Carrie Snodgress

About Carrie Snodgress

She interrupted her blossoming career to raise her son but returned to the screen in Brian De Palma's "The Fury" (1978). Since then, her features have ranged from forgettable ("A Night in Heaven" 1983) to passable (the heavy-handed "Pale Rider" 1985) to intriguing ("The Ballad of Little Jo" 1993).

Snodgress has fared somewhat better on the small screen, although she generally has been cast as mothers or motherly types in such fare as the biopics "Nadia" (syndicated, 1984) and "Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story" (Fox, 1994). An exception was her portrayal of real-life serial killer Virginia McGinnis in "Death Benefit" (USA, 1996).

Partners

Companion

Neil Young.

Companion

Jack Nitzsche. was arrested for assaulting Snodgress in the 1970s

Education

Northern Illinois University, De Kalb , Illinois

The Goodman School of Drama, Chicago , Illinois

Career Milestones

Appeared on stage with Goodman Theatre in "All the Way Home", "Oh! What a Lovely War", and "Caesar and Cleopatra"

Began acting in high school productions

Grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois

TV debut in episode of "Judd For the Defense"

Took hiatus from acting to raise her son

1969

TV-movie debut, "The Whole World is Watching"

1970

Screen debut, "Rabbit, Run"

1970

Won critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination for "Diary of a Mad Housewife"

1977

Resumed acting career in Detroit production of "Vanities"

1978

Returned to screen in "The Fury"

1985

Co-starred opposite Clint Eastwood in "Pale Rider"

1989

Appeared in "The Chill Factor"

1990

Played the mother of Allan Pinkerton in the TNT original "The Rose and the Jackal"

1993

Was featured in the acclaimed indie "The Ballad of Little Jo"

1994

Played the mother of rodeo performer Lane Frost in the biopic "8 Seconds"

1996

Had change of pace role as a serial killer in the USA Network film "Death Benefit"

1998

Appeared in "Wild Things"

2000

Had cameo role as a book publisher in "Bartleby"

2001

Played a feisty older woman in the horror flick "The Forsaken"