Nancy Addison

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Nancy Addison

Born	Nancy Addison Altman (1946-03-21)March 21, 1946 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	June 18, 2002(2002-06-18) (aged 56) New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names	Nancy Addison-Altman
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1970–1997
Spouse(s)	Daniel Goldfarb (1982-2002; her death) Clinton Dunn (19??-1975)

Nancy Addison (March 21, 1946^[1] – June 18, 2002) was an American soap opera actress, best known for her role on the television soap opera Ryan's Hope as Jillian Coleridge, which she played from 1975 to 1988, and returned to for the show's final episodes in 1989.

Biography

Born in New York City as Nancy Addison Altman, she studied under the tutelage of Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. She got her first soap opera role on The Guiding Light in 1970 and appeared until 1974 as the character Kit Vested. Then she went on to her most remembered role in 1975 on the new ABC soap opera Ryan's Hope as Jillian Coleridge. It was there that she remained until electing to leave the series in late 1987, in order to pursue new projects. After having made her final appearance in January 1988, Addison returned to Ryan's Hope a year later, to briefly reprise the role of Jill for the show's final episodes. Later in 1989, she moved into the role of Marissa Rampal on All My Children. Addison portrayed Deborah Brewster Alden from 1993 to 1995 on Loving, and in 1995 played the same role on The City.

Among her other work was co-starring with James Coburn in the three-part television mini-series film The Dain Curse (1978). She also appeared in Somewhere, Tomorrow (1983), Baby Me (1988) and the long-running television series Law & Order in different roles on various episodes.

Volunteer work

When Addison wasn't acting, she volunteered a considerable amount of her time to helping children with HIV/AIDS. ^{[citation needed]}

Illness and death

In 1999, she was diagnosed with cancer of her adrenal gland and bronchial tubes and in 2002, she died from the cancer in New York City, aged 56.

References

↑ Born 1946 as per Social Security Death Index under the name Nancy A. Altman, SS# 152-36-1249

External links

Nancy Addison at the Internet Movie Database
Nancy Addison at the Internet Broadway Database

Persondata
Name	Addison, Nancy
Alternative names	Altman, Nancy Addison
Short description	Actress
Date of birth	March 21, 1946
Place of birth	New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of death	June 18, 2002 (aged 56)
Place of death	New York City, New York, U.S.

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