Carrie Nye

Stage Actress

Carrie Nye was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States on October 14th, 1936 and is the Stage Actress. At the age of 69, Carrie Nye biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Carolyn Nye McGeoy
Date of Birth
October 14, 1936
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Greenwood, Mississippi, United States
Death Date
Jul 14, 2006 (age 69)
Zodiac Sign
Libra
Profession
Actor, Film Actor, Stage Actor, Television Actor
Carrie Nye Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 69 years old, Carrie Nye has this physical status:

Height
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Weight
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Hair Color
Blonde
Eye Color
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Build
Slim
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Carrie Nye Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
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Hobbies
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Education
Stephens College, Yale School of Drama
Carrie Nye Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Dick Cavett ​(m. 1964)​
Children
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Dating / Affair
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Carrie Nye Career

Most of Nye's work was on the stage. She joined the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 1955 and portrayed a number of roles at the festival through the 1960s and 1970s. Among her credits were the leads in The Skin of Our Teeth and A Streetcar Named Desire. She was in the American Shakespeare Festival that performed Troilus and Cressida at the White House during the Kennedy administration.

She made her debut on Broadway in 1960 in A Second String. The following year she portrayed Tiffany Richards in the original cast of Mary, Mary. She received a Tony Award nomination in 1965 for her portrayal of Helen Walsingham in Half a Sixpence. She appeared in two more productions on Broadway during the 1960s, A Very Rich Woman (1965) and Cop-Out (1969).

Nye made her feature film debut in The Group (1966), the film adaptation of Mary McCarthy's novel. Other film appearances included The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979), the classic horror film Creepshow (1982), Too Scared to Scream (1985), and the Shelley Long comedy Hello Again (1987).

Nye was featured in a number of television movies during the 1970s, including Screaming Skull (1973) and The Users (1978). She also acted in the television movie Divorce His, Divorce Hers (1973), which starred Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Nye wrote a humorous essay that year published in Time about the experience. In 1978, Nye was a semi-regular panelist on the PBS quiz show We Interrupt This Week. She received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1980 for her portrayal of Tallulah Bankhead in the television film The Scarlett O'Hara War. That same year she returned to Broadway to perform the role of Lorraine Sheldon in a revival of The Man Who Came to Dinner. She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her performance.

In 1984, Nye was cast on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light as Susan Piper, an unscrupulous real estate agent going to great lengths, including murder, trying to reclaim a cottage that harbors a deep secret. Her portrayal of the villainous character proved popular for some time, culminating in a location shoot in Barbados, ending with a memorable death scene where she fell into quicksand.

When Nye's friend Ellen Weston became head writer of Guiding Light in 2003, she created another character for Nye, the mysterious Caroline Carruthers. Despite acclaim for Nye's performance, this storyline was unpopular, changing history for several of the show's core characters (whom she had crossed paths with in her first stint) and Nye's character was written off after six months.

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