Name
Nancy Lenehan
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1953-04-26 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Long Island, New York, USA
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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- 2002 Catch Me If You Can as Carol Strong
- 1999 The Limey as Lady on Plane
- 1987 Like Father Like Son as Waitress in Desert Diner
- 2024 Night Swim as Kay
- 1996 The Cherokee Kid as Sister Faith
- 2011 The Selling as Mom / Mrs. Scarry
- 2011 A Better Life as Mrs. Donnely
- 2001 Human Nature as Puff's Mother
- 1985 Annie Oakley as Lyda
- 2022 That's Amor as Lainie
- 2014 Sex Tape as Linda
- 2002 Adaptation. as Kaufman’s Mother
- 1983 Emergency Room as Young Woman
- 2024 Self Reliance as Laurie
- 1998 Pleasantville as Marge Jenkins
- 1990 The Dreamer of Oz as Harriet Baum Neal
- 1979 When She Was Bad... as Bonnie
- 1988 The Great Outdoors as Waitress
- 2002 Door to Door
- 1984 Beauty and the Beast as Georgette
- 1987 Student Exchange as Mrs. Barton
- 1988 Jake's Journey as Mother
- 1992 Out on a Limb as Miss Clayton
- 1991 Runaway Father as Blanche
- 1988 She's Having a Baby as Cynthia
- 2002 Door to Door as Charlotte
- 2003 Eddie's Million Dollar Cook Off as Mrs. Hadley (uncredited)
- 2005 Beauty Shop as Mrs. Struggs
- 1986 Popples as Mom
- 1980 Smokey and the Bandit II as Ramona
- 1985 Stoogemania as Connie Smoynek
- 1991 To the Moon, Alice as Mother
- 1989 Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon as Mrs. Harris
- 1986 Assassin as Grace Decker
- 2002 Full Frontal as Woman on Plane
- 1994 Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight as Radio Show Hostess
- 1993 Other Mothers as Susan Thomas
- 1981 The Incredible Shrinking Woman as Guard
- Soon Mock Trial
- 1998 That '70s Show ( 1 episode ) as Nina's Mom
- 1998 Two Guys and a Girl ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Peel
- 2000 Titus ( 1 episode ) as Faye
- 1976 Alice ( 2 episodes )
- 1997 Ally McBeal ( 2 episodes ) as Principal Deborah Harkness
- 2003 Joan of Arcadia ( 1 episode ) as Erica Marx
- 1982 Fame ( 1 episode )
- 1979 The Facts of Life ( 1 episode )
- 1999 Providence ( 1 episode ) as Jane
- 1999 Judging Amy ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Hoeller
- 1985 The Golden Girls ( 1 episode ) as Nun
- 2004 Jack & Bobby ( 1 episode )
- 2006 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip ( 1 episode )
- 2001 The Bernie Mac Show ( 1 episode ) as Sister Lane
- 1993 Boy Meets World ( 1 episode ) as Susan Kalliback
- 2005 My Name Is Earl ( 9 episodes ) as Kay Hickey
- 1996 Everybody Loves Raymond ( 1 episode ) as Pamela
- 1993 The Nanny ( 1 episode ) as Russian Woman
- 2000 Malcolm in the Middle ( 2 episodes ) as Christie
- 2003 Nip/Tuck ( 1 episode ) as Sue Alderman
- 1981 Hill Street Blues ( 2 episodes )
- 1997 Dharma & Greg ( 3 episodes ) as Karen Love
- 1991 Step by Step ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Tubman
- 1984 V ( 1 episode ) as Science Frontiers Scientist
- 1989 Quantum Leap ( 1 episode ) as Colleen McBain
- 1982 Newhart ( 2 episodes )
- 1991 Sisters ( 1 episode )
- 1986 ALF ( 1 episode ) as Laverne Litwak
- 2006 The New Adventures of Old Christine ( 5 episodes ) as Principal Marcie Nunley
