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Carrie Nye
Nye inMary, Mary (1961)
Born	Carolyn Nye McGeoy (1936-10-14)October 14, 1936 Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	July 14, 2006(2006-07-14) (aged 69) New York City, U.S.
Education	Stephens College Yale University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1955–1987
Spouse	Dick Cavett ​ (m. 1964)​

Carolyn Nye McGeoy (October 14, 1936 – July 14, 2006), known professionally asCarrie Nye, was an American actress. In her career spanning 32 years, she was nominated for aTony Award in 1965, aPrimetime Emmy Award in 1980, and aDrama Desk Award in 1981.

Nye was born Carolyn Nye McGeoy^[1] inGreenwood, Mississippi, the only child of Frank Rice McGeoy, president of a local bank, and Emma Evelyn (Reddett) McGeoy.^{[citation needed]}

She attendedStephens College in Columbia, Missouri, then attended theYale School of Drama,^[1] graduating in 1959. She metDick Cavett at Yale. They married in 1964.^[2]

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Most of Nye's work was on the stage. She joined theWilliamstown Theatre Festival in 1955 and portrayed a number of roles at the festival through the 1960s and 1970s. Among her credits were the leads inThe Skin of Our Teeth andA Streetcar Named Desire. She was in theAmerican Shakespeare Festival that performedTroilus and Cressida at theWhite House during theKennedy administration.

She made her debut onBroadway in 1960 inA Second String. The following year she portrayed Tiffany Richards in the original cast ofMary, Mary. She received aTony Award nomination in 1965 for her portrayal of Helen Walsingham inHalf a Sixpence. She appeared in two more productions on Broadway during the 1960s,A Very Rich Woman (1965) andCop-Out (1969).

Nye made her feature film debut inThe Group (1966), the film adaptation ofMary McCarthy's novel. Other film appearances includedThe Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979), the classic horror filmCreepshow (1982),Too Scared to Scream (1985), and theShelley Long comedyHello Again (1987).

Nye was featured in a number of television movies during the 1970s, includingScreaming Skull (1973) andThe Users (1978). She also acted in the television movieDivorce His, Divorce Hers (1973), which starredElizabeth Taylor andRichard Burton. Nye wrote a humorous essay that year published inTime about the experience.^[3] In 1978, Nye was a semi-regular panelist on thePBS quiz showWe Interrupt This Week. She received aPrimetime Emmy Award nomination in 1980 for her portrayal ofTallulah Bankhead in the television filmThe Scarlett O'Hara War. That same year she returned to Broadway to perform the role of Lorraine Sheldon in a revival ofThe Man Who Came to Dinner. She was nominated for aDrama Desk Award for her performance.

In 1984, Nye was cast on the daytime soap operaGuiding Light as Susan Piper, an unscrupulous real estate agent going to great lengths, including murder, trying to reclaim a cottage that harbors a deep secret. Her portrayal of the villainous character proved popular for some time, culminating in a location shoot in Barbados, ending with a memorable death scene where she fell into quicksand.

When Nye's friendEllen Weston became head writer ofGuiding Light in 2003, she created another character for Nye, the mysterious Caroline Carruthers. Despite acclaim for Nye's performance, this storyline was unpopular, changing history for several of the show's core characters (whom she had crossed paths with in her first stint) and Nye's character was written off after six months.

Nye was married toDick Cavett, from June 4, 1964, until her death. They met at Yale and had no children. Nye and Cavett boughtTick Hall, a house inMontauk,New York, designed byStanford White. It burned down in 1997, but with the assistance of architects and preservationists, she and Cavett built an exact replica of the house. Their accomplishment became the subject of a documentary filmFrom the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall (2003).^[2]

Nye died oflung cancer on July 14, 2006, aged 69, at home in Manhattan.^[2]

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