Law and Order
Nancy Marchand
Character
Barbara Ryder
Date of birth
June 19, 1928
Place of birth
Buffalo, New York
Date of death
June 18, 2000
Place of death
Stratford, Connecticut
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Nancy Marchand was an actress who played Barbara Ryder in the Law & Order episode "Blood Is Thicker...".

Marchand starred on the TV shows Lou Grant (with Ed Asner and Robert Walden) as Margaret Pynchon and The Sopranos (with Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Robert Iler, and Michael Imperioli) as Livia Soprano (younger versions of the character were played by Laila Robins on the show and Vera Farmiga in the The Many Saints of Newark film).

She was married to actor Paul Sparer, who played Dr. Edward Auster in the Law & Order episode "Prescription for Death".