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{{short description|American actress (1928–2000)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Nancy Marchand
| image              = Nancy Marchand in Lou Grant (1977).JPG
| caption            = Marchand in ''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]'' (1977)
| birth_name         = Nancy Lou Marchand<ref>{{cite news |title=WNY Girl in Play At Carnegie Tech |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/867196011/?match=1&terms=%22Nancy%20Lou%20Marchand%22 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |work=The Buffalo News |date=April 12, 1947 |page=16}}</ref>
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1928|06|19|mf=y}}<ref name="obituary">{{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Nancy Marchand |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jun/21/guardianobituaries2 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=June 21, 2000}}</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Buffalo, New York]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2000|06|18|1928|06|19|mf=y}}
| death_place        = [[Stratford, Connecticut]], U.S.
| occupation         = Actress
| yearsactive        = 1951–2000
| spouse             = {{Marriage|[[Paul Sparer]]|1952|1999|end=died}}<ref>''Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901–1955 and 1966–1970''</ref>
| children           = 3
| education          = [[Carnegie Mellon University]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
}}

'''Nancy Lou Marchand''' (June 19, 1928 – June 18, 2000) was an American actress. She began her career in theater in 1951. She was most famous for portraying Margaret Pynchon on ''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]'' – for which she won 4 [[Emmy Award]]s – and [[Livia Soprano]] on ''[[The Sopranos]]'', for which she won a [[Golden Globe Award]].<ref name="buffobit">{{cite news |title=Actress Nancy Marchand, Buffalo Natives, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/878174431/?article=293859ec-f5ae-4dde-bd6e-429da18026a2&terms=nancy%20marchand |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The Buffalo News |date=June 20, 2000 |page=7}}</ref>

==Early life==
Marchand was born in 1928 in [[Buffalo, New York]], the only child of Dr. Raymond Louis Marchand, a dentist, and his wife, Marjorie Freeman, a piano teacher.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr. Marchand |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/874003082/?article=3aacd0e5-6e0c-4cb7-8da9-07af410913ba&focus=0.5026465,0.7141926,0.61868584,0.8132451&xid=3355 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |work=The Buffalo News |date=March 28, 1981 |page=24}}</ref> Her great-grandfather Louis Marchand, a stone cutter, emigrated from France.<ref>''[[1870 United States census]]'', ''[[1920 United States census]]''</ref> She grew up in the adjacent hamlet of [[Eggertsville, New York]].<ref name="buffobit" /> She attended [[Amherst Central High School|Amherst High School]], and studied acting at the Studio Theatre School in Buffalo, taking two buses to make the trip.<ref>{{cite news |title=Standing By Studio Arena, Nancy Marchand Credits Her Success to Her Hometown Theater |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/standing-by-studio-arena-nancy-marchand-credits-her-success-to-her-hometown-theater/article_6e1e730e-2f73-5215-949c-8886cd7f44c6.html |publisher=Buffalo News |date=June 2, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chase |first1=Anthony |date=April 30, 1991 |title=Nancy Marchand's Stage of Life |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/nancy-marchands-stage-of-life-the-buffalo-bred-actress-returns-for-role-in-gurneys-children/article_db337f31-49dd-5c62-b27d-781ed96dbb95.html |publisher=Buffalo News}}</ref> She graduated from the [[Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie Institute of Technology]] in 1949<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alumni.cmu.edu/s/1410/images/editor_documents/alumnirelations/about/notable/notable-alumni.pdf |title=Carnegie Mellon's Notable Alumni |website=Carnegie Mellon University |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015173607/http://www.alumni.cmu.edu/s/1410/images/editor_documents/alumnirelations/about/notable/notable-alumni.pdf |archive-date=October 15, 2013}}</ref> and studied theater at the [[HB Studio|Herbert Berghof Studio]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hbstudio.org/about-hb-studio/alumni/ |title=Alumni |website=HB Studio}}</ref> in New York City.

