Nada Rowand

Nada Rowand (born November 30, 1936) is an American actress. She is known for playing the role of Kate Rescott Slavinsky on the ABC daytime soap opera Loving (1984 to 1995). She has appeared on Broadway in The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Walking Happy (1966), Richard III (1979), The Survivor (1981), and The Young Man from Atlanta (1997).

Early life Rowand was born in Sparta, Illinois, and raised in Melvin. She moved to New York after graduation, intending to become an opera singer. When she didn't find success as a singer, she began working in musical theater.

Career In the early 1960s, Rowand performed on Broadway in Milk and Honey. The show's star, opera singer Robert Weede, became her mentor. She moved to San Francisco and studied with him, then went to Germany to establish an opera career. When her plans didn't work out, she decided to focus on acting. Rowand returned to New York and studied with Uta Hagen. In 1966, she played a townswoman in the original Broadway production of Walking Happy. Rowand's other stage credits include The Marriage of Figaro, Ladies in Waiting, Orlando, The Rainmaker, Hansel and Gretel, The Iceman Cometh, The Price, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Bells Are Ringing, Blithe Spirit, The Diary of Anne Frank, Dance of Death, The Man Who Came to Dinner, and Guys and Dolls. Rowand played Mother in Doubletalk (1975), a drama about Alzheimer's disease. The production was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. She also appeared in the film Super Seal (1975), co-starring with Sterling Holloway. In 1978, she co-starred with Sylvester Stallone in the film F.I.S.T. Rowand returned to Broadway in 1979, as a "stand by" for the roles of Elizabeth and The Duchess of York in a revival of Richard III, starring Al Pacino.

In 1980, for the Humana Festival at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, she appeared in two productions: in Adele Edling Shank's play Sunrise/Sunset as Louise, and as Yvonne in Kent Broadhurst's play They're Coming to Make It Brighter.

Rowand played Sevek's Mother in the original Broadway production of The Survivor, opening at the Morosco Theatre on March 3, 1981. In May 1981, she appeared as Marianne in Gethsemane Springs at the Spectrum Theater. In December 1981, she played Helen in The Midnight Visitor at St. Peter's Hall.

In 1984, Rowand was cast as Kate Rescott on the ABC soap opera Loving.

She appeared in the television film Blind Alleys (1985).

Rowand stayed on Loving until its final episode aired in November 1995. She guest starred on Law & Order. In July 2004, she appeared in the musical Mimi le Duck at the Adirondack Theatre Festival.

In 2015, Rowand appeared as Elizabeth, an elderly mother with memory loss who has to contend with her fighting caretaker children, in Kate Hawley's play Complications from a Fall, which ran at Center Stage Theater in Santa Cruz, California.

Personal life In the 1980s, Rowand opened three stores, called Sonrisa, which sold works by contemporary Mexican artists and craftsmen. The stores were located in Taos, New Mexico and Los Angeles, California. Rowand's business partners looked after the shops while she worked on Loving.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes1975 Super Seal Mother Credited as Neda RowandDoubletalkMotherShort film1978 F.I.S.T. Mrs. Vasko 1988 Masquerade Mrs. Chase

Television