Nancy Dow
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Nancy Maryanne DowScript error: No such module "Unsubst". (July 22, 1936 – May 27, 2016) was an American television and film actress. She was married to actor John Aniston and was the mother of actress Jennifer Aniston.[1]
Early life
Dow was born in West Hartford, Connecticut, one of six daughters of Louise (née Grieco) and Gordon McLean Dow. Her maternal grandfather, Louis Grieco, was an Italian immigrant;[2] her other ancestry included English, Scottish and Irish.[3] Dow had five sisters: Linda, Martha, Sally, Joan, and Jean.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Career
Template:Expand-section Dow was an actress, a model, and an author.
In 1966, Dow played a character called Athena in an episode of The Beverly Hillbillies. In 1967 she appeared in The Wild Wild West.[4][5][6] She also appeared in the 1969 film of The Ice House. Her final acting credit was in the 2004 Canadian film Pure.[5][6]
Personal life
Dow was married to John T. "Jack" Melick Jr., a pianist/bandleader who was based in Dallas, from 1956 to 1961.[7] The couple had one son, John T. Melick III (b. 1959),[7] who became an assistant director and second-unit director.
In 1965, Dow married John Aniston. They had one daughter, Jennifer. The marriage ended in 1980.[5]
Dow and her daughter were estranged for six years, partially because Dow wrote a book about their relationship, entitled From Mother and Daughter to Friends: A Memoir (1999).[8] In 2005, after Aniston's divorce from Brad Pitt, she and her mother reportedly reconciled. Aniston described the gradual progress of her new relationship with her mother: "It's been really nice. It's crazy what, you know, your life kind of being turned upside down will lead you to. ... For us it's ... It was the time and it was going to happen when it was supposed to happen. So this is good. It's baby steps."[9]
Health and death
In 2011 and 2012, Dow had several strokes which affected her ability to speak and walk. On the morning of May 25 2016, she was taken by ambulance from her home in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles. She died two days later at 79 years old.[10]
Filmography
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1966) (TV series) – Athena
- The Wild Wild West (1967) (TV series) – Tersa
- The Ice House (1969) – Jan Wilson
- Pure (2004) – Lynne
References
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- ↑ Stated on Inside the Actors Studio, can be viewed at http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/arFg6tAWzbY/
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- ↑ a b Interview with John T. Melick, Jr, June 2011
- ↑ "Not even friends", fact.on.ca; accessed May 27, 2016.
- ↑ Jennifer Aniston finds peace after Brad, abcnews.go.com; accessed May 27, 2016.
- ↑ Jennifer Aniston's Mother Nancy Dow Has Died: She 'Passed Peacefully Surrounded by Family and Friends,' Says Actress, People. May 25, 2016.
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External links
- Template:Trim/ Nancy Dow at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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- 1936 births
- 2016 deaths
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Actresses from Connecticut
- American film actresses
- American people of English descent
- American people of Irish descent
- American people of Italian descent
- American people of Scottish descent
- American television actresses
- Entertainers from West Hartford, Connecticut