Carrie Snodgress | |
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.jpg) Snodgress in 1970 | |
| Born | Caroline Louise Snodgress (1945-10-27)October 27, 1945 Barrington, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | April 1, 2004(2004-04-01) (aged 58) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | Art Institute of Chicago (MA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1969–2004 |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Jones (m. 1981; div. ?) |
| Partner(s) | Neil Young (1970–1975) |
| 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 Award and aBAFTA Award as well as winning twoGolden Globes and twoLaurel Awards.
Born inBarrington, Illinois, Snodgress attendedMaine Township High School East inPark Ridge, thenNorthern Illinois University before leaving to pursue acting. She trained for the stage at theGoodman School of Drama at theArt Institute of Chicago (laterDePaul University), graduating with amaster's degree[2] and earning theSarah Siddons award as an outstanding graduate.[3] After some minor TV appearances, she made her film debut in an uncredited appearance inEasy Rider in 1969, followed by a credit in 1970 forRabbit, Run.[4][dead link] Her next film,Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970), earned her a nomination forAcademy Award for Best Actress and twoGolden Globe wins, as Best Actress in a Comedy or a Musical[5] andNew Star of the Year – Actress.[6]
She quit acting soon after and, in 1970, lived with musicianNeil Young and their son Zeke, who was born withcerebral palsy.[7][8] She returned to acting in 1978 inThe Fury.[9]
According toSylvester Stallone, Snodgress was the first actress considered for the role ofAdrian inRocky. However, Snodgress declined the part because it was not well-paid.[10]Rocky directorJohn G. Avildsen cast Snodgress in two of his later films:A Night in Heaven and8 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."[11] She also inspired the songs "Heart of Gold", "Harvest" and "Out on the Weekend" from Young's albumHarvest,[12] as well as "Motion Pictures" from the 1974 albumOn the Beach. She and Young split in 1975,[13] 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 Nitzsche became 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.[14][15]
Snodgress made heroff-Broadway debut in 1981 as a replacement inJohn Ford Noonan'sA Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking. That year she married painter Robert Jones, but they separated within a few years.[3] She appeared inAll the Way Home,Oh! What a Lovely War!,Caesar and Cleopatra,Tartuffe,The Balcony andThe Boor (all at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago); andCurse of the Starving Class at the Tiffany Theatre (in Los Angeles). Other films includeMurphy's Law,White Man's Burden,Pale Rider andBlue Sky. She also worked extensively in television.[16]
In her final film,Katja von Garnier'sIron Jawed Angels (2004) about thewomen's suffrage movement during the 1910s, Snodgress portrayed the mother ofAlice Paul, played byHilary Swank.[14]
While waiting for aliver transplant, Snodgress was hospitalized in Los Angeles, where she died ofheart failure on April 1, 2004, at age 58.[14][17]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 |
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