Carrie Snodgress

**Caroline "Carrie" Snodgress** (27 October 1945 – 1 April 2004) was an American actress. She played Tina Balser in _Diary of a Mad Housewife_. In _The Attic_ (1980) she played Louise Elmore.

Snodgress was born on 27 October, 1946 in Park Ridge, Illinois. She died from heart and liver failure in Los Angeles on 1 April 2004. She was age 58.

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1970|_Diary of a Mad Housewife_|Bettina "Tina" Balser|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actress Laurel Award for Best Dramatic Performance, Female Laurel Award for Star of Tomorrow, Female National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress (5th place) Nominated-Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated-BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles||
|1970|_Rabbit, Run_|Janice Angstrom|||
|1978|__|Hester|||
|1980|__|Louise Elmore|||
|1982|_Homework_|Dr. Delingua|||
|1982|_Trick or Treats_|Joan O'Keefe Adams|||
|1983|__|Mrs. Johnson|||
|1985|_Pale Rider_|Sarah Wheeler|||
|1985|_Rainy Day Friends_|Margot|||
|1986|_Murphy's Law_|Joan Freeman|||
|1988|_Blueberry Hill_|Becca Dane|||
|1989|_Chill Factor_|Amy Carlisle|||
|1990|_Across the Tracks_|Rosemary Maloney|||
|1993|__|Ruth Badger|||
|1994|_8 Seconds_|Elsie Frost|||
|1994|_Blue Sky_|Vera Johnson|||
|1995|_White Man's Burden_|Josine|||
|1998|_Wild Things_|Ruby|||
|1999|__|Ruth Kinneson|||
|2000|_In the Light of the Moon_|Augusta W. Gein|||
|2001|__|Ina Hamm|||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1969|_Judd, for the Defense_|Eileen|"The Crystal Maze"||
|1969|__|Josephine Delphinia|"Crime Wave in Buffalo Springs"||
|1969|__|Janet / Diane|"The Flip Side"||
|1969|__|Megan Baker|"The Whole World is Watching"||
|1969|_Marcus Welby, M.D._|Laura|"The White Cane"||
|1969|_Silent Night, Lonely Night_|Janet|TV film||
|1970|_Medical Center_|Mim Hoagley|"The Deceived"||
|1970|__|Janet / Diane|TV film||
|1971|__|Grace McCormack|TV film||
|1978|_Love's Dark Ride_|Nancy Warren|TV film||
|1979|_Fast Friends_|Diana Hayward|TV film||
|1979|__|Sharon Keyes|TV film||
|1982|_Quincy M.E._|Mrs. Vicki McGuire|"The Face of Fear"||
|1983|_ABC Afterschool Special_|Mrs. Cranston|"Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy"||
|1984|_Nadia_|Stefania Comaneci|TV film||
|1984|_Highway to Heaven_|Evelyn Nealy|"To Touch the Moon"||
|1985|__|Isobel Bennett|TV film||
|1986|_Murder, She Wrote_|Connie Vernon|"If a Body Meet a Body"||
|1988|_Friday the 13th: The Series_|Dr. Viola Rhodes|"Brain Drain"||
|1988|_Crossbow_|Lady Montal|"Ladyship"||
|1989|_In the Heat of the Night_|Mrs. Kroller|"Crackdown"||
|1990|__|Joan Pinkerton|TV film||
|1990|_Shades of LA_|Lt. Armacost|"Pointers from Paz"||
|1991|_Equal Justice_|Marla Prentiss|"Courting Disaster"||
|1991|_Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis_|Louise McVay|TV film||
|1992|_Woman with a Past_|Mama|TV film||
|1992|_Civil Wars_|Mary Esquavil|"Drone of Arc"||
|1992|_Reasonable Doubts_|Christine Anderson|"Try to Be Nice, What Does It Get You?"||
|1993|__|Darlene Morris|"Conduit"||
|1993|_Murder, She Wrote_|Irene Macinoy|"Love & Hate in Cabot Cove"||
|1994|_Rise and Walk: The Donnie Byrd Story_|Mrs. Byrd|TV film||
|1994-1995|_Phantom 2040_|Heloise Walker (voice)|Recurring role||
|1995|_Chicago Hope_|Mrs. Weber|"Every Day a Little Death"||
|1995|_Sisters_|Betty Merrill|"For Everything a Season: Part 2"||
|1996|_Death Benefit_|Virginia McGinnis|TV film||
|1996|_All She Ever Wanted_|Alma Winchester|TV film||
|1998|_ER_|Mrs. Lang|"A Hole in the Heart"||
|1998|_Touched by an Angel_|Judy Bowers|"Miles to Go Before I Sleep"||
|2002|_Judging Amy_|Dr. Larabie|"People of the Lie"||
|2003|__|Mrs. Martha Rowe|"Red Haven's on Fire"||
|2004|_Iron Jawed Angels_|Mrs. Paul|TV film||