Nina Shipman | |
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| Born | August 15, 1938 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 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) |
Nina Shipman (born August 15, 1938) is a retired American film and television actress.[2] Shipman is a member of the Shipman show business family.
Shipman is the daughter of screenwriter Barry Shipman[3] and dancer and film actress Gwynne Shipman.[4] Her grandfather Ernest Shipman was a member of one of the first Shakespearean touring companies in the United States,[5] and her grandmother, Nell Shipman, was a silent film actress.[6]
She attended Maddox Academy in Mexico City[5] and Eagle Rock High School in Los Angeles, California.[4] 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.[7]
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.[7]
Shipman is the author of How to Become an Actor in Television Commercials (1975).[8]
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.[9] Her daughter Lani Bremer is an actress.[citation needed]
