Nan Martin
Nascimento : 1927-07-15, Decatur, Illinois, USA
Morte : 2010-03-04
História
Nan Martin (July 15, 1927 – March 4, 2010) was an American actress and comedian, perhaps best known for her roles as Nurse Tanya Peeler (elderly version) in Shallow Hal, Kelly's Mother in Cast Away, Mrs. Louder on The Drew Carey Show, Diana Vreeland on the miniseries A Woman Named Jackie, Grace D'Angelo on the sitcom Mr. Sunshine, and Abigail Beckwithe on the soap opera Santa Barbara.
Her first film role was The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956). Her other notable films include The Mugger (1958), Doctor Detroit (1983), All of Me (1984), and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), where she played the role of Amanda Krueger, mother of killer Freddy Krueger. She played Rose, the secretary of murderer Alex Brady in the Columbo television movie, Murder, Smoke and Shadows. Her last feature film role was in 2005's Thicker than Water and her last TV movie role was in 2006's Mrs. Harris.
She made numerous guest appearances on various television series including Nip/Tuck, Crossing Jordan, Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiasm, CSI, Profiler, Suddenly Susan, The Practice, ER, Baywatch, Major Dad, The Golden Girls, Columbo, L.A. Law, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Thorn Birds, St. Elsewhere, Hart to Hart, Bewitched, Mission: Impossible, Mannix, Mod Squad, Perry Mason, The Untouchables, The Fugitive, The Twilight Zone, and Ben Casey.
She has 2 sons, one of which is actor Zen Gesner, who also appeared in the film Shallow Hal as Ralph.
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Harriet Finnigan
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Kelly's Mother
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Lulu Look-Alike
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Widow Thayer
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Ivy
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Mrs. Hardwick
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Beatrice
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Barbara
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Irene Page
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Mrs. Norton
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Laura
A cattle rancher faces off with his estranged son. A right-wing cattle rancher wrangles with his recently returned son, a soldier who went AWOL in Vietnam. The proud men butt chins in this arid macho weepie.
Sister Mary Helena
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Divorce Lawyer
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Mrs. Baker
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Margaret Skridlow
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Doris
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Hilda
Prisioneiro da Guerra do Vietnã volta para a sociedade americana e encontra sua situação financeira totalmente mudada. Resolve então entrar para o crime organizado.
Sonia Lindstrom
A respectable businessman becomes the prime suspect in the abduction and murder of several young girls. He is hounded by the media and disowned by his friends and neighbours.
Walter's Nurse
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Mrs. Baxter
In the late 1960s, three Harvard students Jessica, Leo and Nick grow close as they undergo personal changes, but their friendship is jeopardized by romantic feelings both men develop for Jessica.
Cora Hartsell
Charley Tate is an old windbag, often a braggart, but somehow always lovable. Married over fifty years to his ever-patient wife Lucy, the two of them are on their Golden Honeymoon in Florida. Everything goes perfectly... until Lucy meets her former fiancee who's also vacationing with his wife. Suddenly there's a comic competition between Charley and the old boyfriend for Lucy's attention. After fifty years, cantankerous Charley has to win his girl all over again!
Mrs. Bergson
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Aunt Isabel
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June Kinmont
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Allison
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Doris Fleming
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Mrs. Gregg
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Annie
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Allison
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June Kinmont
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Annie Hodges
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Catherine
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Woman Reporter
Sexy young nurses apply special therapy in their daily rounds, as they work against a drug ring operating out of the hospital
Mrs. Ben Patimkin
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Dean Nazarin
In the swinging sixties three girls discover they have the same boyfriend who has been playing around with them all while vowing fidelity to each. To teach him a lesson he won't forget, the trio contrive to lock him up and continually favour him with their attentions in turn.
Doris Austin
A white family has had the same Black maid for many years. When she tells them she wants to go back to school and will be leaving soon, the 20ish year old son decides what she needs is a change and begins searching for a man to wine and dine her, but who won't marry her, thinking that this will distract her from her plans. The man he finds doesn't entirely cooperate.
Margo
O pintor Paul Sloan (Dick Van Dyke) sente-se um fracasso, já que ninguém vai comprar seus quadros. Seu marchand o informa que as obras de um artista se tornam muito mais desejadas e valiosas se o artista morrer. Portanto, Paul, junto com seu amigo Casey Barnett (James Garner), planeja fingir seu próprio suicídio. No entanto, começa a parecer que Casey assassinou Paul e quando Casey começa a se interessarr por Laurie (Angie Dickinson) noiva de Paul, ele decide se vingar. No entanto, Paul se apaixona por Nikki (Elke Sommer), que também tentou suicídio.
Mrs. Nichols
Bus Riley returns to his small town after time in the army. On his return, his ex-girlfriend wants to resume their relationship. The only problem is she has married in the mean time. Searching for fulfilment in his life, Bus decides to get a job with his gay friend who is a mortician. When the mortician makes a pass at him, Bus quickly gets out.
Charlotte Warkins (uncredited)
Julian Berniers returns from Illinois with his young bride Lily Prine to the family in New Orleans. His spinster sisters Carrie and Anna welcome the couple, who arrive with expensive gifts. The sisters hope Julian will help with their expenses, and he tells them that while his profitable factory went out of business, he did manage to save money.
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Claire Townsend
A police shrink tries to identify and capture an elusive mugger that scars his female victims before stealing their purse.
Edna
An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.
Polly Lawrence
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Stop-motion animation depicts a man assembling an Eames lounge chair, sitting down to relax in it, and then disassembling it for shipment.
