Soap opera actress Nancy Frangione has died. She was 70.
Entertainment Weekly reports that Frangione died Aug. 18 in her Massachusetts home. Her cause of death is not yet known.
The daytime star got her start in television in 1977 on All My Children, where she played Tara Martin for six episodes until 1979. She swiftly landed her best-known role yet soon after, starring as Cecile DePoulignac on Another World from 1980 to 1995.
Her memorable performance in Another World earned her Soap Opera Digest‘s Outstanding Villainess award in 1984.
The set of Another World was also where she went on to meet her husband, actor Christopher Rich. The pair were married from 1982 to 1996, during which they had one daughter together.
She made a number of other appearances across television throughout the ’80s and ’90s, including brief appearances in Matlock, Highway to Heaven, a two-episode stint on The Nanny, and the made-for-TV romantic comedy Sharing Richard.
She also temporarily filled in for actress Andrea Evans on One Life to Live in 1985.
Her tenure on Another World, which ended in 1995, remains her last credited acting role, according to IMDb.
She is survived by her daughter, Mariel, whom she shares with her ex-husband.
