Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nancy Lenehan (born April 26, 1953 in Long Island, New York) is an American actress who has appeared in film and television since the 1980s. Her most recent starring role was on the short-lived sitcom Worst Week. She also co-starred as Sandy Kelly, the matriarch in the sitcom Married to the Kellys. She also had a recurring role on My Name Is Earl as Earl and Randy's mother, Kay Hickey. She has appeared in featured, recurring and guest roles in many televis...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Night Swim
2024
as Kay
Forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, former baseball player Ray Waller moves into a new house with his wife and two children. He ho...
Self Reliance
2024
as Laurie
When a man is offered a million dollars to play a game in which hunters try to kill him, he thinks he has found the perfect loophole: they can only at...
That's Amor
2022
as Lainie
After her job and relationship implode on the same day, Sofia starts from scratch — and meets a dashing Spanish chef who might be her missing ingredie...
Sex Tape
2014
as Linda
When Jay and Annie first got together, their romantic connection was intense – but ten years and two kids later, the flame of their love needs a spark...
A Better Life
2011
as Mrs. Donnely
A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for t...
The Selling
2011
as Mom / Mrs. Scarry
For most people affected by the recent housing market crash, the impact was financial. Super nice real estate agent Richard Scarry has an additional b...
Beauty Shop
2005
as Mrs. Struggs
Far from Chicago, hairdresser Gina Norris has relocated to Atlanta with her daughter and has quickly established herself as a rare talent in her profe...
Eddie's Million Dollar Cook Off
2003
as Mrs. Hadley (uncredited)
Eddie Ogden is his pa's pride and joy as well as the Groundhogs team's only asset as baseball talent. Then Eddie discovers a taste and talent for cuis...
Catch Me If You Can
2002
as Carol Strong
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor...
Adaptation.
2002
as Kaufman’s Mother
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting amb...
Full Frontal
2002
as Woman on Plane
A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.
Door to Door
2002
Sometimes the true heroes in our lives are those people who inspire us not with their superhuman accomplishments but simply by their refusal to give u...
Door to Door
2002
as Charlotte
Sometimes the true heroes in our lives are those people who inspire us not with their superhuman accomplishments but simply by their refusal to give u...
Human Nature
2001
as Puff's Mother
Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the ...
The Limey
1999
as Lady on Plane
The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling...
Pleasantville
1998
as Marge Jenkins
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and...
The Cherokee Kid
1996
as Sister Faith
Isaih Turner didn’t want to be a hero-all he wanted was revenge. Orphaned when both his parents were cruelly murdered by the wealthy and powerful Cyru...
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
1994
as Radio Show Hostess
In 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight as a passenger. In 1937, she and her navigator Fred Noonan undertake her long...
Out on a Limb
1992
as Miss Clayton
While heading to the town where his sister, Marci, lives, big-city banker Bill Campbell is robbed by a woman who takes everything he has, including hi...
To the Moon, Alice
1991
as Mother
A homeless family of three sleeps on a TV production stage, by day looking for a job. One day somebody finds them.
Runaway Father
1991
as Blanche
A woman's husband leaves her and their three daughters. Years later she sets out to find him and get him to pay back child support.
The Dreamer of Oz
1990
as Harriet Baum Neal
The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz.
Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon
1989
as Mrs. Harris
Inheriting a family resort in Hawaii, the Wyatts find it in such a run-down condition that they decide to sell it after trying to fix it up. Amidst co...
The Great Outdoors
1988
as Waitress
It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishi...
She's Having a Baby
1988
as Cynthia
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their paren...
Jake's Journey
1988
as Mother
A normal teenager is transported to a Monty Pythonesque medieval fantasy land where an odd, adamant knight takes him on a quest.
Student Exchange
1987
as Mrs. Barton
Carol and Neil are are successful in terms of grades, but not very popular at their highschool. When Carol comes to know that two foreign exchange stu...
Like Father Like Son
1987
as Waitress in Desert Diner
Dr. Jack Hammond has best chances to become medical superintendent in the clinic. So he's completely absorbed in his work and has no understanding for...
Assassin
1986
as Grace Decker
A retired agent from an Intelligence Agency is contacted by the Agency in order to stop an ultra-secret robot who is killing some government officials...
Popples
1986
as Mom
Bonnie and Billy have to rescue the Popples when their parents accidentally send them to Goodwill following a surprise remodel of the family's attic.
Annie Oakley
1985
as Lyda
Young Phoebe Mosey (Jamie Lee Curtis) defies expectations and proves herself to become "Little Miss Sure Shot" Annie Oakley, the legendary sharpshoote...
Stoogemania
1985
as Connie Smoynek
The film centers on Howard F. Howard, an overweight everyman. Engaged to Beverly, the woman of his dreams, Howard has one problem - an overactive fixa...
Beauty and the Beast
1984
as Georgette
The beautiful daughter of a merchant sacrifices her freedom to save her father from the punishment of a cursed beast.
Emergency Room
1983
as Young Woman
An ER doctor divides her time between saving lives, playing hospital politics, and juggling a love affair with a fellow doctor.
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980
as Ramona
The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tai...
When She Was Bad...
1979
as Bonnie
Stressed by a recent move and being a stay-at-home mom, Teeny takes out her bottled-up rage on her daughter Robbie. Only the help of her friends, fami...