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Nan Martin

Nan Martin

Birthday: 1927-07-15 | Place of Birth: Decatur, Illinois, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2005
Thicker Than Water

as    Abygail Jordan

2005
Greener Mountains

as    M

2002
Dancing at the Harvest Moon

as    Harriet Finnigan

2000
Big Eden

as    Widow Thayer

1996
Terror in the Family

as    Ivy

1995
Last Gasp

as    Mrs. Hardwick

1993
Mother of the Bride

as    Beatrice

1990
Matters of the Heart

as    Irene Page

1989
Animal Behavior

as    Mrs. Norton

1987
Proud Men

as    Laura

1986
Mr. Sunshine

as    Grace D'Angelo

1983
Doctor Detroit

as    Margaret Skridlow

1983
The Winter of Our Discontent

as    Mrs. Baker

1982
Prime Suspect

as    Sonia Lindstrom

1980
The Golden Honeymoon

as    Cora Hartsell

1980
A Small Circle of Friends

as    Mrs. Baxter

1980
Loving Couples

as    Walter's Nurse

1978
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold

as    Aunt Isabel

1978
1977
A Circle Street of Children

as    Doris Fleming

1977
The Gardener's Son

as    Mrs. Gregg