“Mad Housewife” Carrie Snodgress, 57
Posted: Saturday, April 10th, 2004 12:23 am
Actress Carrie Snodgress, whose 40-year career included an Oscar nomination for “Diary of a Mad Housewife” and memorable roles in “Pale Rider” and “Wild Things,” has died. She was 57.
Snodgress was hospitalized at the University of California Medical Center in Los Angeles, awaiting a liver transplant when she died of heart failure April 1, her manager, Sidney Craig, said Friday. Her son, Zeke, by rock star Neil Young, was at her side, he said.
Snodgress was perhaps best-known for her role as a frustrated homemaker caught between a domineering husband and a self-absorbed lover in 1970’s “Diary of a Mad Housewife.” She was nominated for an Academy Award and won two Golden Globe awards — leading actress in a musical or comedy and new star of the year. …
Off-screen, the Park Ridge, Illinois, native’s love life was also tumultuous. … Read full obituary
