People named Nan Martin

Nan Martin BIRTH 15 Jul 1927 Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA DEATH 4 Mar 2010 (aged 82) Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA BURIAL Cremated, Ashes given to family. MEMORIAL ID 49090047 · View Source Actress. She appeared in a large number of film, stage, and television productions over a half-century career. Raised in Santa Monica, California, she got her theatrical start in a campus presentation of "The Gentle People" while a student at UCLA. Working as a fashion model for Adrian, she financed a move to New York, where she made her Broadway bow in the 1950 "A Story for a Sunday Evening". Over the years Martin had a long list of credits on The Great White Way, including 1958's "J.B." (which earned her a Tony nomination), "Under the Yum Yum Tree", and "The Eccentricities of a Nightingale". Her big screen debut came with "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" (1956), to be followed by such films as "Toys in the Atic" (1963), 1975's "The Other Side of the Mountain" (along with its 1978 sequel), and the 1987 "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors". She was often cast in "mother" parts, which led to probably her best known screen role, that of Ali MacGraw's snobby, unpleasant, mother in 1969's "Goodbye Columbus". Martin also did extensive television work begining in the early 1950s, with her credits including "The Twilight Zone", "Ben Casey", "The Untouchables", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "The Golden Girls", and "NYPD Blue". She was in the the 1983 "The Thorn Birds", the evening soap "Santa Barbara", and had the recurring role of Mrs. Louder on "The Drew Carey Show". Martin was to garner a number of awards, including a 1992 Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle Award for "Odd Jobs", and Washington's Helen Hayes Award for the 1989 Kennedy Center presentation of "The Road to Mecca". Martin last appeared on the big screen in 2005's "Thicker Than Water"; she lived her final years in southern California, and died of complications of emphysema. Bio by: Bob Hufford

Nan C Martin was born in 1891. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nan C Martin.

Nan Martin of Anaheim, Orange County, California was born on May 4, 1875, and died at age 91 years old in April 1967.

Nan M Martin of Marble Falls, Burnet County, TX was born on March 13, 1920, and died at age 89 years old on June 20, 2009.

Nan C Martin of Eagletown, McCurtain County, OK was born on November 7, 1929, and died at age 70 years old on February 24, 2000.

Nan Martin of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee was born on December 8, 1903, and died at age 79 years old in January 1983.

Nan H Martin of Live Oak, Suwannee County, FL was born on May 4, 1910, and died at age 92 years old on October 2, 2002.

Nan W Martin of Newnan, Coweta County, GA was born on February 14, 1940, and died at age 47 years old on February 2, 1988.

Nan Martin of Evanston, Spencer County, Indiana was born on September 7, 1908, and died at age 77 years old in September 1985.

Nan M Martin of Salisbury, Rowan County, NC was born on December 19, 1912, and died at age 91 years old on September 21, 2004.

Nan Martin of Sigourney, Keokuk County, IA was born on August 16, 1895, and died at age 83 years old in October 1978.

Nan Martin of Absecon, Atlantic County, NJ was born on September 5, 1900, and died at age 84 years old in November 1984.

Nan R Martin of Woodbridge, Prince William County, VA was born on January 1, 1910, and died at age 84 years old on June 4, 1994.

Nan M Martin of Middletown, Newport County, RI was born on March 20, 1929, and died at age 71 years old on January 9, 2001.