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Nancy Marchand is a Actor American born on 19 june 1928 at Buffalo (USA)

Nancy Marchand

Nancy Marchand
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Nationality USA
Birth 19 june 1928 at Buffalo (USA)
Death 18 june 2000 (at 71 years) at Stratford (USA)

Nancy Marchand (June 19, 1928 – June 18, 2000) was an American actress. She began her career in theatre in 1951. She was perhaps most famous for her television portrayals of Margaret Pynchon on Lou Grant and Livia Soprano on The Sopranos.

Biography

Jeunesse et formation
Nancy Marchand naît en 1928 à Buffalo. Elle est la fille d'un dentiste et d'une professeure de piano. Enfant timide et complexée par sa grande taille, elle est encouragée par sa mère à suivre des cours dans une école d'art dramatique. Elle sort diplômée du Carnegie Institute of Technology en 1949.


Carrière
Théâtre
La comédienne s'établit à New York et étudie à l'Actors Studio. Elle débute sur scène en 1946 et se produit dans les théâtres de Broadway à partir des années 1950. En 1951, elle épouse l'acteur Paul Sparer. Marchand fait partie des membres fondateurs de la troupe American Shakespeare Company , établie à Stratford, Connecticut.


Cinéma
En 1957, elle débute au cinéma dans La Nuit des maris (The Bachelor Party) de Delbert Mann. Elle joue indifféremment dans des drames et des comédies, comme Y a-t-il un flic pour sauver la reine ? (The Naked Gun) réalisé en 1988 David Zucker.


Télévision
Nancy Marchand travaille également pour la télévision. En 1953 elle tient le rôle de Clara dans la dramatique télévisée Marty, du scénariste Paddy Chayefsky. En 1975, elle apparaît pour la première fois sur les écrans en première partie de soirée grâce à son rôle dans Beacon Hill, série dont la diffusion est interrompue après seulement treize épisodes. L'actrice décroche un rôle dans la série Lou Grant, diffusée par CBS. Margaret Pynchon, le personnage qu'elle interprète, est inspiré de Katharine Graham, propriétaire du Washington Post.

Nancy Marchand interprète Livia Soprano, la mère du personnage principal, au cours des deux premières saisons de la série télévisée Les Soprano. Lors du casting, sa prestation soulage le créateur de la série, David Chase, qui était anxieux de trouver une actrice pouvant incarner ce personnage de manière convaincante. Marchand souffre déjà d'un cancer et en informe les producteurs. Son personnage devait disparaître à la fin de la première saison, mais sa popularité pousse David Chase à la conserver. L'année suivante, elle effectue quelques apparitions, alors que la santé de l'actrice est déclinante. En janvier 2000, quelques mois avant sa mort, le Golden Globe de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle est attribué à Nancy Marchand.


Décès
Nancy Marchand, qui rencontrait déjà depuis quelque temps des problèmes de santé, décède le 18 juin 2000 d'un cancer des poumons aggravée par un emphysème pulmonaire, contre lesquels elle avait lutté durant des années. En conséquence de sa mort, une partie de la série Les Sopranos, dans laquelle elle jouait jusqu'alors, devra être réécrite afin de faire disparaître son personnage, Livia Soprano.

Best films

Usually with

David Zucker
David Zucker
(2 films)
Jerry Zucker
Jerry Zucker
(2 films)
Jim Abrahams
Jim Abrahams
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Nancy Marchand (18 films)

