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.
Movie | Mrs. Harris | Mama Tarnower | 2006-02-25 |
Movie | Greener Mountains | M | 2005-06-25 |
Movie | Thicker Than Water | Abygail Jordan | 2005-08-05 |
Series | Nip/Tuck | Unknown | 2003-07-22 |
Series | Push, Nevada | Unknown | 2002-09-17 |
Movie | Dancing at the Harvest Moon | Harriet Finnigan | 2002-10-20 |
Series | Crossing Jordan | Lydia | 2001-09-24 |
Series | Six Feet Under | Unknown | 2001-06-03 |
Movie | Shallow Hal | Tanya Peeler | 2001-11-01 |
Movie | Big Eden | Widow Thayer | 2000-04-18 |
Movie | Murder in the Mirror | 2000-01-19 | |
Series | The Invisible Man | Unknown | 2000-06-09 |
Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
Movie | Forever Lulu | Lulu Look-Alike | 2000-07-07 |
Series | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Unknown | 2000-10-15 |
Movie | Cast Away | Kelly's Mother | 2000-12-22 |
Series | Maximum Bob | Unknown | 1998-08-04 |
Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Movie | Terror in the Family | Ivy | 1996-04-16 |
Series | Profiler | Unknown | 1996-09-21 |
Series | The Drew Carey Show | Mrs. Louder | 1995-09-13 |
Movie | Last Gasp | Mrs. Hardwick | 1995-08-30 |
Series | Monty | Unknown | 1994-01-11 |
Series | Chicago Hope | Unknown | 1994-09-18 |
Series | The 5 Mrs. Buchanans | Unknown | 1994-09-24 |
Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
Movie | Mother of the Bride | Beatrice | 1993-02-27 |
Series | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Unknown | 1993-08-27 |
Movie | Child of Rage | Barbara | 1992-09-24 |
Series | A Woman Named Jackie | 1991-10-13 | |
Movie | Matters of the Heart | Irene Page | 1990-12-26 |
Series | Major Dad | Unknown | 1989-09-17 |
Series | Baywatch | Unknown | 1989-04-23 |
Movie | Animal Behaviour | Mrs. Norton | 1989-10-27 |
Movie | Animal Behavior | Mrs. Norton | 1989-10-27 |
Movie | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Sister Mary Helena | 1987-02-27 |
Movie | Proud Men | Laura | 1987-10-01 |
Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Victoria Miller | 1987-09-28 |
Series | Mr. Sunshine | Grace D'Angelo | 1986-03-28 |
Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
Series | The Golden Girls | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
Series | Santa Barbara | Unknown | 1984-07-30 |
Movie | All of Me | Divorce Lawyer | 1984-09-21 |
Series | The Thorn Birds | Sister Agatha | 1983-03-27 |
Movie | I Take These Men | Doris | 1983-01-05 |
Movie | Doctor Detroit | Margaret Skridlow | 1983-05-06 |
Movie | The Winter of Our Discontent | Mrs. Baker | 1983-12-06 |
Movie | Prime Suspect | Sonia Lindstrom | 1982-01-20 |
Series | St. Elsewhere | Unknown | 1982-10-26 |
Movie | Some Kind of Hero | Hilda | 1982-04-02 |
Movie | The Golden Honeymoon | Cora Hartsell | 1980-02-04 |
Movie | Loving Couples | Walter's Nurse | 1980-10-24 |
Movie | A Small Circle of Friends | Mrs. Baxter | 1980-03-12 |
Movie | Mrs. R's Daughter | Mrs. Bergson | 1979-09-19 |
Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
Movie | The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II | June Kinmont | 1978-02-10 |
Series | The Runaways | Unknown | 1978-04-27 |
Movie | Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold | Aunt Isabel | 1978-10-23 |
Movie | Outside Chance | Allison | 1978-12-02 |
Movie | The Gardener's Son | Mrs. Gregg | 1977-01-06 |
Movie | A Circle of Children | Doris Fleming | 1977-03-10 |
Movie | Jackson County Jail | Allison | 1976-03-31 |
Movie | The War Widow | Annie | 1976-10-28 |
Series | Ellery Queen | Unknown | 1975-09-11 |
Movie | The Other Side of the Mountain | June Kinmont | 1975-11-14 |
Movie | The Young Nurses | Woman Reporter | 1973-03-01 |
Series | The Sixth Sense | Unknown | 1972-01-15 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Series | Columbo | Unknown | 1971-09-15 |
Movie | Goodbye, Columbus | Mrs. Ben Patimkin | 1969-04-03 |
Series | Room 222 | Unknown | 1969-09-11 |
Movie | For Love of Ivy | Doris Austin | 1968-07-17 |
Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Movie | Three in the Attic | Dean Nazarin | 1968-12-20 |
Series | The Invaders | Dr. Maria McKinley | 1967-01-10 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Movie | Bus Riley's Back in Town | Mrs. Nichols | 1965-03-24 |
Movie | The Art of Love | Margo | 1965-06-30 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
Series | The Trials of O'Brien | Unknown | 1965-09-18 |
Series | Bewitched | Unknown | 1964-09-17 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Movie | Toys in the Attic | Charlotte Warkins (uncredited) | 1963-07-31 |
Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
Series | The New Breed | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | The Mugger | Claire Townsend | 1958-11-01 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Movie | The Buster Keaton Story | Edna | 1957-05-01 |
Movie | Eames Lounge Chair | 1956-01-01 | |
Movie | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Polly Lawrence | 1956-04-12 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |