1. Nan Martin was an American actress and comedian who starred in movies and on television.
10 Facts About Nan Martin
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Nan Martin was born on July 15,1927, in Decatur, Illinois.
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Nan Martin was raised in Santa Monica, California, and attended Santa Monica High School.
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On television, Nan Martin portrayed Helen Cavanaugh on Buck James and Grace D'Angelo on Mr Sunshine.
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Nan Martin had a recurring role on The Drew Carey Show as Mrs Louder.
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Nan Martin made many guest appearances on various television series, including Ben Casey, The Untouchables, Mannix, Hart to Hart, The Twilight Zone, two episodes of The Fugitive, The Invaders, the first-season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Haven", and in the Columbo television movie, Murder, Smoke and Shadows.
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Nan Martin 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, after which she did.
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Nan Martin portrayed Philomena, a friend of Sophia Petrillo's from Sicily, who claimed that Dorothy was really her daughter and not Sophia's.
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Nan Martin briefly appeared as a cranky woman in the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode "Porno Gil".
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Nan Martin died on March 4,2010, at her Malibu home, aged 82.