Nancy Wickwire

Nancy Marie Wickwire (November 20, 1925 – July 10, 1974) was an American stage and television actress known for her roles on several daytime soap operas.

Early years Nancy Wickwire was born on November 20, 1925, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the younger child of two daughters of Ruth Marie (née Larson) and Alva Burton Wickwire, who was a traveling manager with Railway Express Agency. Wickwire was a graduate of the John Harris High School (1943) and earned a Bachelor of Science from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (1948). and on radio station WSBA. She also won a scholarship to study acting at Old Vic School in London (1949-1951).

Television Wickwire's major media debut came in March 1960 in Valley of Decision, a television remake of The Valley of Decision, a 1945 film that starred Gregory Peck and Greer Garson. Wickwire, who was awarded the lead when Glynis Johns was unable to continue due to illness, played the part of "an Irish lass of a working class family going to work as a housemaid for the richest family in Pittsburgh."

Wickwire's visibility then increased when she appeared on Omnibus. She appeared on Guiding Light (Lila Taylor Kelly, 1954–1955), As the World Turns (Claire English, 1960–1964), Another World (Liz Matthews, 1969–1971), and Days of Our Lives (Phyllis Anderson, 1972–73). Her Broadway debut came in Saint Joan (1951).

For two summers, she acted in productions at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut.