Carrie Nye (October 14, 1936 – July 14, 2006) was an American actress.
Nye was born Caroline Nye McGeoy in Greenwood, Mississippi; her father was a vice president of a local bank. She attended Stephens College and then went on to the Yale School of Drama.
The majority of Nye's roles were on the stage. She joined the Williamstown Theater Festival in 1955 and portrayed a number of roles at the festival through the 1960s and 1970s. Among her credits...
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Carrie Nye (October 14, 1936 – July 14, 2006) was an American actress.
Nye was born Caroline Nye McGeoy in Greenwood, Mississippi; her father was a vice president of a local bank. She attended Stephens College and then went on to the Yale School of Drama.
The majority of Nye's roles were on the stage. She joined the Williamstown Theater 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 also part of a team from the American Shakespeare Festival that performed Troilus and Cressida at the White House during the Kennedy administration. On Broadway, she made her debut in 1960 with a role in the play A Second String. The following year she portrayed Tiffany Richards in the original cast of Mary,Mary. She was nominated for a Tony Award in 1965 for her portrayal of Helen Walsingham in Half a Sixpence. She appeared in two more productions on Broadway...
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