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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 26, 1953
Place of Birth:
Long Island, New York, USA
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Nancy Lenehan
Biography
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Nancy Lenehan (born April 26, 1953 in Long Island, New York) is an American actress who has appeared in film and television since the 1980s. Her most recent starring role was on the short-lived sitcom Worst Week. She also co-starred as Sandy Kelly, the matriarch in the sitcom Married to the Kellys. She also had a recurring role on My Name Is Earl as Earl and Randy's mother, Kay Hickey.
She has appeared in featured, recurring and guest roles in many television shows and television movies, and feature films, including Malcolm in the Middle, Everybody Loves Raymond, Judging Amy, Gilmore Girls, Caroline in the City, Dharma & Greg, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, 3rd Rock from the Sun, ER, Boy Meets World, The Nanny, Quantum Leap, Roseanne, V, The Facts of Life, Hill Street Blues and Alice.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Night Swim | Kay |
| 2024 | Self Reliance | Laurie |
| 2022 | That's Amor | Lainie |
| 2014 | Sex Tape | Linda |
| 2011 | The Selling | Mom / Mrs. Scarry |
| 2011 | A Better Life | Mrs. Donnely |
| 2005 | Beauty Shop | Mrs. Struggs |
| 2003 | Eddie's Million Dollar Cook Off | Mrs. Hadley (uncredited) |
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can | Carol Strong |
| 2002 | Adaptation. | Kaufman’s Mother |
| 2002 | Door to Door | |
| 2002 | Door to Door | Charlotte |
| 2002 | Full Frontal | Woman on Plane |
| 2001 | Human Nature | Puff's Mother |
| 1999 | The Limey | Lady on Plane |
| 1998 | Pleasantville | Marge Jenkins |
| 1996 | The Cherokee Kid | Sister Faith |
| 1994 | Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | Radio Show Hostess |
| 1992 | Out on a Limb | Miss Clayton |
| 1991 | Runaway Father | Blanche |
| 1991 | To the Moon, Alice | Mother |
| 1990 | The Dreamer of Oz | Harriet Baum Neal |
| 1989 | Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon | Mrs. Harris |
| 1988 | The Great Outdoors | Waitress |
| 1988 | Jake's Journey | Mother |
| 1988 | She's Having a Baby | Cynthia |
| 1987 | Like Father Like Son | Waitress in Desert Diner |
| 1987 | Student Exchange | Mrs. Barton |
| 1986 | Popples | Mom |
| 1986 | Assassin | Grace Decker |
| 1985 | Annie Oakley | Lyda |
| 1985 | Stoogemania | Connie Smoynek |
| 1984 | Beauty and the Beast | Georgette |
| 1983 | Emergency Room | Young Woman |
| 1980 | Smokey and the Bandit II | Ramona |
| 1979 | When She Was Bad... | Bonnie |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Extended Family | Rose |
| 2022 | A League of Their Own | Vivienne |
| 2021 | American Auto | Winnie |
| 2019 | All Rise | Camille Park |
| 2019 | Bless This Mess | Deb |
| 2019 | The Boys | Barbara |
| 2018 | Forever | Heather Jacoby |
| 2018 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | Senator Jennings |
| 2018 | Champions | Maureen |
| 2016 | Man with a Plan | Alice |
| 2016 | People of Earth | Margaret Flood |
| 2015 | Superstore | Judy |
| 2014 | black-ish | Barbara Piermont |
| 2012 | Veep | Nancy Ryan |
| 2011 | How to Be a Gentleman | Diane |
| 2011 | Episodes | Sex Therapist |
| 2010 | Outsourced | Todd's Mom |
| 2009 | Accidentally on Purpose | |
| 2009 | The Middle | Penny |
| 2008 | Worst Week | Angela Clayton |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | |
| 2006 | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Principal Marcie Nunley |
| 2006 | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Kit |
| 2005 | My Name Is Earl | Kay Hickey |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother | Cheryl Whittaker |
| 2004 | Jack & Bobby | |
| 2003 | Joan of Arcadia | |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck | |
| 2003 | Married to the Kellys | Sandy Kelly |
| 2002 | What I Like About You | Linda |
| 2001 | The Bernie Mac Show | Sister Lane |
| 2001 | Men, Women & Dogs | |
| 2000 | Titus | |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle | Christie |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls | LaDawn |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle | Helen |
| 1999 | Providence | Jane |
| 1999 | Judging Amy | Mrs. Hoeller |
| 1998 | That '70s Show | Nina's Mom |
| 1998 | Two Guys and a Girl | Dr. Peel |
| 1998 | Felicity | Faye Rotundi |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Principal Deborah Harkness |
| 1997 | Dharma & Greg | Karen Love |
| 1997 | Just Shoot Me! | Bunny |
| 1997 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Pat |
| 1997 | George & Leo | |
| 1997 | Working | Meredith Hirsh |
| 1996 | Everybody Loves Raymond | Pamela |
| 1996 | Townies | |
| 1996 | The Faculty | Daisy Skelnick |
| 1996 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Mrs. St. Clair |
| 1995 | Caroline in the City | Plum |
| 1994 | ER | Edie Harvell |
| 1994 | Ellen | Margaret |
| 1993 | Boy Meets World | |
| 1993 | The Nanny | Russian Woman |
| 1993 | Bakersfield P.D. | Amy Baker |
| 1993 | Dudley | Nancy |
| 1993 | Grace Under Fire | Audrey Sheffield |
| 1992 | Great Scott! | Beverly Melrod |
| 1992 | Mad About You | Dr. Wallach |
| 1991 | Step by Step | |
| 1991 | Sisters | |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Colleen McBain |
| 1989 | Seinfeld | Volunteer |
| 1988 | Dear John | Mrs. Williams |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown | Sydney |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | |
| 1987 | Beverly Hills Buntz | Mrs. Fairchild |
| 1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Vivian |
| 1986 | ALF | Laverne Litwak |
| 1986 | Heart of the City | Linda Kilmer |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Nun |
| 1985 | Tall Tales & Legends | Lyda |
| 1984 | V | Science Frontiers Scientist |
| 1984 | Night Court | Ms. Abrams |
| 1982 | Fame | |
| 1982 | Newhart | |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Georgette |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Maiden at Ball |
| 1982 | Family Ties | Roberta |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | |
| 1979 | The Facts of Life | |
| 1976 | Alice |