Nancy Travis

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Biography

After a good start playing the mother of the titular tot in the popular "Three Men and a Baby" (1987), Travis was lost amid a passel of colorful crazies in a small supporting role in "Married to the Mob" (1988) and suffered a similar fate amid the male bonding of "Eight Men Out" (1988). Despite major roles in films toplining the likes of Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd and Mel Gibson, Travis received little exposure in "Loose Cannons" (1989) and …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer

Born

September 21, 1961

Career Milestones

2011

Co-starred with Tim Allen on the ABC sitcom "Last Man Standing"

2010

Acted in the Lifetime TV-movie "Pregnancy Pact"

2007

Portrayed the wife of therapist and family man Bill Pearson on "The Bill Engvall Show" (TBS)

2007

Played a supporting role in the romantic drama "The Jane Austen Book Club"

2005

Joined the cast of the coming-of-age story "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," based on the novel by Ann Brashares

1999

Returned to series TV as Kevin Pollak's co-star on "Work With Me," a short-lived CBS fall sitcom; also served as a co-executive producer

1995

Played a TV producer and writer on the CBS series "Almost Perfect"

1994

Provided voice for Bernice on the hard-boiled animated series "Duckman"

1990

Reprised the role of Sylvia in the sequel, "Three Men and a Little Lady"

Co-founded (along with Helen Slater, Fisher Stevens and others) Naked Angels, a theater company in Manhattan

1987

Made her film-acting debut in the comedy hit "Three Men and a Baby"

1986

Acted in her first TV miniseries "Harem" (ABC)

1986

Made Broadway debut in "I'm Not Rappaport,'" starring Judd Hirsch and Cleavon Little (date approximate)

1985

Cast in first notable TV role, a small supporting part in the TV-movie "Malice in Wonderland" starring Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Alexander

Understudied the part of Nora on the national tour of Neil Simon's play "Brighton Beach Memoirs"

Landed first post-graduate acting job in "It's Hard to Be a Jew," performed at the 92nd Street Y in New York, NY

1980

Moved back to New York to study at NYU (date approximate)

Lived in Baltimore and Boston while growing up