In the summers of 1961 and 1962, Priddy performed in musical revues as part of the Party-Liners group at the
Peninsula Players 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 Billboard'' as "a minor classic of psychedelic folk" and by an
Allmusic reviewer as "an off-the-wall singer/songwriter album drawing from both folk-rock and psychedelia". That same year she contributed
backup vocals to
Leonard Cohen's debut album
Songs of Leonard Cohen. At one point she dated
Stephen Stills and was the inspiration for his
Buffalo Springfield song "Pretty Girl Why".
Discography Under her name • ''
You've Come This Way Before'' (
Dot Records, 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 (
Mercury Records, 1964) •
Through Our Eyes (Mercury Records, 1965)
As backup singer for Leonard Cohen •
Songs of Leonard Cohen (
Columbia Records, 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, The Waltons and
Divorce Court, among other shows. She made multiple appearances as different characters in
Bewitched, Cannon, Medical Center and
Barnaby Jones. In 2016 she appeared in the feature-length comedy
Bad Moms as Christina Applegate's mother. ==Family==