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- Birth nameNancy Clow Martin
- Height5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
- Nan Martin was born on July 15, 1927 in Decatur, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Shallow Hal (2001), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) and Cast Away (2000). She was married to Harry Harmer Gesner and Robert Emmett Dolan. She died on March 4, 2010 in Malibu, California, USA.
- SpousesHarry Harmer Gesner(February 14, 1970 - March 4, 2010) (her death, 1 child)Robert Emmett Dolan(March 17, 1948 - 1963) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenCasey Martin Dolan
- ParentsClarence Milton MartinFrances Wyman Clow
- RelativesFinn Harry(Grandchild)Rory Gesner(Grandchild)Tuck Gesner(Grandchild)
- She made guest appearances in both The Twilight Zone (1959) and The Twilight Zone (1985). She was the first actor to do so.
- Had a penchant for motherly roles -- both nice, and not so nice. On screen, she was effective as Ali McGraw's snobbish, newly-rich mother in Goodbye, Columbus (1969), and as Freddie Krueger's mother, Amanda, in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987); On the Broadway stage she played mothers in "Eccentricities of a Nightingale" (1976), "Buried Child" (1986) and "All My Sons" (1986).
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1959 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "J.B."
- She was awarded the 1983 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Grown Ups" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- First acted in a campus production of "The Gentle People" while a student at UCLA. Had a stint as a fashion model for designer Adrian, then made her debut on Broadway in 1950 in "A Story for a Sunday Evening".
- [on acting on television] Television keeps actors in the chips and out of the cold.
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