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Mary Nell Santacroce (née McKoin; May 25, 1918 – February 17, 1999) was an American actress. She has appeared in such films as Wise Blood (1979), The War (1994) and Something to Talk About (1995).[1][2] She was also the mother of actress Dana Ivey.[3][4][5][6]

Biography

Mary Nell McKoin was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1918.[7][1][2] She was a graduate of both the University of Georgia and Emory University.[2] From 1948-65, she taught speech and drama at the Georgia Institute of Technology.[1][2] She also taught at Georgia State University from 1965 till 1972.[2]

She has two children, daughter Dana and son John, from her marriage to Hugh Ivey, which ended in divorce.[2] She also has another son, Eric, from her marriage to Dante Santacroce, her namesake widower.[2]

Santacroce died on February 17, 1999 at her home in Atlanta from leukemia and bone cancer.[1][2]

Select filmography

• Wise Blood (1979)
• The Private Eyes (1980)
• Mutant (1984)
• Impure Thoughts (1986)
• Not Without My Daughter (1991)
• Alex Haley's Queen (1993)
• Silent Cries (1993)
• Class of '61 (1993)
• The Yearling (1994)
• A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
• The War (1994)
• Something to Talk About (1995)

References

External links

• Mary Nell Santacroce at IMDb

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