- 1997 Just Shoot Me! ( 1 episode ) as Bunny
- 2000 Gilmore Girls ( 1 episode ) as LaDawn
- 2003 Married to the Kellys ( 22 episodes ) as Sandy Kelly
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Edie Harvell
- 2016 Man with a Plan ( 2 episodes ) as Alice
- 1993 Bakersfield P.D. ( 1 episode ) as Amy Baker
- 1987 Beverly Hills Buntz ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Fairchild
- 1996 Townies ( 2 episodes )
- 1986 Heart of the City ( 1 episode ) as Linda Kilmer
- 2009 Accidentally on Purpose ( 1 episode ) as Lara
- 1996 The Faculty ( 13 episodes ) as Daisy Skelnick
- 2009 The Middle ( 1 episode ) as Penny
- 2001 Men, Women & Dogs ( 1 episode ) as Jan
- 1992 Great Scott! ( 13 episodes ) as Beverly Melrod
- 1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( 1 episode ) as Pat
- 2011 How to Be a Gentleman ( 9 episodes ) as Diane
- 2018 Forever ( 1 episode ) as Heather Jacoby
- 1992 Mad About You ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Wallach
- 1989 Seinfeld ( 1 episode ) as Volunteer
- 2008 Worst Week ( 16 episodes ) as Angela Clayton
- 2002 What I Like About You ( 1 episode ) as Linda
- 2018 Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan ( 4 episodes ) as Senator Jennings
- 1982 Faerie Tale Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Georgette
- 1982 Faerie Tale Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Maiden at Ball
- 2015 Superstore ( 1 episode ) as Judy
- 2016 People of Earth ( 20 episodes ) as Margaret Flood
- 2010 Outsourced ( 1 episode ) as Todd's Mom
- 2019 All Rise ( 2 episodes ) as Camille Park
- 1993 Dudley ( 1 episode ) as Nancy
- 2011 Episodes ( 1 episode ) as Sex Therapist
- 1993 Grace Under Fire ( 12 episodes ) as Audrey Sheffield
- 2012 Veep ( 11 episodes ) as Nancy Ryan
- 1988 Dear John ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Williams
- 1982 Family Ties ( 1 episode ) as Roberta
- 2018 Champions ( 1 episode ) as Maureen
- 1985 Tall Tales & Legends ( 1 episode ) as Lyda
- 1984 Night Court ( 1 episode ) as Ms. Abrams
- 2022 A League of Their Own ( 2 episodes ) as Vivienne
- 1988 Murphy Brown ( 1 episode ) as Sydney
- 1996 3rd Rock from the Sun ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. St. Clair
- 1987 CBS Summer Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Vivian
- 2014 black-ish ( 1 episode ) as Barbara Piermont
- 2021 American Auto ( 1 episode ) as Winnie
- 2005 How I Met Your Mother ( 2 episodes ) as Cheryl Whittaker
- 1998 Felicity ( 3 episodes ) as Faye Rotundi
- 2019 Bless This Mess ( 13 episodes ) as Deb
- 2019 The Boys ( 2 episodes ) as Barbara
- 2006 The New Adventures of Old Christine ( 1 episode ) as Kit
- 1997 George & Leo ( 1 episode )
- 1994 Ellen ( 4 episodes ) as Margaret
- 1995 Caroline in the City ( 2 episodes ) as Plum
- 1997 Working ( 1 episode ) as Meredith Hirsh
- 2023 Extended Family ( 1 episode ) as Rose
- 1997 The Practice ( 1 episode ) as Nurse MacKenzie
- 2005 Close to Home ( 2 episodes ) as Patty
- 2025 The Paper ( 4 episodes ) as Ann Putnam
- 1987 Beauty and the Beast ( 1 episode ) as Lucy
- 2026 Widow's Bay ( 6 episodes ) as Gerrie
- 1999 Jack & Jill ( 1 episode ) as Church Booker
