Nancy Lenehan
Acting • Born 1953-04-26
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 television shows and television movies, and feature films, including Malcolm in the Middle, Everybody Loves Raymond, Judging Amy, Gilmore Girls, Caroline in the City, Dharma & Greg, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, 3rd Rock from the Sun, ER, Boy Meets World, The Nanny, Quantum Leap, Roseanne, V, The Facts of Life, Hill Street Blues and Alice. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nancy Lenehan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
125 credits
Catch Me If You Can
Movie • 2002
Carol Strong
The Limey
Movie • 1999
Lady on Plane
Like Father Like Son
Movie • 1987
Waitress in Desert Diner
Night Swim
Movie • 2024
Kay
The Cherokee Kid
Movie • 1996
Sister Faith
The Selling
Movie • 2011
Mom / Mrs. Scarry
A Better Life
Movie • 2011
Mrs. Donnely
Human Nature
Movie • 2001
Puff's Mother
Annie Oakley
Movie • 1985
Lyda
That's Amor
Movie • 2022
Lainie
Sex Tape
Movie • 2014
Linda
Adaptation.
Movie • 2002
Kaufman’s Mother
Emergency Room
Movie • 1983
Young Woman
Self Reliance
Movie • 2024
Laurie
Pleasantville
Movie • 1998
Marge Jenkins
The Dreamer of Oz
Movie • 1990
Harriet Baum Neal
When She Was Bad...
Movie • 1979
Bonnie
The Great Outdoors
Movie • 1988
Waitress
Door to Door
Movie • 2002
Beauty and the Beast
Movie • 1984
Georgette
Student Exchange
Movie • 1987
Mrs. Barton
Jake's Journey
Movie • 1988
Mother
Out on a Limb
Movie • 1992
Miss Clayton
Runaway Father
Movie • 1991
Blanche
She's Having a Baby
Movie • 1988
Cynthia
Door to Door
Movie • 2002
Charlotte
Eddie's Million Dollar Cook Off
Movie • 2003
Mrs. Hadley (uncredited)
Beauty Shop
Movie • 2005
Mrs. Struggs
Popples
Movie • 1986
Mom
Smokey and the Bandit II
Movie • 1980
Ramona
Stoogemania
Movie • 1985
Connie Smoynek
To the Moon, Alice
Movie • 1991
Mother
Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon
Movie • 1989
Mrs. Harris
Assassin
Movie • 1986
Grace Decker
Full Frontal
Movie • 2002
Woman on Plane
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
Movie • 1994
Radio Show Hostess
Other Mothers
Movie • 1993
Susan Thomas
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Movie • 1981
Guard
That '70s Show
TV • 1998
Nina's Mom
Two Guys and a Girl
TV • 1998
Dr. Peel
Titus
TV • 2000
Faye
Alice
TV • 1976
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Principal Deborah Harkness
Joan of Arcadia
TV • 2003
Erica Marx
Fame
TV • 1982
The Facts of Life
TV • 1979
Judging Amy
TV • 1999
Mrs. Hoeller
Providence
TV • 1999
Jane
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Nun
Jack & Bobby
TV • 2004
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
TV • 2006
The Bernie Mac Show
TV • 2001
Sister Lane
My Name Is Earl
TV • 2005
Kay Hickey
Boy Meets World
TV • 1993
Susan Kalliback
Everybody Loves Raymond
TV • 1996
Pamela
The Nanny
TV • 1993
Russian Woman
Beauty and the Beast
TV • 1987
Malcolm in the Middle
TV • 2000
Christie
Nip/Tuck
TV • 2003
Sue Alderman
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Dharma & Greg
TV • 1997
Karen Love
Step by Step
TV • 1991
Mrs. Tubman
V
TV • 1984
Science Frontiers Scientist
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Colleen McBain
Newhart
TV • 1982
Sisters
TV • 1991
ALF
TV • 1986
Laverne Litwak
The New Adventures of Old Christine
TV • 2006
Principal Marcie Nunley
Just Shoot Me!
TV • 1997
Bunny
Gilmore Girls
TV • 2000
LaDawn
Married to the Kellys
TV • 2003
Sandy Kelly
ER
TV • 1994
Edie Harvell
Man with a Plan
TV • 2016
Alice
Bakersfield P.D.
TV • 1993
Amy Baker
Beverly Hills Buntz
TV • 1987
Mrs. Fairchild
Townies
TV • 1996
Heart of the City
TV • 1986
Linda Kilmer
Accidentally on Purpose
TV • 2009
The Faculty
TV • 1996
Daisy Skelnick
The Middle
TV • 2009
Penny
Men, Women & Dogs
TV • 2001
Jan
Great Scott!
TV • 1992
Beverly Melrod
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TV • 1997
Pat
How to Be a Gentleman
TV • 2011
Diane
Forever
TV • 2018
Heather Jacoby
Mad About You
TV • 1992
Dr. Wallach
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Volunteer
Worst Week
TV • 2008
Angela Clayton
What I Like About You
TV • 2002
Linda
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
TV • 2018
Senator Jennings
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Georgette
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Maiden at Ball
Superstore
TV • 2015
Judy
People of Earth
TV • 2016
Margaret Flood
Outsourced
TV • 2010
Todd's Mom
All Rise
TV • 2019
Camille Park
Dudley
TV • 1993
Nancy
Episodes
TV • 2011
Sex Therapist
Grace Under Fire
TV • 1993
Audrey Sheffield
Veep
TV • 2012
Nancy Ryan
Dear John
TV • 1988
Mrs. Williams
Family Ties
TV • 1982
Roberta
Champions
TV • 2018
Maureen
Tall Tales & Legends
TV • 1985
Lyda
Night Court
TV • 1984
Ms. Abrams
A League of Their Own
TV • 2022
Vivienne
Murphy Brown
TV • 1988
Sydney
3rd Rock from the Sun
TV • 1996
Mrs. St. Clair
CBS Summer Playhouse
TV • 1987
Vivian
black-ish
TV • 2014
Barbara Piermont
How I Met Your Mother
TV • 2005
Cheryl Whittaker
American Auto
TV • 2021
Winnie
Felicity
TV • 1998
Faye Rotundi
Bless This Mess
TV • 2019
Deb
The Boys
TV • 2019
Barbara
The New Adventures of Old Christine
TV • 2006
Kit
George & Leo
TV • 1997
Ellen
TV • 1994
Margaret
Caroline in the City
TV • 1995
Plum
Working
TV • 1997
Meredith Hirsh
Malcolm in the Middle
TV • 2000
Helen
Extended Family
TV • 2023
Rose
The Practice
TV • 1997
Nurse MacKenzie
Close to Home
TV • 2005
Patty - Ab's Mom
The Paper
TV • 2025
Ann Putnam