Nina Shipman (born August 15, 1938) is a retired American film and

television actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...

. Shipman is a member of the Shipman show business family.

Early years

Shipman is the daughter of

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Barry Shipman and dancer and film actress

Gwynne Shipman Gwynne Shipman (born Beulah McDonald; November 8, 1909 – September 11, 2005) was an American film actress.Pitts p.362 She was married to the screenwriter Barry Shipman. They had a daughter Nina, who became an actress. Selected filmography * ...

. Her grandfather Ernest Shipman was a member of one of the first Shakespearean touring companies in the United States, and her grandmother,

Nell Shipman Nell Shipman (born Helen Foster-Barham; October 25, 1892 – January 23, 1970) was a Canadian actress, author, screenwriter, producer, director, animal rights activist and animal trainer. Her works often had autobiographical elements to them and ...

, was a silent film actress. She attended Maddox Academy in Mexico City and Eagle Rock High School in Los Angeles, California. Shipman graduated from

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, with a degree in music. She enhanced her acting skills at the

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, in film industry workshops, and by studying under acting coach

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Educational television

In 1981, Shipman was host of ''Contemporary Health Issues'', a series consisting of 30 half-hour episodes that could be used by students to earn credits at participating colleges and universities. The series' topics included death, sexuality, drugs, cardiovascular disease, alcoholism, and cancer.

Book

Shipman is the author of ''How to Become an Actor in Television Commercials'' (1975).

Personal life

Shipman has been married three times. Her first husband was Richard Harrington, from 1956 until their divorce in 1958, her second was actor and stuntman C. Ransom Walrod from 1961 until their divorce in 1973. Her third husband was Donald Merrill Bremer, from 1975 until his death in 2015. They lived in Hawaii. Her daughter Lani Bremer is an actress.

Selected filmography

* ''

Official Detective ''Official Detective'' is an American anthology television series which aired in syndication from 1957 to March 19, 1958. The series was hosted by veteran film actor Everett Sloane.McNeil, Alex (1996). ''Total Television'' (4th ed.). New York: ...

'' (1958, TV series, in episode "Murder In A ") - Sally * ''

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'' (1958) - Woman in Museum Mistaken for Madeleine (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1958) - WAF Lieutenant (uncredited) * '' In Love and War'' (1958) - Nurse (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1959) - Girlfriend (uncredited) * ''

Say One for Me ''Say One For Me'' is a 1959 American comedy musical film directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Bing Crosby, Debbie Reynolds and Robert Wagner. ''Say One for Me'' was listed in the 1978 book '' The Fifty Worst Films of All Time''. Stella Stev ...

'' (1959) - Fay Flagg * ''

Blue Denim ''Blue Denim'' is a 1959 film based on a Broadway play by writer James Leo Herlihy. It starred Carol Lynley and Warren Berlinger who reprised their stage roles. 17-year-old Brandon deWilde appeared in his first "adult" role as the male lead A ...

'' (1959) - Lillian Bartley * '' The Oregon Trail'' (1959) - Prudence Cooper * '' The Man Who Understood Women'' (1959) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' Wake Me When It's Over'' (1960) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' High Time'' (1960) - Laura Howard * ''

77 Sunset Strip ''77 Sunset Strip'' is an American television private detective drama series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Richard Long (from 1960 to 1961) and Edd Byrnes (billed as Edward Byrnes). Each episode was on ...

'' (TV series 1958–1964) "The Hamlet Caper" (S3EP17, January 6, 1961) – Darlene Wells; "The Lady Has The Answer" (S4EP5, October 20, 1961) Rita Yale * '' Straightaway'' (TV series, 1961–1962) "The Bribe" (S1EP13, December 29, 1961) – Laurie * ''

Ichabod and Me ''Ichabod and Me'' is an American situation comedy television series starring Robert Sterling and George Chandler that aired in the United States during the 1961–1962 television season. It depicts the life of a New York City newspaper reporte ...

'' (TV series, 1961–1962) "Bob's Award" (S1EP29, April 17, 1962) – Lois Wainwright * ''

Bonanza ''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 13, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 432 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running western, the second-longest-running western series on ...

'' (TV series, 1962) Episode: "The Mountain Girl" - Trudy Coombs-Harker * ''

The Munsters ''The Munsters'' is an American sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters. The series starred Fred Gwynne as Frankenstein's monsterEpisodes referring to the fact that Herman is Frankenstein's monster include #55, "Just Anothe ...

'' (TV series, 1964–1966) - the Beautiful Woman in "Lily Munster, Girl Model" (season 1, episode 33) * ''

Rawhide (TV series) ''Rawhide'' is an American Western TV series starring Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood. The show aired for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights, from January 9, 1959, to September 3, 1965, before moving to Tuesday nights from Sep ...

'' appearing as Marion Curtis, a blind woman, in the 1962 episode, "Incident of the Portrait." * ''

'' appearing as Valley Rose, in the 1963 episode, "Incident of the Rawhiders" * ''

Daniel Boone Daniel Boone (September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the we ...

'' (TV series, 1964–1970) Molly in "The Sisters O'Hanrahan" * Perry Mason 1965 as Maxine Nichols murder victim / as Carol Olin S9E4 * ''

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'' – appearing as county nurse Irene Fairchild, in the 1966 episode “The County Clerk” (season 6, episode 26). *The Beverly Hillbillies (TV series 1965 Season 4 #7) -As Linda Curry

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012.

External links

* 1938 births Living people American film actresses American television actresses Actresses from Los Angeles 20th-century American actresses Shipman family 21st-century American women {{US-film-actor-1930s-stub