ACTRESS Nancy Frangione, best known for her role in the daytime soap opera Another World, has died at age 70.
Frangione died in her hometown of Barnstable, Massachusetts, about 71 miles south of Boston, on August 18.
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.
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She won Soap Opera Digest's Outstanding Villainess for her role as Cecile in 1984.
Frangione reprised her role several times from the late '80s until 1996.
The soap actress was married to her Another World co-star Christopher Rich.
They tied the knot in 1982 but divorced after over a decade of marriage in 1996.
The two had a daughter, Mariel Rich, together.
Frangione also appeared in ABC's One Life to Live, CBS' The Nanny, Highway To Heaven, Matlock, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
She filled in for Andrea Evans as Tina Lord on One Life to Live in 1985.
Tributes from Frangione's fans poured in after news of her death broke.
One fan wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: "RIP Nancy Frangione [...] Our Queen is dead."
"I always thought she was among the loveliest actresses in daytime serials," another fan wrote.
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A third X user said: "She was my favorite of all time."