Occupation Actress Children Lani Bremer Role Film actress | Name Nina Shipman Years active 1957- (film) | |
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Movies Blue Denim, The Oregon Trail Spouse Don Bremer (m. 1975), C. Ransom Walrod (m. 1961–1973), Richard Harrington (m. 1956–1958) Parents Gwynne Shipman, Barry Shipman Grandparents Nell Shipman, Ernest Shipman Similar People Nell Shipman, Ernest Shipman, Dick Powell, Alfred Hitchcock, Philip Dunne |
Nina Shipman (born August 15, 1938) is an American film and television actress. She is the daughter of Barry Shipman, a film screenwriter, and her mother was a dancer and actress in films.
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Ernest Shipman, her grandfather, was a member of one of the first Shakespearian touring companies in the United States, and her grandmother, Nell Shipman, was a silent film actress. She attended Maddox Academy in Mexico City and Eagle Rock High School in Los Angeles, California.
Early years
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.
Educational television
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.
Book

Shipman is the author of How to Become an Actor in Television Commercials (1975).
Personal life

Shipman was married to Donald Merrill Bremer, who died in 2015. They lived in Hawaii.