Caroline "Carrie" Snodgress (October 27, 1945 - April 1, 2004) was an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress.
Snodgress was born in
Park Ridge, IllinoisPark Ridge, Illinois, is a Chicago suburb of 37,775 residents. It is located fifteen miles northwest of downtown Chicago, it is close to O'Hare International Airport, major expressways and rail transportation....
She attended Maine Township High School East in Park Ridge. She attended
Northern Illinois UniversityNorthern Illinois University is a public university located in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. It was founded on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld as a satellite campus for what is now Illinois State University. The DeKalb campus was originally called Northern Illinois State...
before leaving to pursue acting. Snodgress trained for the stage at the
Goodman TheatreThe Goodman Theatre is a theater located in Chicago's Loop. A major part of Chicago theatre, it is the city's oldest currently active nonprofit organization. The building occupies the site of landmark Harris and Selwyn Theaters property....
, in Chicago. After a number of minor TV appearances, her film debut was an uncredited appearance in
Easy RiderEasy Rider is a American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South with the aim of achieving freedom...
in 1969 and a credited appearance in 1970 in
Rabbit, RunRabbit, Run is a 1960 novel by John Updike.-Plot introduction:It depicts five months in the life of a 26-year-old former high school basketball player named Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom, and his attempts to escape the constraints of his life...
opposite
James CaanJames Edmund Caan is an American actor. He is best-known for his role of Santino 'Sonny' Corleone in 1972's The Godfather. He also starred as Paul Sheldon in Stephen King's Misery, 'Big' Ed Deline in the television series Las Vegas, and as Will Ferrell's father in Elf...
.
Her next film,
Diary of a Mad HousewifeDiary of a Mad Housewife is a 1970 drama film about a frustrated wife, portrayed by Carrie Snodgress, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won a Golden Globe award in the same category. The film was adapted by Eleanor Perry from the 1967 novel by Sue Kaufman and directed by...
(1970), garnered her a nomination for
Academy Award for Best ActressPerformance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
and two Golden Globe wins, as Best Actress in a Comedy or a Musical (an odd category, given the dramatic nature of the film) and
New Star Of The Year - ActressThe Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actress originated in 1948. Between 1954 and 1965, multiple winners were announced. The category was discontinued following the 1983 ceremonies.-Winners:*1948: Lois Maxwell*1950: Mercedes McCambridge...
.
Caroline "Carrie" Snodgress (October 27, 1945 - April 1, 2004) was an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress.
Biography
Snodgress was born in
Park Ridge, IllinoisPark Ridge, Illinois, is a Chicago suburb of 37,775 residents. It is located fifteen miles northwest of downtown Chicago, it is close to O'Hare International Airport, major expressways and rail transportation....
She attended Maine Township High School East in Park Ridge. She attended
Northern Illinois UniversityNorthern Illinois University is a public university located in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. It was founded on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P. Altgeld as a satellite campus for what is now Illinois State University. The DeKalb campus was originally called Northern Illinois State...
before leaving to pursue acting. Snodgress trained for the stage at the
Goodman TheatreThe Goodman Theatre is a theater located in Chicago's Loop. A major part of Chicago theatre, it is the city's oldest currently active nonprofit organization. The building occupies the site of landmark Harris and Selwyn Theaters property....
, in Chicago. After a number of minor TV appearances, her film debut was an uncredited appearance in
Easy RiderEasy Rider is a American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South with the aim of achieving freedom...
in 1969 and a credited appearance in 1970 in
Rabbit, RunRabbit, Run is a 1960 novel by John Updike.-Plot introduction:It depicts five months in the life of a 26-year-old former high school basketball player named Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom, and his attempts to escape the constraints of his life...
opposite
James CaanJames Edmund Caan is an American actor. He is best-known for his role of Santino 'Sonny' Corleone in 1972's The Godfather. He also starred as Paul Sheldon in Stephen King's Misery, 'Big' Ed Deline in the television series Las Vegas, and as Will Ferrell's father in Elf...
