Mary Nell Santacroce
Mary Nell Santacroce (née McKoin; May 25, 1918 – February 17, 1999) was an American actress. She has appeared in such films as Wise Blood (1979), The War (1994) and Something to Talk About (1995).[1][2] She was also the mother of actress Dana Ivey.[3][4][5][6]
Biography[]
Mary Nell McKoin was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1918.[7][1][2] She was a graduate of both the University of Georgia and Emory University.[2] From 1948-65, she taught speech and drama at the Georgia Institute of Technology.[1][2] She also taught at Georgia State University from 1965 till 1972.[2]
She has two children, daughter Dana and son John, from her marriage to Hugh Ivey, which ended in divorce.[2] She also has another son, Eric, from her marriage to Dante Santacroce, her namesake widower.[2]
Santacroce died on February 17, 1999 at her home in Atlanta from leukemia and bone cancer.[1][2]
Select filmography[]
- Wise Blood (1979)
- The Private Eyes (1980)
- Mutant (1984)
- Impure Thoughts (1986)
- Not Without My Daughter (1991)
- Alex Haley's Queen (1993)
- Silent Cries (1993)
- Class of '61 (1993)
- The Yearling (1994)
- A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
- The War (1994)
- Something to Talk About (1995)
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Obituaries in the News". Associated Press. 18 February 1999. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Associated Press (February 21, 1999). "Mary Nell Santacroce, Actress Known for Southern Characters". The New York Times. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ Valerie Barnes Lipscomb (2016). Performing Age in Modern Drama. Springer. ISBN 9781137501691. page 128
- ^ Palmer, R. Barton (2007). Twentieth-Century American Fiction on Screen. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139461689.page 141
- ^ Pressley, Nelson (June 13, 2004). "For 'Hot Tin Roof,' Two Theater Pros Still at Their Peak". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ Maupin, Elizabeth (March 10, 1993). "SHE WON'T LET ACTING BOX HER IN". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ "Mary Nell Santacroce News".
External links[]
- 1918 births
- 1999 deaths
- Deaths from leukemia
- Deaths from bone cancer
- Deaths from cancer in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Actresses from Atlanta
- American film actresses
- American stage actresses
- American television actresses
- University of Georgia alumni
- Emory University alumni
- Georgia Tech faculty
- Georgia State University faculty
- 20th-century American actresses
- American women academics