Mary Nell Santacroce

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). She was also the mother of actress Dana Ivey.

Biography

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

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

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

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)

External links

• Mary Nell Santacroce at the Internet Movie Database