Nancy Marchand

Nancy Marchand was born on Jun 19, 1928 in USA. Nancy Marchand's big-screen debut came with Kraft Theatre - Season 5 directed by William A. Graham in 1951. Nancy Marchand is known for The Sopranos directed by Timothy Van Patten, James Gandolfini stars as Tony Soprano and Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano. Nancy Marchand has got 6 awards and 8 nominations so far. The most recent award Nancy Marchand achieved is Golden Globes, USA. The upcoming new tvshow Nancy Marchand plays is The Sopranos - Season 1 which will be released on Jan 10, 1999.

Nancy Marchand's mother, a pianist, sent her shy daughter to acting classes in hopes of breaking her out of her shell. As a student at Carnegie Tech (Carnegie Mellon University), she studied the works of William Shakespeare and the other great playwrights and, upon graduation, set off for New York City. She received acclaim in the part of the tavern hostess in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" at the City Center in 1951. Her list of theater works include "The Cocktail Hour" and "The Balcony" (an Obie for both), "White Lies and Black Comedy" (Tony nominations for both), "The Octette Bridge Club" and "Morning's at Seven". She worked at many of the great theaters in the United States, including the Brattle Theatre, Long Wharf, Lincoln Center Repertory Company and the Goodman Theatre. During her illustrious theater career, she won the role of Mrs. Pynchon in the TV series Lou Grant (1977) with Ed Asner, for which she won four Emmys. Her last accolade was her role as Livia Soprano in HBO's Les Soprano (1999), for which she won a Golden Globe.