Born in Park Ridge, IL; educated at Northern Illinois University and the Goodman Theatre School, Chicago (M.A.). Talented leading lady of the American stage, TV and films. After gaining a nomination for an Oscar® as best actress for her screen-debut performance in Frank Perry's DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE (1970), she disappeared from the screen for several years, during which she set up house with rock star Neil Young and gave birth to his son, Zeke, who was born with cerebral palsy. Snodgress and Young split in 1975. She was originally tapped to star opposite Sylvester Stallone in ROCKY (1976), but lost the role over a salary dispute. In 1979, her ex-boyfriend, songwriter Jack Nitzsche, was charged with threatening to kill her after he drunkenly forced his way into her home and bludgeoned her with a handgun. Nitzsche pleaded guilty to threatening her, and was fined and placed on three years probation. Snodgress returned to the screen in the 1980s in such films as THE ATTIC (1980), HOMEWORK and TRICK OR TREATS (both 1982), A NIGHT IN HEAVEN (1983), PALE RIDER (1985), MURPHY'S LAW and L.A. BAD (both 1986), and BLUEBERRY HILL (1988). Credits from the 1990s include BLUE SKY (released 1994) and CHILL FACTOR (both 1990), ACROSS THE TRACKS (1991), THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO (1993), 8 SECONDS (1994), WHITE MAN'S BURDEN (1995), STRANGER IN THE KINGDOM and WILD THINGS (both 1998), IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOON (2000), and BARTLEBY and THE FORSAKEN (both 2001). Snodgress appeared frequently in episodic TV series and made-for-television movies. Hospitalized at the University of California Medical Center in Los Angeles in 2004, she succumbed to heart failure while awaiting a liver transplant.  Nominated for Actress 1970: DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE 1 nomination