Nancy Marie Wickwire (November 20, 1925 – July 10, 1974) was an American stage and television actress known for her roles on several daytime soap operas.

[2] Wickwire was a graduate of the John Harris High School (1943) and earned a Bachelor of Science from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (1948).

[3] Wickwire acted in productions at her high school, in the Harrisburg Community Theater,[4] and on radio station WSBA.

[9] In addition, she made guest appearances on a number of prime time series, including Route 66, The Fugitive, The Invaders, Ironside and Gunsmoke (where she starred as “Nell”, a psychotic, over protective and over religious older sister in the 1963 episode “My Sister’s Keeper” - S9E6).

[8] Wickwire acted in summer stock theatre productions in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Syracuse, New York.