Born to play Tennessee Williams, her harsh beauty, caustic humor and throaty tones were unmistakable and reminiscent of a bygone era that once idolized Tallulah Bankhead and Marlene Dietrich. Her old-fashioned stylings were perhaps too theatrical or indulgent to make a noticeable dent on film or TV (such was the case of Bankhead) but perhaps ...
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Movies
Hello Again, Too Scared to Scream, Creepshow, The Seduction of Joe Tynan, The Users, Divorce His, Divorce Hers, The Group, The Screaming Skull, The Scarlett O'Hara War, Ten Blocks on the Camino Real, Classic Cinema: Richard Burton Triple Feature, Divorce Hers, Divorce His
TV Shows
Moviola
Star Sign
Libra
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In a 2003 interview with The Times-Picayune of New Orleans, Ms. Nye was asked to name the favorite role of her career. "None of them," she said. "I only became an actress so I wouldn't have to cook or make a bed."
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Fact
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Briefly on the soap opera Guiding Light (1952) in 1984 before her character fell into a pit of quicksand (she told Time magazine that her preferred death for her character was "to be impaled on a hat pin"). She returned to the soap opera in 2003, as a different character and in a role specifically designed for her.
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Did a performance of "Troilus and Cressida" at the Kennedy White House.
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Primarily a stage and Broadway actress, she has appeared in such classics as "Macbeth," "As You Like It," "Ghosts" and "The Importance of Being Earnest." She won a Tony nomination as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical) for her 1965 performance in "Half a Sixpence."
$250,000
