Nancy Marchand

Biography

Nancy Lou Marchand 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.

Known For

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

as Mayor

The Sopranos

as Livia Soprano

The Sopranos

as Livia Soprano (archive footage)

Sabrina

as Maude Larrabee

Law & Order

as Mrs. Barbara Ryder

Cheers

as Hester Crane

Regarding Henry

as Headmistress (uncredited)

North and South

as Dorothea Dix

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Lorraine Freeman

Night Court

as Louise Cahill