Nancy Travis - Actress - TV Insider

Nancy Travis

Actress

Birth Date: September 21, 1961

Age: 64 years old

Birth Place: New York, New York

Awards

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 "Air America" (1990). She did, though, make an indelible impression as a sensuous art dealer in the uneven melodrama "Internal Affairs" (1990). "Passed Away" (1992) and the American remake of "The Vanishing" (1993), though, quickly followed the suggestion of their titles.

Travis had a good cameo role as Joan Barry, the woman who brought a paternity suit against Charles Chaplin, in "Chaplin" (1992) and followed up with a lead as the suspected killer wedded to Mike Myers in "So I Married an Axe Murderer" (1993). She made her TV series debut in the CBS sitcom, "Almost Perfect" (1995-96) as an ambitious TV producer of an "NYPD Blue"-like cop show conducting a romance with an overworked district attorney. After a hiatus to start a family, Travis returned to the small screen in the short-lived CBS sitcom "Work With Me" (1999).

Credits

Actor Guest Producer Director Writer Music All Credits

Grosse Pointe Garden SocietyStream

ActorPattySeries202575%

SovereignStream

ActorPatty BouchartMovie202595%

Ordinary AngelsStream

ActorBarbara SchmittMovie202484%

Hallmark Channel: Ride

ActorIsabel McMurrayShow2023

RideStream

ActorIsabel McMurraySeries2023

Access Daily With Mario & Kit

GuestShow2022

Night of the Animated Dead

VoiceHelen CooperMovie2021

Access Daily

GuestTalk2019

The Kominsky MethodStream

ActorLisaSeries201893%

Access Live

GuestShow2017

Bernard and Huey

ActorMonaMovie2017

The Submarine Kid

ActorMrs. KollMovie2015

Squatters

ActorMovie2014

Last Man StandingStream

ActorVanessa BaxterSeries2011

The Chew

ActorTalk2011

Hart of DixieStream

Guest StarEmmeline HattenbargerSeries2011

The Talk

GuestTalk2010

The Pregnancy Pact

ActorLorraine DouganMovie2010

A Walk in My Shoes

ActorTrish FaheyMovie2010

The Joy Behar Show

GuestShow2009

Safe Harbor

ActorRobbieMovie2009

The Bill Engvall ShowStream

ActorSusan PearsonSeries2007

The Party Never Stops: Diary Of A Binge DrinkerStream

ActorApril BrennerMovie2007

The Jane Austen Book ClubStream

ActorCatMovie200766%

How I Met Your MotherStream

Guest StarCherylSeries200584%

Grey's AnatomyStream

Guest StarSeries200584%

NUMB3RSStream

Guest StarSeries2005

MediumStream

Guest StarSeries2005

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson

GuestTalk2005

The Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsStream

ActorLydia RodmanMovie200582%

Desperate HousewivesStream

Guest StarDr. Mary WagnerSeries200472%

Fluke

ActorShow2003

NCISStream

Guest StarHarriet ParkerSeries2003

Rose RedStream

ActorMiniseries200242%

Rose Red

ActorProf. Joyce ReardonMovie2002

Auggie Rose

ActorCarolMovie2000

Running Mates

ActorJennifer "Jenny" PryceMovie2000

Work With Me

ActorJulie BetterShow1999

Law & Order: Special Victims UnitStream

Guest StarWinifred "Winnie" HumphreysSeries199978%

My Last Love

ActorSusan MortonMovie1999

My Last Love

ProducerMovie1999

Becker

ActorChris ConnorSeries1998

Becker

Guest StarChris ConnorSeries1998

The Wild ThornberrysStream

Guest VoiceSeries1998

The View

GuestTalk1997

Gun

ActorShow1997

Lieberman in Love

ActorShow1996

Bogus

ActorLorraine FranklinMovie1996

Anything for Love

ActorMovie1996

Almost Perfect

ActorKim CooperShow1995

CybillStream

Guest StarSeries1995

Destiny Turns On the Radio

ActorLucilleMovie1995

Body Language

ActorAtty. Theresa Janice "T.J." HarlowMovie1995

Fluke

ActorCarol JohnsonMovie1995

Directed By

ActorShow1994

Duckman

VoiceBerniceSeries199493%

GreedyStream

ActorRobinMovie199432%

Fallen Angels

ActorBette AllisonSeries1993

The Vanishing

ActorRita BakerMovie199349%

So I Married an Axe MurdererStream

ActorHarriet MichaelsMovie199355%

Passed Away

ActorCassie SlocombeMovie1992

ChaplinStream

ActorJoan BarryMovie199261%

Internal AffairsStream

ActorKathleen AvilaMovie199079%

Loose Cannons

ActorRivaMovie1990

Air America

ActorCorinne LandreauxMovie1990

Three Men and a Little LadyStream

ActorSylvia BenningtonMovie199040%

Three Men and a BabyStream

ActorSylvia BenningtonMovie198767%

Harem

ActorJessica GrayShow1986

Harem

ActorJessica GrayMovie1986

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News aboutNancy Travis

September 30, 2025

Tim Allen’s Former TV Wives Meet His Current ‘Shifting Gears’ Love in Season 2 Photos

