 She is the mother of actress Christina Applegate.Priddy was born in South Bend, Indiana, to Katherina Iona (née Driggs) and Carl C. Priddy.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.