Martha Gehman (born 1955) is an American actress and acting coach, perhaps best known for her role as Ophelia in the 1985 cult classic ''
The Legend of Billie Jean
''The Legend of Billie Jean'' is a 1985 American drama film, directed by Matthew Robbins. It stars Helen Slater, Keith Gordon, Christian Slater, Dean Stockwell, Richard Bradford and Peter Coyote.
Plot
Billie Jean Davy, a teenager from Corpus ...
''.
She also had supporting roles in ''
The Flamingo Kid
''The Flamingo Kid'' is a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall and produced by Michael Phillips. It stars Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Héctor Elizondo and Jessica Walter. The film tells the story of a working class b ...
'', ''
F/X'',
''Threesome''
and
''A Kiss Before Dying''.
Gehman has a twin sister, Abbie, and is the daughter of actress
Estelle Parsons
Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927) is an American actress, singer and stage director.
After studying law, Parsons became a singer before deciding to pursue a career in acting. She worked for the television program '' Today'' and ...
and
Richard Gehman.
Parsons, Gehman stage real mother-daughter act
''Chicago Sun-Times
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'', November 23, 1989 ("Estelle Parsons... Now, the actress' own daughter, Martha Gehman, will appear with her on a New York stage. Gehman is an attractive blonde (her twin sister, Abbie, is an editor of the fashion magazine Mirabella).") Her nephew is football player Eben Britton
Eben Britton (born October 14, 1987) is a former American football offensive tackle who played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Selected 39th overall in the 2009 NFL Draft, he spent four years with the Jacksonville Jaguars fo ...
.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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American film actresses
1955 births
Living people
20th-century American actresses
American twins
American people of Swedish descent
21st-century American women
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