August 21, 2025

‘NCIS’ Season 23: Nancy Travis to Play Parker’s Sister After Their Father’s Murder

June 27, 2025

‘Grosse Pointe Garden Society’ Canceled, Won’t Move to Peacock — Why Couldn’t It Be Saved?

February 12, 2025

‘Shifting Gears’ First Look: Sparks Fly For Tim Allen & Nancy Travis in ‘Last Man Standing’ Reunion

July 19, 2024

First Look at ‘Suits L.A.,’ ‘Grosse Pointe Garden Society’ as NBC Gives Series Orders

May 8, 2023

‘Ride’ Stars Spill on the Good, the Bad & the Family of Hallmark Drama (VIDEO)

April 17, 2023

‘Ride’ Stars Explain Why Their Characters Wouldn’t Fare Well on ‘Succession’ (VIDEO)

March 8, 2023

Preview

Saddle Up for ‘Ride’: Nancy Travis & Cast Introduce Their New Western Family Drama

February 7, 2023

Exclusive

‘Ride’: First Look at Hallmark’s Rodeo Dynasty Series Starring Nancy Travis & Beau Mirchoff (PHOTOS)

May 20, 2021

Finale

‘Last Man Standing’ Boss Answers Our Burning Series Finale Questions

May 14, 2021

Finale

Mission Accomplished: Tim Allen Says Goodbye to His TV Family of 10 Years

April 9, 2021

Fox Unveils ‘Last Man Standing’s One-Hour Series Finale Date

April 8, 2021

Exclusive

‘Last Man Standing’: Mike Teaches Eve Some Tea Party Tips in Sneak Peek (VIDEO)

January 1, 2021

Q&A

‘Last Man Standing’s Showrunner on That ‘Home Improvement’ Crossover & More Season 9 Deets

December 4, 2020

Seeing Double: ‘Last Man Standing’ Meets ‘Home Improvement’ (PHOTO)

April 2, 2020

Exclusive

‘Last Man Standing’ Sneak Peek: Mike & Vanessa Comfort Jen (VIDEO)

January 22, 2020

Exclusive

Mike’s Morning Takes a Turn in ‘Last Man Standing’ Sneak Peek (VIDEO)

January 8, 2020

Exclusive

‘Last Man Standing’ Sneak Peek: Mike Gets Sneaky With Kristin’s Gender Reveal (VIDEO)

April 19, 2019

Q&A

Nancy Travis Reflects on ‘Last Man Standing’s 150th Episode & Season 8 Renewal

April 18, 2019

More ‘Last Man Standing’! Fox Renews Comedy for Season 8

March 15, 2019

Exclusive

‘Last Man Standing’ Sneak Peek: Bonnie & Ed Have Some Big News (VIDEO)

March 7, 2019

Exclusive

‘Last Man Standing’ Sneak Peek: Vanessa & Mandy Give Jen Prom Advice (VIDEO)

February 21, 2019

Exclusive

‘Last Man Standing’ Sneak Peek: Mike Gets Excited Over Mandy & Kyle’s Possible Move-Out (VIDEO)

January 11, 2019

Exclusive

‘Last Man Standing’ Sneak Peek: The Baxters Welcome Back Exchange Student Jen (VIDEO)

November 16, 2018

Q&A

‘The Kominsky Method’: Michael Douglas Reflects on Returning to TV After More Than 40 Years

November 8, 2018

Exclusive

‘Last Man Standing’ First Look: Susan Sullivan Guest Stars as Vanessa’s Mother (VIDEO)

November 7, 2018

Exclusive

‘Last Man Standing’: Tim Allen & Nancy Travis Break Down Why Season 7 Is Such a Hit

September 28, 2018

Preview

Tim Allen & Nancy Travis Talk What’s Changed, What’s the Same in Fox’s ‘Last Man Standing’

July 18, 2018

It’s All About Fox in the New ‘Last Man Standing’ Teaser (VIDEO)

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