Carrie Nye

ABOUT CARRIE NYE

Stage and screen actress who was nominated for an Emmy for her starring role in Moviola: The Scarlett O'Hara War. She also earned a Tony nomination for her performance in the Broadway production of Half a Sixpence.

She made her Broadway debut in 1960 in the stage production of A Second String.

Because of her wit and her Mississippi accent, she was often compared to fellow actress Tallulah Bankhead .

She was the wife of famous talk show host Dick Cavett .

She starred in Tennessee Williams ' A Streetcar Named Desire at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.