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Retired American film and television actress, born 1938 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nina Shipman (born August 15, 1938) is an American retired actress.
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | August 15, 1938
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1957–1987 |
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Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Barry Shipman Gwynne Shipman |
Relatives | Ernest Shipman (grandfather) Nell Shipman (grandmother) |
Shipman is the daughter of screenwriter Barry Shipman[1] and dancer and film actress Gwynne Shipman.[2] Her grandfather Ernest Shipman was a member of one of the first Shakespearean touring companies in the United States,[3] and her grandmother, Nell Shipman, was a silent film actress.[4]
She attended Maddox Academy in Mexico City[3] and Eagle Rock High School in Los Angeles, California.[2] Shipman graduated from California State University, Los Angeles, with a degree in music. She enhanced her acting skills at the Pasadena Playhouse, in film industry workshops, and by studying under acting coach Sanford Meisner.[5]
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.[5]
Shipman is the author of How to Become an Actor in Television Commercials (1975).[6]
Shipman has been married three times. She was married to Richard Harrington from 1956 until their divorce in 1958. Her second husband, from 1961 until their divorce in 1973, was actor and stuntman C. Ransom Walrod. They have two daughters, Westerly (born 1967) and Lani (born 1970).[7] Shipman's third husband was Donald Merrill Bremer; they were married from 1975 until his death in 2015.[8]
Shipman was maid of honor at Jill St. John's wedding to Lance Reventlow.[9]
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