# Nancy Addison > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nancy_Addison > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nancy_Addison.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Addison > Source revision: 1357069566 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American actress (1946-2002)}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2014}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Nancy Addison | image = Nancy Addison.jpg | birth_name = Nancy Addison Altman | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|3|21|mf=y}} | birth_place = [New York City](/source/New_York_City), U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|6|18|1946|3|21|mf=y}} | death_place = New York City, U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1969–1997 | other_names = Nancy Addison-Altman | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Clinton Dunn||1975}} * {{marriage|Daniel Goldfarb|1982}} }} }} '''Nancy Addison Altman''' (March 21, 1946Born 1946 as per [http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi Social Security Death Index website]; accessed August 20, 2014. – June 18, 2002), also known as '''Nancy Addison''', was an American actress noted for her appearances in [soap operas](/source/soap_operas). She first attracted notice for playing Kit Vested on the television [soap opera](/source/soap_opera) ''[Guiding Light](/source/Guiding_Light)'' for five years beginning in 1969. She is best known for her role as [Jillian Coleridge](/source/Jillian_Coleridge) on the soap opera ''[Ryan's Hope](/source/Ryan's_Hope)'' which she played for over twelve years beginning with the show's premiere in 1975. She left the show in early 1988 but returned for its final episodes in 1989. ==Biography== Born in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), Addison studied with [Sanford Meisner](/source/Sanford_Meisner) at the [Neighborhood Playhouse](/source/Neighborhood_Playhouse_School_of_the_Theatre). Her first soap opera role was Kit Vested on ''[Guiding Light](/source/Guiding_Light)'', which she played from 1969 to 1974. In 1975, she debuted on ''[Ryan's Hope](/source/Ryan's_Hope)'' in the role with which she is most identified, [Jillian Coleridge](/source/Jillian_Coleridge).{{Cite book |last=Lisanti |first=Tom |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TQyqEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Nancy+Addison%22+actress&pg=PT75 |title=Ryan's Hope: An Oral History of Daytime's Groundbreaking Soap |date=2023-10-24 |publisher=Citadel Press |isbn=978-0-8065-4292-8 |language=en}} She played the role for a dozen years until she decided to leave in late 1987, and made her final appearance in January 1988. She returned briefly a year later to reprise the role of Jill for the show's final episodes. In 1989, she moved into the role of Marissa Rampal on ''[All My Children](/source/All_My_Children)''. Addison portrayed Deborah Brewster Alden from 1993 to 1995 on ''[Loving](/source/Loving_(TV_series))'', and in 1995 played the same role on ''[The City](/source/The_City_(1995_TV_series))''. She co-starred with [James Coburn](/source/James_Coburn) in the three-part television mini-series ''[The Dain Curse](/source/The_Dain_Curse_(miniseries))'' (1978). She also appeared in ''Somewhere, Tomorrow'' (1983), ''Baby Me'' (1988) and the long-running television series ''[Law & Order](/source/Law_%26_Order)'' in different roles on various episodes. In the spring of 1978, Addison was selected to serve as the honorary celebrity “Queen of the Azaleas”, during the annual Azalea Festival, held in [Wilmington, North Carolina](/source/Wilmington%2C_North_Carolina). ==Personal life== Twice married, Addison volunteered a great deal of her time working with children with [HIV](/source/HIV)/[AIDS](/source/AIDS).{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} ==Illness and death== In 1999, she was diagnosed with [cancer](/source/cancer) of her [adrenal gland](/source/adrenal_gland) and [bronchial tubes](/source/bronchial_tubes),{{Cite web |last1=Wulff |first1=Jennifer |last2=Seaman |first2=Debbie |date=July 16, 2001 |title=Nancy Addison Altman: The Good Fight |url=https://ryansbaronline.tripod.com/addisonpeople2001.html |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=[People Magazine](/source/People_Magazine)}} which claimed her life in 2002 in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), aged 56. She was survived by her second husband, Daniel Goldfarb. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|0011716}} * {{IBDB name}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Addison, Nancy}} Category:1946 births Category:2002 deaths Category:American soap opera actresses Category:American stage actresses Category:American television actresses Category:Deaths from cancer in New York (state) Category:Actresses from New York City Category:20th-century American actresses Category:American film actresses --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nancy Addison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Addison) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Addison?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.