1927-07-15 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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Mrs. Harris | Mama Tarnower | 2006-02-25 |
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Thicker Than Water | Abygail Jordan | 2005-08-05 |
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Greener Mountains | M | 2005-06-25 |
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Dancing at the Harvest Moon | Harriet Finnigan | 2002-10-20 |
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Shallow Hal | Tanya Peeler | 2001-11-01 |
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Murder in the Mirror | 2000-01-19 | |
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Forever Lulu | Lulu Look-Alike | 2000-07-07 |
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Big Eden | Widow Thayer | 2000-04-18 |
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Cast Away | Kelly's Mother | 2000-12-22 |
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Terror in the Family | Ivy | 1996-04-16 |
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Last Gasp | Mrs. Hardwick | 1995-08-30 |
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Mother of the Bride | Beatrice | 1993-02-27 |
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Child of Rage | Barbara | 1992-09-24 |
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Matters of the Heart | Irene Page | 1990-12-26 |
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Animal Behavior | Mrs. Norton | 1989-10-27 |
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Proud Men | Laura | 1987-10-01 |
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Nun | 1987-02-27 |
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All of Me | Divorce Lawyer | 1984-09-21 |
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I Take These Men | Doris | 1983-01-05 |
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The Winter of Our Discontent | Mrs. Baker | 1983-12-06 |
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Doctor Detroit | Margaret Skridlow | 1983-05-06 |
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Some Kind of Hero | Hilda | 1982-04-02 |
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Prime Suspect | Sonia Lindstrom | 1982-01-20 |
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A Small Circle of Friends | Mrs. Baxter | 1980-03-12 |
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Loving Couples | Walter's Nurse | 1980-10-24 |
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The Golden Honeymoon | Cora Hartsell | 1980-02-04 |
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Mrs. R's Daughter | Mrs. Bergson | 1979-09-19 |
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The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II | June Kinmont | 1978-02-10 |
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Outside Chance | Allison | 1978-01-01 |
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Katie: Portrait of A Centerfold | Aunt Isabel | 1978-10-23 |
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Visions: The Gardener's Son | Mrs. Gregg | 1977-01-06 |
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A Circle of Children | Doris Fleming | 1977-03-10 |
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The War Widow | Annie | 1976-10-28 |
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Jackson County Jail | Allison | 1976-03-31 |
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The Other Side of the Mountain | June Kinmont | 1975-11-14 |
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The Book of Murder | Catherine | 1974-03-19 |
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Remember When | Annie Hodges | 1974-03-23 |
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The Young Nurses | Woman Reporter | 1973-03-01 |
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Goodbye, Columbus | Mrs. Ben Patimkin | 1969-01-01 |
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For Love of Ivy | Doris Austin | 1968-07-17 |
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Three in the Attic | Dean Nazarin | 1968-12-20 |
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The Art of Love | Margo | 1965-06-30 |
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Bus Riley's Back in Town | Mrs. Nichols | 1965-03-24 |
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Toys in the Attic | Charlotte Warkins (uncredited) | 1963-07-31 |
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The Mugger | Claire Townsend | 1958-11-01 |
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The Buster Keaton Story | Edna | 1957-05-01 |
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Eames Lounge Chair | 1956-01-01 | |
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Polly Lawrence | 1956-04-12 |
