Pamela Sue Martin

Pamela Sue Martin

Birth : 1953-01-05, Hartford - Connecticut - USA

History

Pamela Sue Martin (born January 5, 1953) is an American actress best known for playing Nancy Drew on The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew MysteriesTV series and Fallon Carrington Colby on the ABC nighttime soap opera Dynasty. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, and growing up in nearby Westport, Martin began modeling at 17, and appeared in the original film version of The Poseidon Adventure (opposite Gene Hackman) at the age of 19. During the run of Nancy Drew she appeared in a cover-featured pictorial in the July 1978 issue of Playboy magazine, which caused her to be axed from the series. Martin portrayed feisty and spoiled heiress Fallon Carrington Colby on the ABC nighttime soap opera Dynasty from its debut in 1981 through the end of the fourth season in 1984. Martin left of her own accord and the character was "missing and presumed dead" – the series recast the role with actress Emma Samms at the end of the fifth season in 1985. She hosted Saturday Night Live on February 16, 1985. In 1984, Martin, who has long been involved in environmental causes, appeared in a public service announcement to help save pink dolphins in the Amazon River. The ad was directed by Clyde Lucas, who appeared on The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. Divorced three times and the mother of one son, Martin has written about her struggle with interstitial cystitis. Martin owns a theatre company in Idaho.

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Pamela Sue Martin

Movies

My Christmas Prince
Sandra Logan
Samantha, a dedicated teacher in Manhattan, returns to her home town of Maple Falls, Wyoming every year for Christmas. This year, she’s delighted when her boyfriend Alex, a European diplomat from the tiny country of Madelvia, decides to joins her. Samantha later discovers Alex is actually a prince destined for the throne, turning her entire world upside down. Realizing that staying with Alex means spending her life in the constant glare of publicity and giving up the job opportunity of a lifetime, Samantha must decide if she loves Alex enough to make the transition from teacher to royal – or will it be too big a leap
McTaggart's Fortune
Sgt. Jeanine Bowman
Three high school students search for a lost treasure in their hometown, only to be haunted by the ghosts that protect the lost fortune.
The Saint: The Software Murders
Irina
From his home in California, Simon's friend Jack is investigating the deaths of three prominent scientists. Shortly after making an important discovery, Jack is murdered, and the killer threatens to come after Simon.
A Cry in the Wild
Mom
13-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of an unreported plane crash. Alone in the Yukon wilderness, Brian must learn to survive by his wits, find food and shelter, and brave wild, hungry animals until or if he is found.
Bay Coven
Linda Lebon
A young newlywed couple move to a remote island only to find a secret coven of witches who want them to join all the fun...or face the consequences.
Flicks
Liz Stone
A parody of Saturday afternoon matinee's, including coming attractions and a cartoon.
Strong Medicine
Celia Grey
TV Movie A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious and cut-throat business pharmaceutical industry can be.
Torchlight
Screenplay
A happy marriage turns sour when the husband becomes addicted to cocaine.
Torchlight
Lillian Weller
A happy marriage turns sour when the husband becomes addicted to cocaine.
The Lady in Red
Polly Franklin
A farm girl's life turns upside down after being in the wrong place at the wrong time. She moves to Chicago and becomes trapped in a vicious cycle of prostitution and crime.
Human Feelings
Verna Gold
Heavenly Mrs. G. (Nancy Walker) will level Las Vegas if an angel (Billy Crystal) cannot find six good people there within a week.
The Hemingway Play
Writer Ernest Hemingway confronts himself at various stages of his life.
Buster and Billie
Margie Hooks
Dimwitted but sweet high school girl of easy virtue and the most popular boy in the school share an improbable romance.
Our Time
Abby
Drama about students at a girls' school, their boyfriends, and an unexpected pregnancy.
The Gun and the Pulpit
Sally Underwood
In the days of the "Wild West," a gunslinger, with a price on his head, discovers the body of a traveling minister who has been killed in an ambush. Fearing those who are following him, he assumes the dead minister's identity.
The Girls of Huntington House
Gail Dorn
An unmarried teacher in a school for unwed mothers finds herself becoming too emotionally attached to her students and their problems.
The Poseidon Adventure
Susan Shelby
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
To Find a Man
Rosalind
A boarding-school girl asks the boy next door for help getting an abortion.