Carrie Snodgress

Carrie Snodgress (October 27, 1946 - April 1 2004, Los Angeles, California) was an American actress. Born Caroline Snodgress in Park Ridge, Illinois, she attended Northern Illinois University before leaving to act. Her film debut was in 1970 in Rabbit, Run opposite James Caan.

Her next film, Diary of a Mad Housewife, garnered her a nomination for Academy Award for Best Actress. She left acting soon in order to travel with rock musician Neil Young, the father of their son Zeke, but returned in 1978 in The Fury.

Other films include White Man's Burden and Blue Sky.

She was hospitalized, awaiting a liver transplant, when she suddenly died of heart failure.