births
- 2016 deaths
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Actresses from Connecticut
- American film actresses
- American people of English descent
- American people of Irish descent
- American people of Italian descent
- American people of Scottish descent
- American television actresses
- People from West Hartford, Connecticut