==Career==
Marchand made her first professional stage appearance in 1946 in ''The Late George Apley'' in Ogunquit, Maine.<ref>{{cite news |title=Standing By Studio Arena |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/standing-by-studio-arena-nancy-marchand-credits-her-success-to-her-hometown-theater/article_6e1e730e-2f73-5215-949c-8886cd7f44c6.html |publisher=Buffalo News |date=June 2, 1997}}</ref>  She made her Broadway debut in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' in 1951. She won a Distinguished Performance [[Obie Award]] for ''[[The Balcony]]'', and she was nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play]] for ''[[The White Liars]]'' & ''[[Black Comedy (play)|Black Comedy]]''. She was nominated four times for the [[Drama Desk Award]], winning for ''[[Morning's at Seven]]''. She won a second Obie for her performance in [[A. R. Gurney]]'s ''[[The Cocktail Hour]]''.

Marchand originated the roles of Vinnie Phillips on the [[CBS]] soap opera ''[[Love of Life]]'' and Theresa Lamonte on the [[NBC]] soap opera ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]''. She also starred as matriarch Edith Cushing on ''[[Lovers and Friends]]'', a short-lived soap opera.

Marchand was renowned for her roles as patrician newspaper publisher Margaret Pynchon on ''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]'', winning four [[Emmy Award]]s as [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Best Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series]], and as matriarch [[Livia Soprano]], mother of [[Tony Soprano]] on the [[HBO]] series ''[[The Sopranos]]'', which earned her a Golden Globe Award and a [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]], as well as two [[Emmy Award]] nominations.<ref name="buffobit"/>

She appeared in many anthology series in the early days of television, including ''[[The Philco Television Playhouse]]'' (on which she starred in ''[[Marty (teleplay)|Marty]]'' opposite [[Rod Steiger]]), ''[[Kraft Television Theatre]]'', ''[[Studio One (American TV series)|Studio One]]'', and ''[[Playhouse 90]]''. Additional television credits include ''[[The Law and Mr. Jones]]'', ''[[Spenser: For Hire]]'', ''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'', ''[[Coach (TV series)|Coach]]'', and ''[[Night Court]]''.

Marchand's feature film credits included ''[[The Bachelor Party#Film adaptation|The Bachelor Party]]'', ''[[Ladybug Ladybug (film)|Ladybug Ladybug]]'', ''[[Me, Natalie]]'', ''[[Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon]]'', ''[[The Hospital]]'', ''[[The Bostonians (film)|The Bostonians]]'', ''[[From the Hip (film)|From the Hip]]'', ''[[Jefferson in Paris]]'', ''[[Brain Donors]]'', ''[[Reckless (1995 film)|Reckless]]'', ''[[The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!|The Naked Gun]]'', ''[[Sabrina (1995 film)|Sabrina]]'' and ''[[Dear God (film)|Dear God]]''.

==Personal life==
Marchand was married to actor [[Paul Sparer]]. He died in 1999 from cancer at age 75. The couple had three children: Katie, David, and Rachel, and seven grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite news |title= 'Sopranos' mom loses her fight for life |url= https://nypost.com/2000/06/20/sopranos-mom-loses-her-fight-for-life/ |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |date= June 20, 2000 |access-date=June 30, 2020 |last=Kaplan |first=Don|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703024638/https://nypost.com/2000/06/20/sopranos-mom-loses-her-fight-for-life/ |archive-date=July 3, 2020}}</ref> 

