Nancy Frangione dead at 70: Soap fans mourn iconic Another World actress

ACTRESS Nancy Frangione, best known for her role in the daytime soap opera Another World, has died at age 70.

Frangione died in Barnstable, Massachusetts, about 71 miles south of Boston, on August 18.

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(Pictured left to right) Ed Marinaro (as Dr. Richard Bernowski) and Nancy Frangione (as Bonnie Griswold) in CBS’ romantic film Sharing Richard[/caption]

A cause of death has yet to be revealed.

Frangione made her acting debut in the late 1970s on ABC’s All My Children, portraying Tara Martin.

From 1981 to 1984 she played the villain in Another World, Cecile DePoulignac.

She won Soap Opera Digest’s Outstanding Villainess for her role as Cecile.

Frangione reprised her role several times from the late ’80s until 1996.

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