Soap Opera Actor, Massachusetts Native Nancy Frangione Dead At 70

BARNSTABLE, MA — Nancy Frangione, a day-time soap opera villainess but beloved Barnstable native, died on Aug. 18. She was 70.

Frangione was best known for her role as Cecile DePoulignac on the long-running daytime soap opera "Another World", which aired on NBC from 1964 to 1999.

Though Frangione wasn't an original cast member, she portrayed DePulignac, who was involved in a love triangle with two main characters, over 75 episodes from 1980 to 1995, with most appearances happening between 1981 to 1984, then again in 1986.

For her performance, Frangione was awarded Soap Opera Digest's Outstanding Villainess Award in 1984.

She also appeared in other shows across the years, including six episodes of "All My Children" and two episodes of "The Nanny".

No cause of death is clear at this time, according to an online obituary. That page has also served as a place for fans of Frangione to gather and share their memories of her work.

"When I was in high school, I'd race home after school in the late afternoon to catch the last 15 minutes of Another World and Ms. Frangione's performance as the glamorous heiress, Cecile DePoulignac," one person wrote.

"Ms. Frangione's performance was magnificent, ingenious and subtly diabolical. Her portrayal as Cecile was so pivotal that it was the focal point that drove the storyline and was the reason we tuned in to Another World."

Frangione was born in Barnstable on July 10, 1953 and was a part of the 1973 graduating class at Barnstable High School.