A son-in-law, Peter Bowe, is a science department head at a school in Stratford, Connecticut.
Appeared in the opening episode of Season 3 of "The Sopranos" (1999) despite having died almost six months before. Using CGI techniques, a scene between Tony Soprano and his mother was constructed using a body double. Producr David Chase decided to use, this having seen the same techniques being used in Gladiator (2000) when star Oliver Reed died during production.
Appeared with both godfathers: Al Pacino in Me, Natalie (1969) and 'James Gandolfini' in "The Sopranos" (1999).
Attended Carnegie Tech.
Died on the day before what would have been her 72nd birthday.
Her portrait is one of the pictures used in Julia Roberts' character's photography exhibit in Closer (1998).
Her television career reads like a history of television text book: her first credit was co-starring in the groundbreaking classic "The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse: Marty (#5.23)" (1953) with Rod Steiger, when CBS was at the height of its prestige as the "Tiffany network", she won Emmy Awards as Mrs. Pynchon, the newspaper publisher on "Lou Grant" (1977) and she ended her career on the impressive HBO series, "The Sopranos" (1999).
Ms. Marchand is of Italian, English and French descent.
She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1994 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for a revival of "Black Comedy."