.
Her next film,
Diary of a Mad HousewifeDiary of a Mad Housewife is a 1970 drama film about a frustrated wife, portrayed by Carrie Snodgress, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won a Golden Globe award in the same category. The film was adapted by Eleanor Perry from the 1967 novel by Sue Kaufman and directed by...
(1970), garnered her a nomination for
Academy Award for Best ActressPerformance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
and two Golden Globe wins, as Best Actress in a Comedy or a Musical (an odd category, given the dramatic nature of the film) and
New Star Of The Year - ActressThe Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actress originated in 1948. Between 1954 and 1965, multiple winners were announced. The category was discontinued following the 1983 ceremonies.-Winners:*1948: Lois Maxwell*1950: Mercedes McCambridge...
. She left acting soon after in order to live with
rock musicRock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music....
ian
Neil YoungNeil Percival Young, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and film director. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1995 and also as a member of Buffalo Springfield in 1997....
and care for their son Zeke, who was born with
cerebral palsyCerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development....
, but returned in 1978 in
The FuryThe Fury is a 1978 supernatural thriller film directed by Brian de Palma. The film was written by John Farris based on his novel of the same name. It starred Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Irving, Charles Durning and Andrew Stevens...
.
According to
Sylvester StalloneSylvester Gardenzio Stallone , nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. One of the biggest box office draws in the world from the 1970s to the 1990s, Stallone is an icon of machismo and Hollywood action heroism...
,
The first choice for Adrian (in the movie RockyRocky is a 1976 film written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and directed by John G. Avildsen. It tells the rags-to-riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated but good-hearted debt collector for a loan shark in Philadelphia. Balboa is also a club fighter who gets a shot at the...
) was a girl named Carrie Snodgress, who I wanted badly because, at the time, I wanted Adrian's family to be Irish and Harvey KeitelHarvey Keitel is an American actor whose latest work is that of Detective Lieutenant Gene Hunt on ABC's crime drama Life on Mars...
would be the brother. She said there wasn't enough money in it (we were getting paid $360 before taxes), so I said “I'll give you my share, I truly want you.” She passed to do a part in Buffalo Bill and the Indians, which never happened for her.
She and
Neil YoungNeil Percival Young, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and film director. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1995 and also as a member of Buffalo Springfield in 1997....
had split up about 1975. 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."
Later she and film score composer
Jack NitzscheBernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche was an arranger, producer, songwriter and film score composer.- Biography :...
became lovers. In 1979, her ex-boyfriend, songwriter Jack 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 and was fined and placed on three years' probation.
Her
BroadwayBroadway Theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, is the theatre associated with the 40 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City...
debut came in 1981 with
A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking. She also appeared in
All the Way Home,
Oh! What a Lovely War,
Caesar and Cleopatra,
Tartuffe,
The Balcony and
The Boor (all at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago); and
Curse of the Starving Class at the Tiffany Theatre (in Los Angeles). Other films include
Murphy's LawMurphy's Law is a thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Gail Morgan Hickman. It was released by Cannon Films to the United States on April 18th, 1986. The film stars Charles Bronson and Kathleen Wilhoite in lead roles with a supporting cast that includes Carrie Snodgress,...
,
White Man's BurdenWhite Man's Burden is a 1995 dramatic film about racism in an alternate America where Black and White Americans have reversed cultural roles....
,
Pale RiderPale Rider is a 1985 Western Technicolor film produced and directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood. This movie has plot similarities to the classic Western Shane , including a final scene that is very similar to the famous final scene of the earlier movie...
and
Blue Sky.
Death
She was hospitalized awaiting a
liverThe liver is a vital organ present in vertebrates and some other animals; it has a wide range of functions, including detoxification, protein synthesis, and production of biochemicals necessary for digestion...
transplant when she died in 2004 of heart and liver failure in
Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California...
, aged 58.
Filmography
- Easy Rider
Easy Rider is a American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South with the aim of achieving freedom...
