Background
Snyder was born in Kankakee, Illinois, the daughter of Idelle (Bonham) and John Marshall Snyder, Senior, a director of research.
Snyder was born in Kankakee, Illinois, the daughter of Idelle (Bonham) and John Marshall Snyder, Senior, a director of research.
From 1978–1983, she was a regular on the American Broadcasting Company soap opera, One Life to Live, playing a hooker with a heart of gold, Katrina Karr. During her run on One Life to Live, she met co-star Stephen Schnetzer, who played Marcello Salta on the show. The two have been married since 1982.
They have two children, Max and Ben Schnetzer, an actor.
She opened in Jules Feiffer"s comedy, "Knock Knock", and went on to win the Clarence Derwent Award for the "most promising female on the metropolitan scene" for the 1975-1976 season. She won Best Actress in the 1977-1978 season in the annual awards given by the Outer Critics Circle for her role in July 5. She appeared in the Lanford Wilson play, Angels Fall, in 1982, which was nominated for a Tony Award, and in Wilson"s Book of Days at the Signature Theater in 2002.