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Actress

Dear God
Dear God (1996)
, 1h52
Directed by Garry Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Escroquerie
Actors Greg Kinnear, Laurie Metcalf, Maria Pitillo, Tim Conway, Héctor Elizondo, Jon Seda
Roles Judge Kits Van Heynigan
Rating54% 2.7018352.7018352.7018352.7018352.701835
Tom Turner, a con artist, is busted working cons to pay off his gambling debt to a loan shark. He is sentenced by the judge to find a full-time job by the end of the year and keep it, or be sent to jail. He finds work at the post office sorting mail in the dead letter office. Surrounded by quirky coworkers, Tom finds out what happens to letters addressed to the Easter bunny, Elvis, and God, and out of curiosity reads one of the letters sent to God. While reading the letter, sent by a needy single mother, Tom drops his paycheck and it is mailed back to the single mother. When Tom comes to retrieve his paycheck he sees the good it has done and leaves, not knowing that his burnt out workaholic lawyer coworker sees him doing so. Believing Tom sent the money on purpose, she rallies the rest of the dead letter office workers to continue what Tom has started. Tom, becoming the unwilling leader of the group, starts answering more and more letters sent to the post office asking God for help. Hilarity ensues as the group answers more prayers, enriching people's lives, while Tom tries to find love with a coffee bar waitress and keep out of jail.
Sabrina
Sabrina (1995)
, 2h7
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, Nancy Marchand, Fanny Ardant, Richard Crenna
Roles Maude Larrabee
Rating62% 3.1493153.1493153.1493153.1493153.149315
Sabrina Fairchild is the young daughter of the Larrabee family's chauffeur, Thomas, and has been in love with David Larrabee all her life. David is a playboy, constantly falling in love, yet he has never noticed Sabrina, much to her dismay.
Reckless
Reckless (1995)
, 1h31
Directed by Norman René
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films, Films based on plays
Actors Mia Farrow, Scott Glenn, Mary-Louise Parker, Tony Goldwyn, Eileen Brennan, Debra Monk
Roles Grandmother
Rating51% 2.5653952.5653952.5653952.5653952.565395
Relentlessly cheerful and hopelessly optimistic Rachel's seemingly perfect life is upended one Christmas Eve when her husband Tom announces he has taken a contract out on her life but is having second thoughts about his decision to do so. Wearing only a nightgown and slippers, she hastily leaves her Connecticut home in a blizzard to escape the fate he planned for her. She is rescued by Springfield, Massachusetts social worker Lloyd, who brings her home to his deaf, mute, paraplegic wife Pooty. Rachel moves in with the couple and begins working with Lloyd at Hands Across the Sea, a charitable organization dedicated to helping the disabled.
Jefferson in Paris, 2h19
Directed by James Ivory
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Simon Callow, Seth Gilliam, James Earl Jones
Roles Madame Abbesse
Rating56% 2.848342.848342.848342.848342.84834
Set in the period 1784–1789, the film portrays Jefferson when he was US minister to France at Versailles before the French Revolution. French liberals and intellectuals hope he will lead them away from the corruption of the court of King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette and toward a more democratic form of government. Although deploring the poverty of the common people, he embraces the riches of French culture and civilization. It is his first time abroad, and he takes advantage of the opportunity to extend his knowledge of liberal arts and science while absorbing the refinements France has to offer.
Brain Donors, 1h19
Directed by Dennis Dugan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors John Turturro, Mel Smith, Bob Nelson, Teri Copley, John Savident, Julianna Donald
Roles Lillian Oglethorpe
Rating68% 3.4452553.4452553.4452553.4452553.445255
After the death of tycoon and philanthropist Oscar Winterhaven Oglethorpe, a ballet company is founded in his name by his widow, Lillian (Nancy Marchand). The formation of the ballet company leads to ambulance-chasing attorney Roland T. Flakfizer (John Turturro) vying against Oglethorpe's former attorney Edmund Lazlo (John Savident) to be director of the company. Lazlo is chosen to be director of the company after signing the greatest ballet dancer in the world, "The Great Volare" (George de la Pena) to dance for the company. Flakfizer, however — with assistance from his two associates Rocco (Mel Smith) and Jacques (Bob Nelson) — earns a spot as co-director by wooing the wealthy widow and by signing the company's leading ballerina (Juliana Donald, billed as Juli Donald) and her dancer boyfriend Alan Grant (Spike Alexander). The ensuing struggle between Flakfizer and Lazlo leads to comic hijinks, including a badger game involving a chorus girl (Teri Copley), and an opening-night performance ludicrously sabotaged by Flakfizer and his cohorts.
Regarding Henry, 1h48
Directed by Mike Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, Bill Nunn, Michael Haley, Rebecca Miller, Lady Day-Lewis, Bruce Altman
Roles Headmistress (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.348683.348683.348683.348683.34868
Ambitious, callous, narcissistic, and at times unethical, Henry Turner is a highly successful Manhattan attorney whose obsession with his work leaves him little time for his prim socialite wife Sarah and troubled preteen daughter Rachel. He has just won a malpractice suit in which he defended a hospital against a plaintiff who claims, but is unable to prove, that he warned the hospital of an existing condition that then caused a problem.
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, 1h25
Directed by David Zucker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalbán, George Kennedy, Nancy Marchand, Justin Timberlake
Roles Mayor
Rating75% 3.796743.796743.796743.796743.79674
