KAY HELGENBERGER SNYDER
Kay Helgenberger Snyder is Marg’s mother and a longtime breast cancer survivor. She is a very inspirational lady that we at All About Marg have tremendous respect for.
[wp-svg-icons icon=”quotes-left” wrap=”span”] “I think television was always her love. Sometimes when her friends would want to go cruising, you know The Main, which was one block or two, she’d say ‘Nah, no. Something’s on, and I want to watch it.’”
[wp-svg-icons icon=”quotes-left” wrap=”span”] “That was probably the first time I really thought she could do it. And I really thought ‘Gosh, more power to her’.” (after watching Marg play Blanche DuBois in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’)
[wp-svg-icons icon=”quotes-left” wrap=”span”] “It was me. I saw that. And I thought, for the first time, I can kind of see myself in her.” (after watching Marg play cancer patient Donna Jensen in ‘Erin Brockovich’) — all of the quotes above were taken from Lifetime’s Intimate Portrait of Marg Helgenberger
[wp-svg-icons icon=”quotes-left” wrap=”span”] “Marg and her dad were close; she looks like him.” (Golf for Women, September 2003)
[wp-svg-icons icon=”quotes-left” wrap=”span”] “Her biggest humiliation was flunking P.E. one year. Then she went out for track but decided she didn’t like all that running.” (Golf for Women, September 2003)
[wp-svg-icons icon=”quotes-left” wrap=”span”] “Marg’s Dad and I tried to instill that in all our kids. You worked hard and you didn’t quit. You were kind and considerate to other people. I don’t think Hollywood has changed that in Marg.” (speaking of Marg’s work ethic – Golf for Women, September 2003)
[wp-svg-icons icon=”quotes-left” wrap=”span”] “Marg can be closed-mouthed when it comes to her career. She told me she had a tiny role in this movie ( Erin Brockovich). Then I saw it, and I thought, ‘Oh my! I can see myself in her.” (Golf for Women, September 2003)
[wp-svg-icons icon=”quotes-left” wrap=”span”] “Marg always enjoyed dressing up and fantasy and living in a fantasy world. And there was a time when she was a little more dramatic than we expected because at some times I remember calling her Sarah Bernhardt because she was being so dramatic.” (A&E Biography: Don’t Call Me Marge)
[wp-svg-icons icon=”quotes-left” wrap=”span”] “There was a chubby stage Marg went through. And there was a time when she thought am I gonna be a pretty girl?” (A&E Biography: Don’t Call Me Marge)
[wp-svg-icons icon=”quotes-left” wrap=”span”] “I just took a deep breath and “Ah now..” She said, “You don’t think I can do it?” And I said, “No, no honey it’s not that. It’s just that it’s such a tremendously hard business and the chances of making a living at it.” And she said, “Well, you know, that’s why I don’t tell anybody about it.” (commenting on when Marg first told her parents that she wanted to be an actress – A&E Biography: Don’t Call Me Marge)
[wp-svg-icons icon=”quotes-left” wrap=”span”] “I was invited to a cast party afterwards and the director’s wife came up to me and said, “Did you always know she was going to be an actress?” I said, “Heavens no. I thought she was always going to be a nurse.” (after seeing Marg perform in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ in college – A&E Biography: Don’t Call Me Marge)
[wp-svg-icons icon=”quotes-left” wrap=”span”] “Marg always worked hard at everything she did. When she first came to L.A., she said, ‘There’s a pretty face under every rock. Perseverance is what it takes.’ (InStyle Magazine, May 2003)
[wp-svg-icons icon=”quotes-left” wrap=”span”] “When she acts, she really inhabits the role–I don’t think it’s Margie anymore. When she won her Emmy, I went backstage, and they took a picture of us. My hand was grasped around the award almost as tightly as hers was. I was so proud.” (InStyle Magazine, May 2003)