# Nina Shipman

Nina Shipman (born August 15, 1938) is a retired American actress.

## Early years

Shipman is the daughter of screenwriter Barry Shipman and dancer and film actress Gwynne Shipman. Her grandfather Ernest Shipman was a member of one of the first Shakespearean 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. 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 has been married three times. She was married to Richard Harrington from 1956 until their divorce in 1958. Her second husband, from 1961 until their divorce in 1973, was actor and stuntman C. Ransom Walrod. They have two daughters, Westerly (born 1967) and Lani (born 1970). Shipman's third husband was Donald Merrill Bremer; they were married from 1975 until his death in 2015.
Shipman was maid of honor at Jill St. John's wedding to Lance Reventlow.

## Selected filmography

* Official Detective (1958, TV series, in episode "Murder In A Girl's School") - Sally
* Vertigo (1958) - Woman in Museum Mistaken for Madeleine (uncredited)
* The Hunters (1958) - WAF Lieutenant (uncredited)
* In Love and War (1958) - Nurse (uncredited)
* Compulsion (1959) - Girlfriend (uncredited)
* Say One for Me (1959) - Fay Flagg
* Blue Denim (1959) - Lillian Bartley
* The Oregon Trail (1959) - Prudence Cooper
* The Man Who Understood Women (1959) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* Wake Me When It's Over (1960) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* High Time (1960) - Laura Howard
* The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (TV series 1952-66) – Paula in the 1962 episode "The Apartment"; Peggy in the 1963 episode "The Girl At The Ski Lodge"
* 77 Sunset Strip (TV series 1958–1964) "The Hamlet Caper" (S3EP17, January 6, 1961) – Darlene Wells; "The Lady Has The Answer" (S4EP5, October 20, 1961) Rita Yale
* Straightaway (TV series, 1961–1962) "The Bribe" (S1EP13, December 29, 1961) – Laurie
* Ichabod and Me (TV series, 1961–1962) "Bob's Award" (S1EP29, April 17, 1962) – Lois Wainwright
* Bonanza (TV series, 1962) Episode: "The Mountain Girl" - Trudy Coombs-Harker
* The Munsters (TV series, 1964–1966) - the Beautiful Woman in "Lily Munster, Girl Model" (season 1, episode 33)
* Rawhide (TV series) appearing as Marion Curtis, a blind woman, in the 1962 episode, "Incident of the Portrait."
* Rawhide (TV series) appearing as Valley Rose, in the 1963 episode, "Incident of the Rawhiders"
* Daniel Boone (TV series, 1964–1970) Molly in "The Sisters O'Hanrahan"
* Perry Mason 1965 as Maxine Nichols murder victim / as Carol Olin S9E4
* The Andy Griffith Show – appearing as county nurse Irene Fairchild, in the 1966 episode “The County Clerk” (season 6, episode 26).
* The Beverly Hillbillies (TV series 1965 Season 4 #7) -As Linda Curry....tales of Wells Fargo 1960 episode: bitter a vengeance
* Adam-12 (1970, S2E26, "Shoplift") Jane