Person Details

Birthday: 1927-07-15 05:50:22

Death: 2010-03-04 05:50:22

Aliases: Nancy Martin

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Decatur, Illinois, USA

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Movie Involvements: 32

TV Involvements: 21


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nan Martin (July 15, 1927 – March 4, 2010) was an American actress who starred in movies and on television. Born in Decatur, Illinois and raised in Santa Monica, California, her first film role was The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956). Her other film roles included The Mugger (1958), Doctor Detroit (1983), All of Me (1984), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) where she played the role of Amanda Krueger, the mother of killer Freddy Krueger. Her last film role is in 2005's Thicker than Water. Martin starred on Mr. Sunshine. Her other well known roles were in the 1983 miniseries The Thorn Birds and on the soap opera Santa Barbara. She had a recurring role on the ABC hit TV series The Drew Carey Show as Mrs. Lauder. She made many guest appearances on various television series, some of those appearances range from Ben Casey, The Untouchables, The Twilight Zone, and Star Trek: The Next Generation as Victoria Miller in the season 1 episode "Haven", and she played Rose, the secretary of murderer Alex Brady in the Columbo television movie, Murder, Smoke and Shadows. She appeared on two episodes of The Golden Girls: first as the mean-spirited and nasty Frieda Claxton, who was told to drop dead by Rose Nylund, which she did. She also portrayed Philomena, a friend of Sophia Petrillo's from Sicily, who claimed that Dorothy was really her daughter and not Sophia's. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nan Martin,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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8

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

(2000) Daphne Eiger
Columbo
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8

Columbo

(1971) Rose Walker
Perry Mason
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8

Perry Mason

(1957) Beth Fuller
Star Trek: The Next Generation
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8

Star Trek: The Next Generation

(1987) Victoria Miller
The Twilight Zone
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8

The Twilight Zone

(1959) Laura Ford
The Fugitive
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7

The Fugitive

(1963) Paula Decker
ER
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8

ER

(1994) Mrs. Curwane
Crossing Jordan
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7

Crossing Jordan

(2001) Lydia

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2006 Mama Tarnower
2005 Abygail Jordan
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2003 N/A
2002 Harriet Finnigan
N/A
2001 Tanya Peeler
Lydia
Rita Piper
2000 Kelly's Mother
Aunt Flossie
Woman on Road
Daphne Eiger
Lulu Look-Alike
Gloria Howard
Widow Thayer
N/A
1998 President of the Daughters of Stars and Bars
1997 N/A
1996 N/A
Ivy
1995 Mrs. Louder
Mrs. Hardwick
1994 N/A
Mrs. Curwane
N/A
N/A
1993 N/A
Beatrice
1992 Barbara
1991 Diana Vreeland
1990 Irene Page
1989 Mrs. Norton
N/A
N/A
1987 Laura
Victoria Miller
Sister Mary Helena
1986 Hazel Brackman
Grace D'Angelo
1985 N/A
Frieda Claxton
Philomena Bosco
1984 Divorce Lawyer
Abigail Beckwithe
1983 Mrs. Baker
Margaret Skridlow
Sister Agatha
Doris
1982 N/A
Hilda
Sonia Lindstrom
1980 Walter's Nurse
Mrs. Baxter
Cora Hartsell
1979 N/A
Mrs. Bergson
1978 Allison
Aunt Isabel
N/A
June Kinmont
1977 Doris Fleming
Mrs. Gregg
1976 Annie
Allison
1975 June Kinmont
N/A
1974 Annie Hodges
Catherine
1973 Woman Reporter
1972 N/A
N/A
1971 Rose Walker
1969 N/A
Mrs. Ben Patimkin
1968 Dean Nazarin
N/A
N/A
Doris Austin
1967 N/A
Dr. Maria McKinley
1966 N/A
1965 Susan Crane
N/A
Eleanor Garnett
N/A
Margo
Mrs. Nichols
1964 N/A
1963 Paula Decker
Congresswoman Marian Snell
Charlotte Warkins (uncredited)
1961 Margaret
N/A
1959 Laura Ford
1958 Claire Townsend
1957 Beth Fuller
Edna
1956 Polly Lawrence
N/A
1951 Mrs. Baker
Year Character Movie/Tv

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