Nancy Snyder
{{short description|American actress}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nancy Snyder
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Actress
| years_active =
| known_for =
| spouse =
| children =
}}
Nancy Snyder is an American actress who won the Clarence Derwent Award in 1976 and the Outer Critics Circle Best Actress award in the 1977–78 season.
Life and career
Snyder is the daughter of Idelle ({{nee}} Bonham) and John Marshall Snyder Sr., a director of research.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lincolntrailpublishing.com/obits/1962/john-snyder |title=John Snyder | Obituaries | Lincoln Trail Publishing |access-date=October 11, 2014 |archive-date=October 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024003320/http://www.lincolntrailpublishing.com/obits/1962/john-snyder |url-status=dead }} She opened in Jules Feiffer's comedy, Knock Knock,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/01/19/archives/stage-knock-knock-feiffers-there.html |title=Stage: 'Knock Knock,' Feiffer's There |last=Gussow |first=Mel |date=January 19, 1976 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=January 21, 2009}} and went on to win the Clarence Derwent Award for the "most promising female [actor] on the metropolitan scene" for the 1975–76 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/28/archives/evans-miss-snyder-win-derwent-awards.html|title=Evans, Miss Snyder Win Derwent Awards|last=Calta|first=Louis|date=May 28, 1976|work=The New York Times|accessdate=January 21, 2009}}
She won Best Actress in the 1977–78 season in the annual awards given by the Outer Critics Circle for her role in Fifth of July.{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B10FE345A11728DDDAB0A94DD405B888BF1D3|title=Outer Critics Circle Honors 'Da'|date=May 22, 1978|work=The New York Times|accessdate=January 22, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.outercritics.org/AwardArchives.aspx?_y=1977-1978|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505212033/http://www.outercritics.org/AwardArchives.aspx?_y=1977-1978|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 5, 2008|title=Outer Critics Circle: Awards for 1977-1978|work=Outer Critics Circle|accessdate=January 22, 2009}} From 1978–1983, she was a regular on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, playing a hooker with a heart of gold, Katrina Karr. She appeared in the Lanford Wilson play, Angels Fall,{{Cite news |last=Rich |first=Frank |date=1982-10-18 |title=Play: 'Angels Fall,' Landford Wilson's Apocalypse |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/18/theater/play-angels-fall-landford-wilson-s-apocalypse.html |access-date=2025-04-15 |work=The New York Times |page=C15 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} in 1982, which was nominated for a Tony Award, and in Wilson's Book of Days at the Signature Theater in 2002.
Filmography
=Stage=
- The Gambler by Ugo Betti
- Tartuffe by Molière Role: Marianne
- Knock, Knock by Jules Feiffer (1976) Role: Joan of Arc{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,945523,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220091755/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,945523,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2011|title=Knock Knock by Jules Feiffer|last=Kalem|first=T. E.|date=February 2, 1976|magazine=TIME|publisher=Time Inc|accessdate=January 21, 2009}}
- Mrs Murray's Farm by Roy London (1976) Role: Barbara Warren{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/01/archives/stage-historical-farce.html|title=Stage: Historical Farce|last=Eder|first=Richard|date=July 1, 1976|work=The New York Times|accessdate=January 21, 2009}}
- The Farm by David Storey (1976) Role: Branda{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918472,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220102726/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918472,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2011|title=The Farm by David Storey|last=Kalem|first=T. E.|date=October 25, 1976|magazine=TIME|publisher=Time Inc.|accessdate=January 21, 2009}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/12/archives/david-storeys-the-farm-is-family-play-about-forces-that-hold-people.html|title=David Storey's 'The Farm Is Family Play About Forces That Hold People Together|last=Gusson|first=Mel|date=October 12, 1976|work=The New York Times|accessdate=January 21, 2009}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/24/archives/stage-view-too-many-questions-too-few-answers-stage-view-too-many.html?sq=Too%2520many%2520questions%2C%2520too%2520few%2520answers&scp=1&st=cse |title=Too Many Questions, Too Few Answers| last=Kerr |first=Walter |date=October 24, 1976|work=The New York Times|accessdate=January 21, 2009}}
- Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson (1978)
- Eyes on the Sky by Tom Cone (1978) Role: Elenore Atwater{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/10/archives/theater-a-nightcap-without-a-kick-eyes-on-the-sky.html|title=Theater: A Nightcap Without a Kick; Eyes on the Sky|last=Gussow|first=Mel|date=November 10, 1978|work=The New York Times|accessdate=January 22, 2009}}
- Angels Fall by Lanford Wilson (1982) Role: Vita Harris
- Book of Days by Lanford Wilson (2002){{Cite news |last=Brantley |first=Ben |date=2002-11-04 |title=Theater Review; Small Town's Big Cheese Dies, So a Saint Goes Riding In |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/04/theater/theater-review-small-town-s-big-cheese-dies-so-a-saint-goes-riding-in.html |access-date=2025-04-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26838677_ITM|title=Book of Days|last=Isherwood|first=Charles|date=November 4, 2002|work=Daily Variety|publisher=Reed Business Information, Inc|accessdate=January 22, 2009}}
=Film=
- The Kirlian Witness (1978) Role: Rilla{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Kevin |date=June 12, 1986 |title=Movie Review 'Kirlian Witness' rooted in langour |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-12-ca-10348-story.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129093859/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-12-ca-10348-story.html |archive-date=2023-01-29 |accessdate=2025-04-15 |work=Los Angeles Times |pages=3}}
- Texas Rangers (2000) Role: Production Assistant
- My Boss's Daughter (2003) Role: Assistant Director
=Television=
- One Life to Live (TV series) Role: Katrina Karr
- For Richer, For Poorer (TV series) Role: Colleen Griffin
- Father's Choice (TV movie) Role: Assistant Director
- Black Top (2001) (TV movie) Role: Office Assistant
- Law & Order (2003) (TV series) Role: CeCe Vandeveer{{cite news|url=http://tv.nytimes.com/episode/33982/Law-Order/overview?scp=1&sq=%22Nancy%20Snyder%22&st=Search|title=Law & Order: Season 13 > Bitch|work=The New York Times|accessdate=January 21, 2009}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0811529|name=Nancy Snyder}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121020040056/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/66712/Nancy-Snyder/filmography Filmography], The New York Times.
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Snyder, Nancy}}
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American soap opera actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:American television actresses