(1969)
- Diary of a Mad Housewife
Diary of a Mad Housewife is a 1970 drama film about a frustrated wife, portrayed by Carrie Snodgress, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won a Golden Globe award in the same category. The film was adapted by Eleanor Perry from the 1967 novel by Sue Kaufman and directed by...
(1970)
- Rabbit, Run (1970)
- The Fury (1978)
- Love's Dark Ride (1978)
- The Attic (1980)
- Homework (1982)
- Trick or Treats (1982)
- A Night in Heaven
A Night in Heaven is a 1983 romance film directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Christopher Atkins as a college student and Lesley Ann Warren as his professor. The screenplay is written by Joan Tewkesbury; film critics widely panned the movie. The original music score is composed by Jan Hammer, and...
(1983)
- Pale Rider
Pale Rider is a 1985 Western Technicolor film produced and directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood. This movie has plot similarities to the classic Western Shane , including a final scene that is very similar to the famous final scene of the earlier movie...
(1985)
- Murphy's Law
Murphy's Law is a thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Gail Morgan Hickman. It was released by Cannon Films to the United States on April 18th, 1986. The film stars Charles Bronson and Kathleen Wilhoite in lead roles with a supporting cast that includes Carrie Snodgress,...
(1986)
- L.A. Bad (1986)
- Blueberry Hill (1988)
- Chill Factor (1990)
- Across the Tracks
Across the Tracks is a 1991 American independent athletics film drama directed and written by Sandy Tung.-Plot:Across the Tracks is the story of two brothers who have gone very different ways in their past, and who now must learn to deal with each other again...
(1991)
- The Ballad of Little Jo
The Ballad of Little Jo is a 1993 film inspired by the true story of a society woman who tries to escape the stigma of bearing a child out of wedlock by going out West, and living disguised as a man...
(1993)
- 8 Seconds
8 Seconds is a 1994 biopic about American rodeo legend and world bull riding champion Lane Frost. The film details his life from his youth learning how to ride bulls, until his death in 1989. 8 Seconds was directed by John G...
(1994)
- Blue Sky (1994)
- White Man's Burden
White Man's Burden is a 1995 dramatic film about racism in an alternate America where Black and White Americans have reversed cultural roles....
(1995)
- Stranger in the Kingdom (1998)
- Wild Things
Wild Things is a 1998 erotic thriller film starring Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Denise Richards, Neve Campbell and Bill Murray. It was directed by John McNaughton. In some countries the film was released as Sex Crimes...
(1998)
- In the Light of the Moon
In the Light of the Moon is a 2000 film about serial killer Ed Gein.-Overview:Gein's crimes inspired the novel and film Psycho, as well as plot elements of both The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs.The film stars Steve Railsback as Ed Gein and Carrie Snodgress as Augusta Gein,...
(2000)
- Bartleby (2001)
- The Forsaken
The Forsaken is a homoerotic 2001 horror/thriller film written and directed by J. S. Cardone. In Australia, its promotional title was The Forsaken: Desert Vampires.-Plot:...
(2001)
Television
- Judd for the Defense (1 episode, 1969)
- The Virginian
The Virginian is a western-themed television series which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971 for a total of 249 episodes. It was the first western to air in 90-minute installments each week...
(1 episode, 1969)
- The Outsider (1 episode, 1969)
- The Whole World Is Watching (1969)
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
Marcus Welby, M.D. is a medical drama that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969 to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as the title character, a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell...
(1 episode, 1969)
- Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969)
- The Forty-Eight Hour Mile (1970)
- Medical Center
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976.-Synopsis:The show starred James Daly as Dr. Paul Lochner and Chad Everett as Dr. Joe Gannon, surgeons working in an otherwise unnamed university hospital in Los Angeles. The show focused both on the lives of the doctors...
(1 episode, 1970)
- The Impatient Heart (1971)
- Fast Friends (1979)
- The Solitary Man (1979)
- Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E. is a United States television series from Universal Studios that aired from October 3, 1976, to September 5, 1983, on NBC. It stars Jack Klugman in the title role, a Los Angeles County medical examiner...
