Mary Nell Santacroce (née McKoin; May 25, 1918 – February 17, 1999) was an American actress. She has appeared in such films as ''

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'' (1979), '' The War'' (1994) and '' Something to Talk About'' (1995). She was the mother of actress

Dana Ivey Dana Robins Ivey (born August 12, 1941) is an American actress. She is a five-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, and won the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her work in both ''Sex and Longing' ...

Biography

Mary Nell McKoin was born in

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

in 1918. She was a graduate of both the

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and

Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...

. From 1948-65, she taught speech and drama at the

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. She also taught at

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from 1965 until 1972. She had two children, daughter Dana and son John, from her marriage to Hugh Ivey, which ended in divorce. She had another son, Eric, from her marriage to Dante Santacroce, her widower. Santacroce died on February 17, 1999 at her home in Atlanta from leukemia and bone cancer.

Select filmography

*''

'' (1979) *'' The Private Eyes'' (1980) *''

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'' (1984) *''

Impure Thoughts ''Impure Thoughts'' is a 1986 American comedy film. The film was directed by Michael A. Simpson. It marked Alyson Hannigan's feature film debut. Plot Four male friends are reunited after not being in contact with each other for several years. Ho ...

'' (1986) *'' Not Without My Daughter'' (1991) *''

Alex Haley's Queen ''Alex Haley's Queen'' (also known as ''Queen'') is a 1993 American television miniseries that aired in three installments on February 14, 16, and 18 on CBS. The miniseries is an adaptation of the 1993 novel '' Queen: The Story of an American F ...

'' (1993) *''

Silent Cries ''Silent Cries'' is a 1993 television film adaptation, directed by Anthony Page, of ''Guests of the Emperor'' by Janice Young Brooks.New York Magazine - Mar 8, 1993 - Page 80 ... At the TV movies: IP NOT FOR GENA Rowlands, Annabeth Gish, and Chlo ...

'' (1993) *''

Class of '61 ''Class of '61'' is a 1993 American war drama television film produced by Steven Spielberg as a projected television series about the American Civil War. It focused on men who were classmates at West Point and separated by the war between the No ...

'' (1993) *''

The Yearling ''The Yearling'' is a novel by American writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, published in March 1938. It was the main selection of the Book of the Month Club in April 1938. It won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. It was the best-selling no ...

'' (1994) *''

A Simple Twist of Fate ''A Simple Twist of Fate'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Gillies MacKinnon. The screenplay by Steve Martin is loosely based on the 1861 novel ''Silas Marner'' by George Eliot. Martin stars, along with Gabriel Byrne, Laura Lin ...

'' (1994) *'' The War'' (1994) *'' Something to Talk About'' (1995)

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