{{Short description|Canadian actress and singer (1951–2010)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{infobox person | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Nancy Jane Dolman | birth_date = September 26, 1951 | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2010|8|21|1951|9|26}} | death_place = Pacific Palisades, California, U.S. | death_cause = | education = York Mills Collegiate Institute | alma_mater = University of Western Ontario | television = | occupation = Actress, singer | years_active = 1970–1985 | spouse = {{marriage|Martin Short|1980}} | children = 3 | relatives = Jack Dolman (nephew) }}
'''Nancy Jane Dolman Short''' (September 26, 1951 – August 21, 2010) was a Canadian comedic actress and singer. She had a recurring role as Annie Selig Tate on the ABC sitcom ''Soap''. She appeared in her husband Martin Short's 1985 cable television special ''Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas''.
==Life and career== Dolman was born in Toronto. Her brother is director Bob Dolman. Dolman performed in the Canadian Rock Theatre production of ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' in the early 1970s, which travelled to Las Vegas and Los Angeles, and recorded an album with the group at MGM while they were in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://godspell.ca/nancy|title=Toronto's Legendary Production of Godspell – Nancy Dolman Short|publisher=godspell.ca|date=December 6, 2010|access-date=February 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706182127/http://godspell.ca/nancy/|archive-date=July 6, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=imdb>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0231195/bio IMDb profile]</ref>
In 1980, she married fellow Canadian actor Martin Short, whom she had met during the run of the 1972 Toronto production of ''Godspell''. Dolman was Gilda Radner's understudy. Dolman attended high school at York Mills Collegiate Institute in Toronto, and held a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Western Ontario.<ref name=imdb/>
Dolman retired from show business in 1985 to be a homemaker and full-time mother to her children. A profile of the couple appeared in the February 1987 issue of ''Vogue''. The family made their home in Pacific Palisades, California. Dolman and Short also kept a vacation home on Lake Rosseau, Ontario.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/16/realestate/16muskoka.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5070&en=3fd55bc83dc4844e&ex=1156132800|title=Muskoka: The Malibu of the North|first=Denny|last=Lee|newspaper=New York Times|date=September 16, 2005|access-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref>
===Children=== Dolman and Short adopted<ref>{{cite book |last=Short |first=Martin |date=November 4, 2014 |title=I Must Say: My Life As a Humble Comedy Legend |location= New York |publisher=HarperCollins |page=166 |isbn=978-0062309525 }}</ref> three children as infants: Katherine Elizabeth<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.winchesterstar.com/thewinchesterstar/030215/Front_queen.asp |title=Katherine Short Chosen to Be Queen Shenandoah LXXVI |newspaper=The Winchester Star |date=February 15, 2003 | author=Hille, Karl B. | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111044357/http://www.winchesterstar.com/thewinchesterstar/030215/Front_queen.asp | archive-date=November 11, 2006 }}</ref> (1983–2026), a social worker and graduate of New York University;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/martin-short-daughter-katherine-dead-at-42-11913565|title=Martin Short's Daughter Katherine Dies at 42: 'The Short Family Is Devastated by This Loss'|first1=Shyla|last1=Watson|first2=Sean|last2=Mandell|first3=Alex|last3=Ross|magazine=People|date=February 24, 2026|accessdate=February 24, 2026}}</ref> Oliver Patrick (b. 1986), an employee of Warner Brothers and graduate of the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business; and Henry Hayter (b. 1989), who also graduated from the University of Notre Dame in May 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/oct/20/martin-short-my-family-values|title = Martin Short: My family values|website = TheGuardian.com|date = October 19, 2012}}</ref>
==Death== Dolman suffered from ovarian cancer and died on August 21, 2010, in Pacific Palisades, California,<ref name="people2">{{cite web|title=Martin Short's Wife, Nancy Dolman, Dies|author=Stephen M. Silverman|author-link=Stephen M. Silverman|publisher=People|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20415154,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825164548/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20415154,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 25, 2010|date=August 24, 2010}}</ref> at the age of 58.<ref name="cnn1">{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/08/23/martin.short.wife/index.html?section=cnn_latest|title=Martin Short's wife has died|publisher=CNN|first=Alan|last=Duke|date=August 24, 2010|access-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref> According to the Los Angeles County Coroner, she died of natural causes.<ref name="people1">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20415285,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825164614/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20415285,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 25, 2010|title=Coroner: Martin Short's Wife Died of Natural Causes|author=Ken Lee|date=August 24, 2010|magazine=People|access-date=May 31, 2012}}</ref> Dolman's remains were cremated and her ashes were scattered from the dock of the Short family cottage, onto the waters of Lake Rosseau, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.<ref>"I Must Say" by Martin Short</ref>
===Tributes=== Steve Martin, a close friend of Dolman and Short, dedicated a musical elegy for Dolman following her death titled, "The Great Remember (For Nancy)" in his collaborative album, ''Rare Bird Alert'' with the Steep Canyon Rangers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebluegrassspecial.com/archive/2011/april2011/steve-martin-rare-bird.html|title=I'm Really Enjoying Bluegrass|author=David McGee|access-date=March 21, 2017}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|231195|Nancy Dolman}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110815135917/http://godspell.ca/nancy/index.htm Nancy Dolman] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20110815135942/http://godspell.ca/index.htm Godspell.ca]
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