Pamela Sue Martin

Pamela Sue Martin

Born: January 5, 1953
in Hartford - Connecticut - USA
Pamela Sue Martin (born January 5, 1953) is an American actress best known for playing Nancy Drew on The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew MysteriesTV series and Fallon Carrington Colby on the ABC nighttime soap opera Dynasty.

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, and growing up in nearby Westport, Martin began modeling at 17, and appeared in the original film version of The Poseidon Adventure (opposite Gene Hackman) at the age of 19. During the run of Nancy Drew she appeared in a cover-featured pictorial in the July 1978 issue of Playboy magazine, which caused her to be axed from the series. Martin portrayed feisty and spoiled heiress Fallon Carrington Colby on the ABC nighttime soap opera Dynasty from its debut in 1981 through the end of the fourth season in 1984. Martin left of her own accord and the character was "missing and presumed dead" – the series recast the role with actress Emma Samms at the end of the fifth season in 1985. She hosted Saturday Night Live on February 16, 1985. In 1984, Martin, who has long been involved in environmental causes, appeared in a public service announcement to help save pink dolphins in the Amazon River. The ad was directed by Clyde Lucas, who appeared on The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. Divorced three times and the mother of one son, Martin has written about her struggle with interstitial cystitis. Martin owns a theatre company in Idaho.

Movies for Pamela Sue Martin...

Title: Nancy Drew
Character: Harriet Grosset
Released: October 9, 2019
Type: TV
Nancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery instead.
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My Christmas Prince
Title: My Christmas Prince
Character: Sandra Logan
Released: December 3, 2017
Type: Movie
Samantha, a dedicated teacher in Manhattan, returns to her home town of Maple Falls, Wyoming every year for Christmas. This year, she’s delighted when her boyfriend Alex, a European diplomat from the tiny country of Madelvia, decides to joins her. Samantha later discovers Alex is actually a prince destined for the throne, turning her entire world upside down. Realizing that staying with Alex means spending her life in the constant glare of publicity and giving up the job opportunity of a lifetime, Samantha must decide if she loves Alex enough to make the transition from teacher to royal – or will it be too big a leap
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McTaggart's Fortune
Title: McTaggart's Fortune
Character: Sgt. Jeanine Bowman
Released: May 23, 2014
Type: Movie
Three high school students search for a lost treasure in their hometown, only to be haunted by the ghosts that protect the lost fortune.
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Title: That '70s Show
Character: Wizard
Released: August 23, 1998
Type: TV
Crank up the 8-track and flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom. For Eric, Kelso, Jackie, Hyde, Donna and Fez, a group of high school teens who spend most of their time hanging out in Eric’s basement, life in the ‘70s isn’t always so groovy. But between trying to figure out the meaning of life, avoiding their parents, and dealing with out-of-control hormones, they’ve learned one thing for sure: they’ll always get by with a little help from their friends.
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Title: Denver Clan ohne Maske
Character: Self
Released: December 27, 1993
Type: TV
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The Saint: The Software Murders
Title: The Saint: The Software Murders
Character: Irina
Released: August 4, 1990
Type: Movie
From his home in California, Simon's friend Jack is investigating the deaths of three prominent scientists. Shortly after making an important discovery, Jack is murdered, and the killer threatens to come after Simon.
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A Cry in the Wild
Title: A Cry in the Wild
Character: Mom
Released: June 1, 1990
Type: Movie
13-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of an unreported plane crash. Alone in the Yukon wilderness, Brian must learn to survive by his wits, find food and shelter, and brave wild, hungry animals until or if he is found.
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Bay Coven
Title: Bay Coven
Character: Linda Lebon
Released: October 25, 1987
Type: Movie
A young newlywed couple move to a remote island only to find a secret coven of witches who want them to join all the fun...or face the consequences.
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Flicks
Title: Flicks
Character: Liz Stone
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A parody of Saturday afternoon matinee's, including coming attractions and a cartoon.
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Strong Medicine
Title: Strong Medicine
Character: Celia Grey
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
TV Movie A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious and cut-throat business pharmaceutical industry can be.
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Title: The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Melinda Jensen
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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Torchlight
Title: Torchlight
Character: Lillian Weller
Released: February 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A happy marriage turns sour when the husband becomes addicted to cocaine.
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Title: Wogan
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 1982
Type: TV
Wogan is a British television chat show
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Title: Wetten, dass..?
Character: Self
Released: February 14, 1981
Type: TV
A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.
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Title: Dynasty
Character: Fallon Carrington Colby
Released: January 12, 1981
Type: TV
The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, hidden from him by his ex-wife, the conniving Alexis. Most of the show features the conflict between 2 large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' ColbyCo.
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The Lady in Red
Title: The Lady in Red
Character: Polly Franklin
Released: July 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A farm girl's life turns upside down after being in the wrong place at the wrong time. She moves to Chicago and becomes trapped in a vicious cycle of prostitution and crime.
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Human Feelings
Title: Human Feelings
Character: Verna Gold
Released: October 16, 1978
Type: Movie
A pilot movie dealing with the day-to-day workings of God herself, here threatening to destroy Las Vegas if six righteous people cannot be found there in seven days, and it's all up to an eager-to-please young angel, a frustrated clerk-typist in the heavenly music department, to try to hold off the devastation while disguised as a mortal.
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Title: The Love Boat
Character: Donna Dayton
Released: September 24, 1977
Type: TV
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
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Title: The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Character: Nancy Drew
Released: January 30, 1977
Type: TV
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy as amateur sleuth brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, respectively, and Pamela Sue Martin as girl detective Nancy Drew. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was unusual in that it often dealt with the characters individually, in an almost anthological style. That is, some episodes featured only the Hardy Boys and others only Nancy Drew.
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The Hemingway Play
Title: The Hemingway Play
Released: March 11, 1976
Type: Movie
Writer Ernest Hemingway confronts himself at various stages of his life.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Host
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Buster and Billie
Title: Buster and Billie
Character: Margie Hooks
Released: August 21, 1974
Type: Movie
Dimwitted but sweet high school girl of easy virtue and the most popular boy in the school share an improbable romance.
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Our Time
Title: Our Time
Character: Abby
Released: April 10, 1974
Type: Movie
Drama about students at a girls' school, their boyfriends, and an unexpected pregnancy.
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The Gun and the Pulpit
Title: The Gun and the Pulpit
Character: Sally Underwood
Released: April 3, 1974
Type: Movie
In the days of the "Wild West," a gunslinger, with a price on his head, discovers the body of a traveling minister who has been killed in an ambush. Fearing those who are following him, he assumes the dead minister's identity.
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The Girls of Huntington House
Title: The Girls of Huntington House
Character: Gail Dorn
Released: February 15, 1973
Type: Movie
An unmarried teacher in a school for unwed mothers finds herself becoming too emotionally attached to her students and their problems.
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The Poseidon Adventure
Title: The Poseidon Adventure
Character: Susan Shelby
Released: December 13, 1972
Type: Movie
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
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To Find a Man
Title: To Find a Man
Character: Rosalind
Released: January 20, 1972
Type: Movie
A boarding-school girl asks the boy next door for help getting an abortion.
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Title: Bambi Awards
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: TV
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.