Marchand suffered from lung cancer, emphysema, and [[Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease|COPD]]. She died on June 18, 2000, a day before her 72nd birthday, in [[Stratford, Connecticut]].<ref>Gussow, Mel. (''The New York Times''). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ItNRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yG8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6728%2C8050884 "Obituaries: Nancy Marchand, Actress Known for 'Lou Grant,' 'Sopranos'"]. ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. June 2, 2000. p.&nbsp;B7. Retrieved July 23, 2023.</ref> She was posthumously inducted into the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://old.post-gazette.com/magazine/20010201people3.asp |title=Theater family comes together to celebrate Hall of Fame honorees |first=Christopher |last= Rawson |date=February 1, 2001 |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |access-date=February 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222024552/http://old.post-gazette.com/magazine/20010201people3.asp |archive-date=February 22, 2014}}</ref> Marchand's death occurred between Seasons 2 and 3 of ''The Sopranos'', before a plot line prominently involving her character was resolved. Her death was written into the plot, and one final scene was created for her using [[computer-generated imagery]], which was a new technology at the time, together with outtakes from previous seasons.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Allan |title=How Livia Was Able to Return This Season |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-03-04-0103040491-story.html |access-date=September 7, 2023 |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=March 4, 2001}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
|1954
|''Three Steps to Start''
|
|Producer, Julien Bryan International Film Foundation NYU
|-
| 1957
| ''[[The Bachelor Party]]''
| Mrs. Julie Samson
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Ladybug Ladybug (film)|Ladybug Ladybug]]''
| Mrs. Andrews
|
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Me, Natalie]]''
| Edna Miller
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon]]''
| Nurse Oxford
|
|-
| 1971
| ''[[The Hospital]]''
| Mrs. Christie
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Bostonians (film)|The Bostonians]]''
| Mrs. Burrage
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[From the Hip (film)|From the Hip]]''
| Roberta Winnaker
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!]]''
| Mayor Barkley
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Regarding Henry]]''
| Headmistress
| Uncredited
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Brain Donors]]''
| Lillian Oglethorpe
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Jefferson in Paris]]''
| Madame Abbesse 
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Reckless (1995 film)|Reckless]]''
| Grandmother
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Sabrina (1995 film)|Sabrina]]''
| Maude Larrabee
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Dear God (film)|Dear God]]''
| Judge Kits Van Heynigan
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Studio One (U.S. TV series)|Westinghouse Studio One]]''
| Jo March
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1951
| ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]''
| Joan
| Episode: "Forever Walk Free"
|-
| 1951–1958
| ''[[Kraft Television Theatre|Kraft Theatre]]''
| Abby
| 9 episodes
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Studio One (U.S. TV series)|Studio One in Hollywood]]''
| Miss Marmon
| Episode: "The Hospital"
|-
| 1953
| ''[[The Philco Television Playhouse]]''
| Clara
| Episode: "Marty"
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]''
| Phyllis
| Episode: "Two for Tea"
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Pond's Theater]]''
| Charlotte
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Studio One (U.S. TV series)|Studio One in Hollywood]]''
| Eleanor
| Episode: "Rudy"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[The United States Steel Hour]]''
| Gen Arnold
| Episode: "Windfall"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Shirley Temple's Storybook]]''
| Queen
| Episode: "The Sleeping Beauty"
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Playhouse 90]]''
| Sylvia Sands
| Episode: "Free Weekend"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Armstrong Circle Theatre]]''
| Mrs. Howard Jones
| Episode: "Miracle at Spring Hill"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Playhouse 90]]''
| Mrs. Yarbrough
| Episode: "The Hidden Image"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[NBC Sunday Showcase]]''
| Mrs. Clegg
| Episode: "The Indestructible Mr. Gore"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[R.C.M.P. (TV series)|R.C.M.P.]]''
| Gerta Boyd
| Episode: "Little Girl Lost"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]''
| Sister Michael
| TV movie
|-
| 1960
| ''[[The Play of the Week|Play of the Week]]''
| Margaret
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1960
| ''[[The Law and Mr. Jones]]''
| Dorothy
| Episode: "The Long Echo"
|-
| 1961
| ''[[The Defenders (1961 TV series)|The Defenders]]''
| Mrs. Crile
| Episode: "The Attack"
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]''
| Esther Lindall
| Episode: "The Multiplicity of Herbert Konish"