In Los Angeles, Officer Nordberg attempts to bust a heroin drug operation at the docks organized by Vincent Ludwig, and is shot by Ludwig's henchmen. After being briefed on the case by his boss, Captain Ed Hocken, Police Squad Lieutenant Frank Drebin visits Nordberg in the hospital. Nordberg provides cryptic clues, including a picture of Ludwig's ship on which the deal had been organized. Frank meets with police scientist Ted Olsen, who has invented a cufflink that shoots a tranquilizer dart. Frank learns through Ted that Nordberg's jacket tested positive for heroin. Police Squad is in charge of security for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Los Angeles, and Ed tells Frank that he has 24 hours to clear Nordberg before word gets out about what happened and detracts from the queen's visit. Frank visits Ludwig in his office. Ludwig learns that Nordberg is still alive. Ludwig has his assistant, Jane Spencer, assist Frank in his investigation and the two fall in love. Jane is unaware of her employer's illegal activities.
From the Hip, 1h51
Directed by Bob Clark
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt, Darren McGavin, Dan Monahan, David Alan Grier
Roles Roberta Winnaker
Rating60% 3.049343.049343.049343.049343.04934
Fresh out of law school, Robin "Stormy" Weathers cannot stand the tedium of case filing and research. Desperately wanting to "practice law" and go to trial, one morning he intentionally withholds the fact that a trial is scheduled to begin that very afternoon to compel his superiors to let him try the case because he is the only one familiar with the facts of the case. During his meeting with the client (the president of a bank who intentionally struck another banker), the banker declares the "simple assault case" to be a no-winner (explaining that he hits people all the time), but wants the one-day trial to somehow be stretched to three days to run up the other banker's court fees.
The Bostonians, 2h2
Directed by James Ivory
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Tandy, Madeleine Potter, Nancy Marchand, Wesley Addy
Roles Mrs. Burrage
Rating61% 3.0948053.0948053.0948053.0948053.094805
À Boston, à la fin du XIX siècle, Olive, femme mûre et fortunée, austère et timide, célibataire, militante féministe, tente de s'approprier Verena, jeune femme ravissante et vive, possédant de remarquables dons d'oratrice, dons exploités par son père lors de soirées mondaines vouées à la cause des femmes. Olive accueille Verena chez elle, l'éduque, lui permet de vivre dans un cadre luxueux tout en l'y maintenant prisonnière. Olive est clairement et secrètement amoureuse de Verena. Mais celle-ci n'est pas insensible au charme d'un cousin d'Olive, journaliste ambitieux, épris d'elle au premier regard mais peu favorable aux idées d'émancipation des femmes. Verena va longtemps hésiter entre son penchant pour son soupirant tenace et sa reconnaissance envers Olive. Mais l'amour des deux jeunes gens l'emporte et Olive reprend avec un succès inattendu le flambeau de la cause des femmes.
Sparkling Cyanide, 1h40
Directed by Robert Michael Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Anthony Andrews, Deborah Raffin, Pamela Bellwood, Nancy Marchand, Josef Sommer, David Huffman
Roles Lucilla Drake
Rating59% 2.950892.950892.950892.950892.95089
Elvire Morenkova a tout ce dont on peut rêver. Elle est belle, riche, et c'est une star de cinéma. Pourtant, l'actrice adulée par son public met fin à ses jours en plein tournage. Le commissaire Laurence entreprend alors d'étudier sa vie d'un peu plus près et d'y chercher les failles qui pourraient expliquer son geste. Elvire était immensément riche et collectionnait les amants. Elle était détestée par les autres femmes. Au fil de l'enquête, la commissaire comprend que les mobiles pour le meurtre de la belle Elvire ne manquaient pas. Pendant ce temps, le tournage continue, et Avril, qui n'a peur de rien, passe le casting pour remplacer la star, défunte…
Soldier's Home
Directed by Robert Young, Robert Malcolm Young
Genres Drama
Actors Henry Fonda, Nancy Marchand, Robert Nichols, Richard Backus
Roles Mrs. Krebs
Rating60% 3.0043253.0043253.0043253.0043253.004325
Soldier's Home is the story of Harold Krebs, who returns from World War I to his home town, and finds challenges in re-entering society.
The Hospital, 1h43
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Richard A. Dysart, Barnard Hughes, Stephen Elliott, Nancy Marchand
Roles Mrs. Christie
Rating70% 3.545743.545743.545743.545743.54574
At a Manhattan teaching hospital, the life of Dr. Bock (George C. Scott), the Chief of Medicine, is in disarray: his wife has left him, his children don't talk to him, and his once-beloved teaching hospital is falling apart.
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon, 1h53
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Liza Minnelli, Robert Moore, Ken Howard, James Coco, Kay Thompson, Fred Williamson
Roles Nurse Oxford
Rating60% 3.0477853.0477853.0477853.0477853.047785
The film stars Liza Minnelli as the title character Junie Moon, a girl whose face is scarred in a vicious battery acid attack by her boyfriend (Ben Piazza). Later in an institution, she meets a man with epilepsy (Ken Howard), and a gay paraplegic who uses a wheelchair (Robert Moore). Disabled, but not down, they live together in an older, rented house and bond, determined to prove themselves and to help each other.
Me, Natalie, 1h51
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Patty Duke, James Farentino, Deborah Winters, Martin Balsam, Elsa Lanchester, Nancy Marchand
Roles Mrs. Miller
Rating63% 3.194793.194793.194793.194793.19479
From childhood, Brooklyn teenager Natalie Miller, with upper front teeth that are slightly bucked and a nose too large for her face, has considered herself homely and she never has subscribed to her mother's determined belief that she will grow up to be pretty. Her best friend Betty is a knockout gorgeous blonde with boyfriends, which further depresses her. Natalie's father, a druggist who doesn't share his wife's optimistic outlook, bribes myopic optometrist Morris to marry her, hoping his nearsightedness will prevent him from seeing she's no beauty.