Biography
While still in college, she made her acting debut in a summer stock production of "The Late George Apley". After earning a degree from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University), she spent a season at the Falmouth Theater on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, before traveling north to Cambridge to join the Brattle Theater for two seasons (1950-52). Marchand squeezed in her New York stage debut in 1951 as the tavern hostess in …
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Career Milestones
| Appeared in daytime dramas "Another World", "Love of Life" and "Search for Tomorrow" | ||
| Enjoyed a popular stage success as the WASP matriarch in A R Gurney's "The Cocktail Hour" | ||
| Played Mrs. Pynchon, the newspaper owner, on "Lou Grant" (CBS); won four Emmy Awards for the role | ||
1946 | Stage debut in summer stock "The Late George Apley" | |
1950 | Appeared at Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA, in various productions, including "Love's Labour's Lost", "Macbeth" and "King Lear" | |
1950 | Earliest TV credits include Jo in "Little Women" (CBS) | |
1951 | New York stage debut, "The Taming of the Shrew" | |
1953 | Co-starred with Rod Steiger in TV version of "Marty" | |
1957 | Film debut "The Bachelor Party" | |
1975 | Primetime TV series debut in the shortlived CBS drama "Beacon Hill" | |
1980 | Won acclaim for Broadway production of "Morning's at Seven" | |
1984 | Acted in first Merchant Ivory film "The Bostonians" | |
1992 | Acted Off-Broadway alongside husband Paul Sparer in Jon Robin Baitz's "The End of the Day" | |
1994 | Garnered Tony Award nomination for her work in the revival of "Black Comedy" | |
1995 | Played Harrison Ford's mother in Sydney Pollack's remake of "Sabrina" | |
1995 | Reunited with Merchant Ivory for supporting role in "Jefferson in Paris" | |
1999 | Co-starred in the HBO drama series "The Sopranos", playing Livia Soprano; last role before she passed | |
Awards
1978 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing Performance By a Supporting Actress In a Drama Series in Lou Grant |
1979 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in Lou Grant |
1980 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in Lou Grant |
1981 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in Lou Grant |
1982 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in Lou Grant |
1999 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in The Sopranos |
2000 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series in The Sopranos |
2000 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Sopranos |
2001 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Sopranos |