NANCY MARCHAND
Name: Nancy Marchand
Born: 19 June 1928 Buffalo, New York, United States
Died: 18 June 2000 Stratford, Connecticut, United States
Nancy Marchand (June 19, 1928 - June 18, 2000) was an American actress. Marchand
had a long career in Broadway and off-Broadway theatre and on television; she
also made some films.
Marchand was perhaps best known for her Emmy Award-nominated role of acerbic
family matriarch Livia Soprano, mother of Tony Soprano, on the HBO series, The
Sopranos. She created the role of Hester Crane, mother of Frasier Crane, on
Cheers, and the role of Clara in the original 1954 live television production of
Marty. She also is remembered for the 1970s series Lou Grant, in which she
starred, opposite Edward Asner, as autocratic newspaper publisher "Mrs. Margaret
Pynchon," a role that earned her four Emmy Awards as Best Supporting Actress in
a Dramatic Series.
Marchand was born in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Marjorie (née Freeman),
a pianist, and Raymond L. Marchand, a physician. A lifelong chain smoker,
Marchand died of emphysema and lung cancer the day before her 72nd birthday in
Stratford, Connecticut, and as a result her character's death was written into
the third season story line of The Sopranos. Her husband of 48 years, actor Paul
Sparer, died of cancer in 1999, not long before her death. She was survived by
her three children and many grandchildren.
Name: Nancy Marchand
Born: 19 June 1928 Buffalo, New York, United States
Died: 18 June 2000 Stratford, Connecticut, United States
Nancy Marchand (June 19, 1928 - June 18, 2000) was an American actress. Marchand
had a long career in Broadway and off-Broadway theatre and on television; she
also made some films.
Marchand was perhaps best known for her Emmy Award-nominated role of acerbic
family matriarch Livia Soprano, mother of Tony Soprano, on the HBO series, The
Sopranos. She created the role of Hester Crane, mother of Frasier Crane, on
Cheers, and the role of Clara in the original 1954 live television production of
Marty. She also is remembered for the 1970s series Lou Grant, in which she
starred, opposite Edward Asner, as autocratic newspaper publisher "Mrs. Margaret
Pynchon," a role that earned her four Emmy Awards as Best Supporting Actress in
a Dramatic Series.
Marchand was born in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Marjorie (née Freeman),
a pianist, and Raymond L. Marchand, a physician. A lifelong chain smoker,
Marchand died of emphysema and lung cancer the day before her 72nd birthday in
Stratford, Connecticut, and as a result her character's death was written into
the third season story line of The Sopranos. Her husband of 48 years, actor Paul
Sparer, died of cancer in 1999, not long before her death. She was survived by
her three children and many grandchildren.