Marchand, Nancy

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Marchand, Nancy (1928–2000), actress. Marchand was a tall, statuesque leading lady in classic productions in New York and in regional theatre who later developed into a favorite character actress. She was born in Buffalo and educated at Carnegie Tech before going into stock in 1946. Marchand made her New York debut five years later and played supporting roles on and off Broadway before getting noticed as the cold‐hearted Madame Irma in The Balcony (1960). Usually playing characters older than herself, she excelled at mothers, aunts, spinsters, and elderly women, both in tragic and comic pieces. Among her many noteworthy performances were her hilarious Mrs. Sneerwell in A School for Scandal (1962), Queen Elizabeth in Mary Stuart (1971), the school administrator Ceil in And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little (1971), the bewildered mom Ida in Morning's at Seven (1980), and the aristocratic matriarch Ann in The Cocktail Hour (1988).

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