Nancy Priddy

• Name — Nancy Priddy • Born — January 22, 1941 • Birthplace — South Bend, Indiana • Occupation — Actress, singer-songwriter • Years Active — 1961–2016 • Spouse — Robert Applegate (divorced 1972) • Children — Christina Applegate

Priddy was born on January 22, 1941, in South Bend, Indiana. She worked as a disc jockey at age 12, and majored in drama at Oberlin College and Northwestern University.

In the summers of 1961 and 1962, Priddy performed in musical revues as part of the Party-Liners group at the Peninsula Players theater near Fish Creek, Wisconsin. She was a member of The Bitter End Singers in 1964, a short-lived folksinging group along with Lefty Baker, Tina Bohlmann, Bob Hider, Norris O'Neill, and Vilma Vaccaro. In 1968, she released the album You've Come This Way Before, described by Billboard as "a minor classic of psychedelic folk" and by an Allmusic reviewer as "an off-the-wall singer/songwriter album drawing from both folk-rock and psychedelia". That same year she contributed backup vocals to Leonard Cohen's debut album Songs of Leonard Cohen. At one point she dated Stephen Stills and was the inspiration for his Buffalo Springfield song "Pretty Girl Why".

Priddy is the mother of actress Christina Applegate, and has appeared with her in several projects, including the television series Married... with Children and the film The Sweetest Thing. Like her daughter, Priddy is a breast cancer survivor.

The authorities additionally record the heading Nancy Lee Priddy. Her recorded language was English. She was the child of Carl C. Priddy and Katherina Iona Driggs. One child is recorded: Christina Applegate.