
Nancy Marchand
Biography
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 her television portrayals of Margaret Pynchon on Lou Grant and Livia Soprano on The Sopranos.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Sparkling Cyanide
as Lucilla Drake
1983

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Mayor
1988

Ladybug Ladybug
as Mrs. Andrews
1963

Me, Natalie
as Mrs. Miller
1969

Once Upon a Family
as Mrs. Demerjian
1980

Sabrina
as Maude Larrabee
1995

Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
as The Grandmother
1992

Jefferson in Paris
as Madame Abbesse
1995

Brain Donors
as Lillian Oglethorpe
1992

Spearfield's Daughter
as Claudine Roux
1986

Some Kind of Miracle
as Ruth Nicoff
1979

The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
as Vera Andreyev
1980

Dear God
as Judge Kits Van Heynigan
1996
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
1999

The Hospital
as Mrs. Christie
1971

After the Fall
as Rose, Quentin's Mother
1974

The Bostonians
as Mrs. Burrage
1984

Marty
as Clara
1953

From the Hip
as Roberta Winnaker
1987

The Bachelor Party
as The Sister-in-law [Julie]
1957
TV Appearances

Lou Grant
as Margaret Pynchon
1977

The Sopranos
as Livia Soprano
1999

Law & Order
as Mrs. Barbara Ryder
1990

Spenser: For Hire
1985

Coach
as Merlene Watkins
1989

Naked City
as Esther Lindall
1958
Love of Life
1951

Studio One
as Jo March
1948

The Edge of Night
1956

Another World
1964

Homicide: Life on the Street
as Lorraine Freeman
1993

Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Auntie
1951