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'', and '' Matlock''. She is the mother of actress

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Early life

Priddy was born on January 22, 1941, in

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. She worked as a

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at age 12, and majored in

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and

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Career

In the summers of 1961 and 1962, Priddy performed in musical revues as part of the Party-Liners group at the

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theater near Fish Creek, Wisconsin. She was a member of The Bitter End Singers in 1964, a short-lived folksinging group along with Lefty Baker, Tina Bohlmann, Bob Hider, Norris O'Neill, and Vilma Vaccaro. In 1968, she released the album '' You've Come This Way Before'', described by ''

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'' as "a minor classic of psychedelic folk" and by an

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reviewer as "an off-the-wall singer/songwriter album drawing from both folk-rock and psychedelia". That same year she contributed

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's debut album ''

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''.Richie Unterberger, ''Eight Miles High: Folk-Rock's Flight from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock'' (

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. At one point she dated

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and was the inspiration for his

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song "Pretty Girl Why".

Discography

Under her name *'' You've Come This Way Before'' (

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, 1968) *''Christina's Carousel'' (Monte's Moolah, 2008) *''Mama's Jam'' (Monte's Moolah, n.d.) *''Can We Talk About It Now?'' (CD Baby, n.d.) As member of The Bitter End Singers *''Discover the Bitter End Singers'' (

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, 1964) *''Through Our Eyes'' (Mercury Records, 1965) As backup singer for

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, 1967)

Television and film work

In the 1970s and 1980s she had several appearances in comedy and drama television series and TV movies. She appeared in '' Mayberry R.F.D.,'' '' Police Woman,'' ''

'' and ''

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,'' among other shows. She made multiple appearances as different characters in ''

,'' ''

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.'' In 2016 she appeared in the feature-length comedy ''

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'' as Christina Applegate's mother.

Family

Priddy is the mother of actress

, and has appeared with her in several projects, including the television series '' Married... with Children'' and the film '' The Sweetest Thing''. Like her daughter, Priddy is a breast cancer survivor.Sandra Barrera
"Sweetest Thing? Helping Mom."
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References

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