|-
| 1964
| ''[[The Defenders (1961 TV series)|The Defenders]]''
| Rhoda Banter
| Episode: "Hollow Triumph"
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Look Homeward, Angel]]''
| Madame Elizabeth
| TV movie
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Beacon Hill (TV series)|Beacon Hill]]''
| Mary Lassiter
| 13 episodes
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]''
| Theresa Lamonte
| Unknown episodes
|-
| 1977–1982
| ''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]''
| Margaret Pynchon 
| 99 episodes
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Soldier's Home (film)|Soldier's Home]]''
| Mrs. Krebs
| TV movie
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Sparkling Cyanide]]''
| Lucilla Drake
| TV movie
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Cheers]]''
| Dr. Hester Crane
| Episode: "Diane Meets Mom"
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Spenser: For Hire]]''
| Emily Garden
| Episode: "In a Safe Place"
|-
| 1986
| ''[[North and South (miniseries)|North and South, Book II]]''
| [[Dorothea Dix]]
| 6 episodes
|-
| 1990–1992
| ''[[Coach (TV series)|Coach]]''
| Marlene Watkins
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Law & Order]]''
| Mrs. Barbara Ryder
| Episode: "Blood Is Thicker"
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Night Court]]''
| Louise Cahill
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Crossroads (1992 TV series)|Crossroads]]''
| Aunt Dorothy
| Episode: "The Nickel Curve"
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''
| Lorraine Freeman
| Episode: "All Through the House"
|-
| 1999–2000
| ''[[The Sopranos]]''
| [[Livia Soprano]]
| 21 episodes
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1951
| ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]''<ref name="ibdb.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/nancy-marchand-51377 |title=Nancy Marchand |website=Broadway Internet Database |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|Hostess / Curtis
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]''
|Princess of France
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''
|Nerissa
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[The Good Woman of Setzuan]]''
|Mrs. Mi Tzu
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Miss Isobel]]'' 
|Miriam Ackroyd
|
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' 
|Ursula
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Tchin-Tchin]]''
| Pamela Pew Pickett (understudy)
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Strange Interlude]]''
|Nina Leeds
|
|-
| 1966
| ''3 Bags Full'' 
|Genevieve
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The Alchemist (play)|The Alchemist]]''
|Performer
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Yerma]]''
|Dolores
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[After the Rain (play)|After the Rain]]'' 
|Gertrude Forbes-Cooper
|
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]''
|Roxane's Duenna / Sister Claire
|
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Forty Carats]]'' 
|Mrs. Latham
|
|-
| 1971
| ''[[And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little]]'' 
|Ceil Adams
|
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Mary Stuart (Schiller play)|Mary Stuart]]''
|[[Elizabeth I|Queen Elizabeth]]
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Enemies (play)|Enemies]]''
|Tatiana
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The Plough and the Stars]]''
|Mrs. Gogan
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Veronica's Room]]''
| The Woman (standby)
|
|-
| 1975
| ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]''
| Amanda Wingfield (standby)
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Morning's at Seven]]'' 
|Ida Bolton
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Awake and Sing!]]''
|Bessie Berger
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[The Octette Bridge Club]]'' 
|Connie
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[The Cocktail Hour]]'' 
|Ann
|
|- 
| 1989
| ''[[Love Letters (play)|Love Letters]]''
|Melissa Gardner (replacement)
|
|- 
| 1993
| ''[[The White Liars]] & [[Black Comedy (play)|Black Comedy]]''
|Miss Furnival / Sophie, Baroness Lemberg
|
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Organization
! Category
! Series
! Result
|-
| 1978
| rowspan="5" | [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s
| rowspan="5" | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
| rowspan="5" | ''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 1979
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1980
| {{won}}
|-
| 1981
| {{won}}
|-
| 1982
| {{won}}
|-
| 1994
| [[Tony Award]]s
| [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play|Best Actress in a Play]]
| ''[[The White Liars]]'' & ''[[Black Comedy (play)|Black Comedy]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1999
| [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
| rowspan="7" | ''[[The Sopranos]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1999
| [[Viewers for Quality Television]]s
| [[Viewers for Quality Television|Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2000
| [[Golden Globe Award]]s
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 2001
| {{nom}}
|}

==References==
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