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Nancy Priddy Born Nancy Lee Priddy
January 22, 1941
South Bend, Indiana, USNationality American Occupation Actress, singer/songwriter Years active 1970–2002 (actress)
1964–1968, 2007 (singer)Spouse Robert Applegate
(?-1972, divorced)Children Christina Applegate Nancy Lee Priddy (born January 22, 1941) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. As an actress, she has appeared on many television series, including Bewitched, The Waltons, and Matlock.
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Early life
Priddy was born in South Bend, Indiana, to Carl Priddy and Katherine Iona Driggs.
Career
She was a member of The Bitter End Singers in 1964, a short lived folksinging group along with Lefty Baker, Tina Bohlmann, Bob Hider, Norris O'Neill, and Vilma Vaccaro. In 1968, she released the album You've Come This Way Before. It is now regarded as a classic of psychedelic folk. That same year she contributed backup vocals to Leonard Cohen's debut album Songs of Leonard Cohen.
After years of being away from the recording studio, she returned in 2007 to record Christina's Carousel, released in early 2008.
Family
Priddy is the mother of actress Christina Applegate, and has appeared with her in several projects, including the television series Married...with Children and the film The Sweetest Thing. Like her daughter, Priddy is a breast cancer survivor.
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- Living people
- 20th-century actors
- 21st-century actors
- Actors from Indiana
- American female singers
- American film actors
- American folk singers
- American singer-songwriters
- American television actors
- Breast cancer survivors
- Musicians from Indiana
- Oberlin College alumni
- People from South Bend, Indiana
- Musicians from Indianapolis, Indiana
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