- Carrie Snodgress
Infobox actor
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name = Carrie Snodgress
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birthname = Caroline Snodgress
birthdate = birth date|1946|10|27|mf=y
location =Barrington, Illinois ,United States
deathdate = death date and age|2004|04|01|1946|11|27|mf=y
deathplace =Los Angeles, California ,United States
goldenglobeawards = Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1970 "Diary of a Mad Housewife "
Most Promising Newcomer - Female
1970 "Diary of a Mad Housewife"Caroline "Carrie" Snodgress (
October 27 ,1946 -April 1 ,2004 ) was aGolden Globe Award -winning,Academy Award -nominated American actress.Biography
Snodgress was born in Park Ridge,
Illinois . (Two other sources citeChicago andBarrington, Illinois as her birthplace.) She attendedNorthern Illinois University before leaving to pursue acting. Snodgress trained for the stage at theGoodman Theatre , in Chicago. After a number of minor TV appearances, her film debut was an uncredited appearance in "Easy Rider " in 1969 and a credited appearance in 1970 in "Rabbit, Run " oppositeJames Caan .Her next film, "
Diary of a Mad Housewife " (1970), garnered her a nomination forAcademy Award for Best Actress and twoGolden Globe wins, as Best Actress in a Comedy or a Musical (an odd category, given the dramatic nature of the film) and New Star Of The Year - Actress. She left acting soon after in order to live withrock music ianNeil Young and care for their son Zeke, who was born withcerebral palsy , but returned in 1978 in "The Fury". She and Neil Young split up about 1975. According to Sylvester Stallone, "The first choice for Adrian (in the movie "Rocky ") was a girl named Carrie Snodgress, who I wanted badly because, at the time, I wanted Adrian’s family to be Irish andHarvey Keitel would be the brother. She said there wasn’t enough money in it (we were getting paid $360 before taxes), so I said “I’ll give you my share, I truly want you.” She passed to do a part in "Buffalo Bill and the Indians ", which never happened for her." 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."Later she and film score composer
Jack Nitzsche became lovers. The relationship ended in his arrest for a violent assault on her in 1979.Her Broadway debut came in 1981 with "A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking". She also appeared in "All the Way Home", "Oh! What a Lovely War", "Caesar and Cleopatra", "Tartuffe", "The Balcony", "The Boor", all at the Goodman Theatre (Chicago, Illinois); and "Curse of the Starving Class" at the Tiffany Theatre (
Los Angeles ).Other films include "Murphy's Law", "White Man's Burden", "
Pale Rider ", and "Blue Sky".Death
She was hospitalized awaiting a
liver transplant when she died suddenly at age 57 of heart and liver failure inLos Angeles, California .Filmography
* "
Easy Rider " (1969)
* "Diary of a Mad Housewife " (1970)
* "Rabbit, Run" (1970)
* "The Fury" (1978)
* "Love's Dark Ride" (1978)
* "The Attic" (1980)
* "Homework" (1982)
* "Trick or Treats" (1982)
* "A Night in Heaven " (1983)
* "Pale Rider " (1985)
* "Murphy's Law" (1986)
* "L.A. Bad" (1986)
* "Blueberry Hill" (1988)
* "Chill Factor" (1990)
* "Across the Tracks " (1991)
* "The Ballad of Little Jo " (1993)
* "8 Seconds " (1994)
* "Blue Sky" (1994)
* "White Man's Burden" (1995)
* "Stranger in the Kingdom" (1998)
* "Wild Things " (1998)
* "In the Light of the Moon " (2000)
* "Bartleby" (2001)
* "The Forsaken" (2001)Television
* "
Judd for the Defense " (1 episode, 1969)
* "The Virginian" (1 episode, 1969)
* "The Outsider" (1 episode, 1969)
* "The Whole World Is Watching" (1969)
* "Marcus Welby, M.D. " (1 episode, 1969)
* "Silent Night, Lonely Night" (1969)
* "The Forty-Eight Hour Mile" (1970)
* "Medical Center" (1 episode, 1970)
* "The Impatient Heart" (1971)
* "Fast Friends" (1979)
* "The Solitary Man" (1979)
* "Quincy, M.E. " (1 episode, 1982)
* "ABC Afterschool Special" (1 episode, 1983)
* "Nadia" (1984)
* "Highway to Heaven " (1 episode, 1984)
* "A Reason to Live" (1985)
* "" (1 episode, 1988)
* "Crossbow" (1 episode, 1988)
* "In the Heat of the Night" (1 episode, 1989)
* "The Rose and the Jackal" (1990)
* "Shades of L.A." (1 episode, 1990)
* "Equal Justice" (1 episode, 1991)
* "Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis" (1991)
* "Woman with a Past" (1992)
* "Civil Wars" (1 episode, 1992)
* "Reasonable Doubts " (1 episode, 1992)
* "The X-Files " (1 episode, 1993)
* "Murder, She Wrote " (2 episodes, 1986-1993)
* "Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story" (1994)
* "Phantom 2040 " (Voice, 6 episodes, 1994-1995)
* "Chicago Hope " (1 episode, 1995)
* "Sisters" (1 episode, 1995)
* "Death Benefit" (1996)
* "All She Ever Wanted" (1996)
* "ER" (1 episode, 1998)
* "Touched by an Angel " (1 episode, 1998)
* "Judging Amy " (1 episode, 2002)
* "The West Wing " (1 episode, 2003)
* "Iron Jawed Angels" (2004)References
* [http://www.thrasherswheat.org/friends/snodgress.htm Carrie Snodgress and Neil Young]
*"Carrie Snodgress." Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Volume 33. Gale Group, 2001. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2006. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRCExternal links
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NAME= Snodgress, Carrie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Snodgress, Caroline
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actress
DATE OF BIRTH=October 27 ,1946
PLACE OF BIRTH=Barrington, Illinois ,United States
DATE OF DEATH=April 1 ,2004
PLACE OF DEATH=Los Angeles, California ,United States
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