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Martin Short and Nancy Dolman

Biography

Nancy Dolman

Overview

  • Born
    September 26, 1951 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Died
    August 21, 2010 · Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA (ovarian cancer)
  • Birth name
    Nancy Jane Dolman

Biography

  • Nancy Dolman was born on September 26, 1951 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Soap (1977), Royal Suite (1976) and Teleplay (1976). She was married to Martin Short. She died on August 21, 2010 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Family

  • Spouse
      Martin Short(December 22, 1980 - August 21, 2010) (her death, 3 children)
  • Children
      Katherine Short
      Henry Short
      Oliver Short
  • Relatives
      Bob Dolman(Sibling)

Trivia

  • Was the understudy for Gilda Radner in the legendary 1972 production of Godspell in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was during this production that she met her husband, Martin Short, who was in the cast. Short dated Radner first, and he and Dolman didn't begin dating until 1974.
  • Retired from show business in 1985 to be a homemaker and full-time mother to her three children.
  • Owned a luxury vacation home in the affluent Ontario area of Muskoka, along with friends Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, and Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw.
  • Adopted her 3rd child at age 37, a son named Henry Hayter Short, who was born on on August 4, 1989. Child's father is her now widowed husband, Martin Short.
  • Adopted her 2nd child at age 34, a son named Oliver Patrick Short, who was born on April 29, 1986. Child's father is her now widowed husband, Martin Short.

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