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Nan Martin

Nan Martin

Highest Rated: 92% Goodbye, Columbus (1969)

Lowest Rated: 14% Animal Behavior (1989)

Birthday: Jul 15, 1927

Birthplace: Decatur, Illinois, USA

Best remembered for her maternal character roles on film and series television, actor Nan Martin enjoyed a nearly five-decade career spanning everything from the Broadway stage to Emmy-winning sitcoms. Martin amassed a slew of credits on New York's Great White Way--most notably a Tony-nominated role in Archibald MacLeish's modernist play "J.B."--while also appearing in small movie parts. While the theater afforded her more substantial roles, Martin, in later years, became better known for playing comic characters on series television, making frequent guest appearances on shows such as "Mr. Sunshine," "The Golden Girls," and "The Drew Carey Show." Able to tackle a surprisingly wide range of older, motherly types--from the cantankerous to the sweet--Martin worked consistently in TV and film until the mid '00s. Her final role was on the Golden Globe-nominated HBO film "Mrs. Harris" (2005) as the grieving mother of murdered Scarsdale Diet doctor Herman Tarnower.

Highest rated movies

92% 50% Goodbye, Columbus
71% 73% The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
50% 33% Some Kind of Hero
49% 45% Shallow Hal
43% 39% Mrs. Harris
43% 52% For Love of Ivy
40% 55% Toys in the Attic
33% 40% Doctor Detroit

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 65% Thicker Than Water Abygail Jordan (Character) - 2005
43% 39% Mrs. Harris Mama Tarnower (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 64% Greener Mountains M (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dancing at the Harvest Moon Harriet (Character) - 2002
49% 45% Shallow Hal Nurse Tanya Peeler (Character) $70.8M 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Song of the Lark Mrs. Nathanmeyer (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 20% Murder in the Mirror Unknown (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 48% Terror in the Family Ivy (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 39% Child of Rage Barbara (Character) - 1992
14% 40% Animal Behavior Mrs. Norton (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Proud Men Laura (Character) - 1987
33% 40% Doctor Detroit Margaret Skridlow (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Winter of Our Discontent Mrs. Baker (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 65% Prime Suspect Sonia Lindstrom (Character) - 1982
50% 33% Some Kind of Hero Hilda Munson (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 21% Loving Couples Walter's Nurse (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 25% A Small Circle of Friends Mrs. Baxter (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 77% The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 June Kinmont (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Gardener's Son Mrs. Gregg (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Circle of Children Doris Fleming (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 79% The Other Side of the Mountain June Kinmont (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Remember When Annie Hodges (Character) - 1973
92% 50% Goodbye, Columbus Mrs. Ben Patimkin (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 18% Three in the Attic Dean Nazarin (Character) - 1968
43% 52% For Love of Ivy Doris Austin (Character) - 1968
40% 55% Toys in the Attic Charlotte Warkins (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mugger Claire Townsend (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Buster Keaton Story Edna (Character) - 1957
71% 73% The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Polly Lawrence (Character) - 1956

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 80% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
83% 93% NYPD Blue Enid (Guest Star) 2005
74% 81% Nip/Tuck Adelle Coffin (Guest Star) 2003
50% No Score Yet Push, Nevada Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
81% 96% Six Feet Under Rita Piper (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Agency Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
0% No Score Yet The Michael Richards Show Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
92% 91% Curb Your Enthusiasm Woman on Road (Guest Star) 2000
50% No Score Yet Gideon's Crossing Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Drew Carey Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1995-1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Suddenly Susan Unknown (Guest Star) 1997-1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Maximum Bob Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Practice Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet 85% ER Mrs. Curwane (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sisters Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Major Dad Miss Shields (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet 94% The Golden Girls Philomena (Guest Star) 1986 1989
No Score Yet 81% Columbo Rose Walker (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Frank's Place Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
92% 90% Star Trek: The Next Generation Victoria Miller (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Sister Sam Unknown (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hogan Family Unknown (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Sunshine Grace D'Angelo (Character) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco Prof. Talmadge (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sixth Sense Unknown (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Longstreet Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet 36% Bewitched Martha Berkley (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Frances Jordan (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mod Squad Mrs. Barnes (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Trials of O'Brien Margo (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Beth Fuller (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Paula Decker (Guest Star) 1964
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Laura Ford (Character) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Untouchables Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey Liza Bowers (Guest Star) 1962