(1 episode, 1982)
- ABC Afterschool Special
The ABC Afterschool Special is an American television anthology series that aired on ABC from 1972 to 1996, usually in the late afternoon on week days. Most of the episodes were dramatic presentations of situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes...
(1 episode, 1983)
- Nadia (1984)
- Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.It starred Michael Landon as Jonathan Smith, an angel sent down to earth "on probation", and his human companion Mark Gordon, played by Victor French...
(1 episode, 1984)
- A Reason to Live
A Reason to Live is a 1985 television film directed by Peter Levin.- Plot :The Stewarts were once a happy family, but trouble starts when wife Delores announces she wants to divorce her husband Gus. Gus, who loves his wife very much, is not able to deal with this. Problems only get bigger when he...
(1985)
- Friday the 13th: The Series
Friday the 13th: The Series is a television series that ran for three seasons, from September 28, 1987 to May 26, 1990.Originally, the series was to be titled The 13th Hour, but producer Frank Mancuso, Jr. thought this would turn away viewers and instead took the name Friday the 13th to...
(1 episode, 1988)
- Crossbow
Crossbow is a 1987 action/adventure television series that aired on The Family Channel. The series was produced by Steven North and Richard Schlesinger for Robert Halmi Inc., in co-production with French television network FR3, and filmed entirely on location in France.-Alternative names:* De...
(1 episode, 1988)
- In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night is a television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name. The series debuted as a midseason replacement for the short-lived NBC series J.J. Starbuck, premiering on March 6, 1988. The series ran on the network until May 19, 1992...
(1 episode, 1989)
- The Rose and the Jackal (1990)
- Shades of L.A. (1 episode, 1990)
- Equal Justice (1 episode, 1991)
- Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991)
- Woman with a Past (1992)
- Civil Wars
Civil Wars is an American legal drama that aired on ABC from November 1991 to March 1993. The series was produced by Steven Bochco, known for his work on NYPD Blue, L.A. Law, and Hill Street Blues.-Synopsis:...
(1 episode, 1992)
- Reasonable Doubts
Reasonable Doubts is a police drama broadcast in the United States by NBC from 1991 to 1993.-Synopsis:Reasonable Doubts was primarily about the working relationship between Assistant District Attorney Tess Kaufman , a prosecutor very sensitive to the rights of the accused, and hard-charging, gruff...
(1 episode, 1992)
- The X-Files
The X-Files is an American cult science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. It first aired in September 1993 and ended in May 2002...
(1 episode, 1993)
- Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote was an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for twelve seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series, The Law & Harry McGraw...
(2 episodes, 1986-1993)
- Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story (1994)
- Phantom 2040
Phantom 2040 is an animated science fiction television series loosely based on the comic strip hero The Phantom, created by Lee Falk. The central character of the series is said to be the 24th Phantom...
(Voice, 6 episodes, 1994-1995)
- Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994 to May 5, 2000. It takes place in a fictional private charity hospital.-Premise:...
(1 episode, 1995)
- Sisters
Sisters is a television drama which aired on NBC for six seasons, from 1991 to 1996. The show debuted on May 11, 1991 for a seven-episode test run and was subsequently renewed for the 1991 fall schedule.-Synopsis:...
(1 episode, 1995)
- Death Benefit (1996)
- All She Ever Wanted (1996)
- ER
ER is an American medical drama series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 1994 to April 2009. It is set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment in...
(1 episode, 1998)
- Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel is an American Fantasy drama television series that chronicles the missions of a group of angels sent by God. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson , it ran on CBS for nine seasons, from September 21, 1994 to April 27, 2003, and aired in many countries all...
(1 episode, 1998)
- Judging Amy
Judging Amy is an American television drama that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 on CBS. The show stars Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...
(1 episode, 2002)
- The West Wing (1 episode, 2003)
- Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
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