Nancy Addison

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Nancy Addison
Born
Nancy Addison Altman

(1946-03-21)March 21, 1946
New York City, U.S.
DiedJune 18, 2002(2002-06-18) (aged 56)
New York City, U.S.
Other namesNancy Addison-Altman
OccupationActress
Years active1969–1997
Spouses
Clinton Dunn
​
(before 1975)​
Daniel Goldfarb
​
(m. 1982)​

Nancy Addison Altman (March 21, 1946

Jillian Coleridge on the soap opera Ryan's Hope
which she played for over twelve years beginning with the show's premiere in 1975. She left the show in early 1988 but returned for its final episodes in 1989.

Biography

Born in New York City, Addison studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Her first soap opera role was Kit Vested on Guiding Light, which she played from 1969 to 1974. In 1975, she debuted on

Jillian Coleridge
. She played the role for a dozen years until she decided to leave in late 1987, and made her final appearance in January 1988. She returned briefly a year later to reprise the role of Jill for the show's final episodes.

In 1989, she moved into the role of Marissa Rampal on All My Children. Addison portrayed Deborah Brewster Alden from 1993 to 1995 on Loving, and in 1995 played the same role on The City.

She co-starred with James Coburn in the three-part television mini-series The Dain Curse (1978). She also appeared in Somewhere, Tomorrow (1983), Baby Me (1988) and the long-running television series Law & Order in different roles on various episodes.

In the spring of 1978, Ms. Addison was selected to serve as the honorary celebrity “Queen of the Azaleas”, during the annual Azalea Festival, held in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Personal life

Twice married, Addison volunteered a great deal of her time working with children with

AIDS.[citation needed
]

Illness and death

In 1999, she was diagnosed with

bronchial tubes
, which claimed her life in 2002 in New York City, aged 56. She was survived by her second husband, Daniel Goldfarb.

References

  1. ^ Born 1946 as per Social Security Death Index website; accessed August 20, 2014.

External links

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