Nancy Dolman
| Nancy Dolman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nancy Jane Dolman September 26, 1951 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Pacific Palisades, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | York Mills Collegiate Institute |
| Alma mater | University of Western Ontario |
| Occupation | comic actress |
| Years active | 1970–1985 |
| Television | Soap |
| Spouse(s) | Martin Short (1980–2010; her death) |
| Children | Katherine Elizabeth (b. 1983) Oliver Patrick (b. 1986) Henry (b. 1989) |
Nancy Jane Dolman (September 26, 1951 – August 21, 2010) was a Canadian comic actress and singer. She was most notable for her recurring role as Annie Selig Tate on the ABC sitcom Soap. She appeared in her husband Martin Short's 1985 cable television special Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas.
Life and career
Dolman was born in Toronto. Her brother is director Bob Dolman. Dolman performed in the Canadian Rock Theatre production of Jesus Christ Superstar in the early 1970s, which travelled to Las Vegas and Los Angeles, and recorded an album with the group at MGM while they were in Los Angeles.[1][2]
In 1980, she married fellow Canadian actor Martin Short, whom she had met during the run of the 1972 Toronto production of Godspell. Dolman was Gilda Radner's understudy. Dolman attended high school at York Mills Collegiate Institute in Toronto, and held a Bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Western Ontario.[2]
Dolman retired from show business in 1985 to be a homemaker and full-time mother to her children. A profile of the couple appeared in the February 1987 issue of Vogue. The family made their home in Pacific Palisades, California. Dolman and Short also kept a vacation home in Lake Muskoka, Ontario.[3]
Children
Dolman and Short adopted[4] three children: Katherine Elizabeth (born 1983), a graduate of New York University; Oliver Patrick (born 1986), a graduate of the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business; and Henry Hayter (born 1989), who also graduated from the University of Notre Dame in May 2012.
Death
Dolman was suffering from ovarian cancer and died on August 21, 2010, in Pacific Palisades, California.[5] She was 58 years old.[6] According to the Los Angeles County Coroner, she died of natural causes.[7] Dolman's remains were cremated and her ashes were scattered from the dock of the Short family cottage, onto the waters of Lake Rousseau, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.[8]
References
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External links
- Nancy Dolman at the Internet Movie Database
- Nancy Dolman at Godspell.ca
- "Katherine Short Chosen to Be Queen Shenandoah LXXVI" The Winchester Star, February 15, 2003
- Articles with hCards
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- 1951 births
- 2010 deaths
- Canadian women comedians
- Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States
- Canadian female singers
- Canadian musical theatre actresses
- Canadian stage actresses
- Canadian television actresses
- Cancer deaths in California
- Deaths from ovarian cancer
- Actresses from Toronto
- University of Western Ontario alumni
- 20th-century Canadian actresses
- 20th-century Canadian singers
