Nancy Drew

Pamela Sue Martin as Nancy Drew

Joe Hardy

Frank Hardy

Ned Nickerson

**Nancy Drew** is a main character in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries alongside Frank and Joe Hardy. She was portrayed by Pamela Sue Martin in the entire first season and the second season until the thirteenth episode and by Janet Louise Johnson in the rest of the second season.

She lives with her father, defense attorney Carson Drew, in River Heights, New Jersey. She is an amateur sleuth, but prefers the term 'part-time investigator.'

## Personality

Nancy is a clever and determined young woman. Since she is young, she is often doubted on her hunches about mysteries, but she never lets that stand in her way. Sometimes this means that she charges into dangerous situations. She is also very practical and sees connections where others do not.

## Relationships

### Carson Drew

Carson Drew is Nancy's father, and only living parent. They are close and he trusts her to be able to take care of herself. Of course, he also often worries about her.

### Frank Hardy

Frank Hardy is one of Nancy's good friends. They have teamed up multiple times on mysteries and relate to each other because they are both young people who solve mysteries and understand how it feels to not be taken seriously by older adults.

However, Frank's want to protect Nancy and keep her safe often rubs her the wrong way, as well as his occasional skepticism when she thinks there is something going on. They often argue when working together.

They also have a romantic connection, their tension while arguing sometimes spilling over into something more. They flirted throughout the first two-part cross-over episode and kissed at the end of The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom: Part 2.

### Joe Hardy

Joe Hardy is one of Nancy's good friends. They have teamed up multiple times on mysteries and relate to each other because they are both young people who solve mysteries and understand how it feels to not be taken seriously by older adults.

She does not seem to be as close to him as she is to his brother, Frank.

## Appearances

### Season One

* The Mystery of Pirate's Cove
* The Mystery of the Diamond Triangle
* The Secret of the Whispering Walls
* A Haunting We Will Go
* The Mystery of the Fallen Angels
* The Mystery of the Ghostwriters' Cruise
* The Mystery of the Solid Gold Kicker

### Season Two

* The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula: Part 1 (cross-over with the Hardy Boys)
* The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula: Part 2 (cross-over with the Hardy Boys)
* The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom: Part 1 (cross-over with the Hardy Boys)
* The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom: Part 2 (cross-over with the Hardy Boys)
* Nancy Drew's Love Match
* Will the Real Santa Claus...?
* The Lady on Thursday at Ten (last appearance of Martin as Nancy)
* Voodoo Doll: Part 1 (cross-over with the Hardy Boys; first appearance of Johnson as Nancy)
* Voodoo Doll: Part 2 (cross-over with the Hardy Boys)
* Mystery of the Avalanche Express (cross-over with the Hardy Boys)
* Arson and Old Lace (cross-over with the Hardy Boys)

## Trivia

* Glen Larson, the executive producer, said that casting Nancy was one of the toughest things he did. "The difficulty was that with 50 years of books, you have a following of all ages. Everyone had a preconceived [idea] of what she should be like.” He said Pamela Sue Martin fit the image he had in mind: contemporary, wholesome without being saccharine and clever without being smart-alecky.
* Jamie Lee Curtis auditioned to play Nancy Drew. She appeared as a guest star in The Mystery of the Fallen Angels.

## Gallery

→ see also Nancy Drew/Gallery and Category: Images of Nancy Drew

1. ↑ Although she only starred in seven episodes, Pamela Sue Martin was credited in all fourteen
2. ↑ https://clickamericana.com/media/television-shows/about-the-hardy-boys-nancy-drew-mysteries-tv-series-from-the-70s-plus-cast-pictures-opening-credits?fbclid=IwAR3PHC7wSt\_n0VYWrGuDM3OUFkfw6TkyhSOafl9yL2JvXv\_LU7CQrWc3bfI
3. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075513/trivia?ref\_=tt\_trv\_trv