They say big things often come in small packages, and never was that saying more true than when sizing up the talents of that diminutive dynamo Nancy Walker. Born Anna Myrtle Smoyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 10, 1922, she lived a born-in-a-trunk existence as the daughter of vaudevillian Dewey Barto (né Dewey Smoyer). At the time of his run of Broadway's "Hellzapoppin", he was part of the comedy team of Barto & Mann (George Mann). Her sister, Betty Lou Barto, also went on to have a musical career. Though she had designs on becoming a legit singer, it was hard for others to take Nancy seriously with her naturally aggressive manner backed up by this tiny frame. Comedy was definitely her forte.
生于纽约布鲁克林区，父亲是电子工程师，在纽约市立学校攻读表演艺术后，开始于外百老汇登台《冬之狮》一剧，并于茱利亚戏剧研习班进修。移居洛杉矶后先拍了一部电视广告，然后参与电视节目演出。78年的《纳粹大屠杀》使他首次获得瞩目，而由于84年《金牌警校军》系列的成功，他的喜剧长才广受观众注意，其後陆续出演了《霹雳五号》、《三个奶爸一个娃》等喜剧。此外，他在两集科幻片《魔茧》亦有不错的成绩。
The delightful twinkle in her eye and that elderly mischievous look coming from the tiniest of frames were unmistakable traits in 70s and 80s lightweight films. One of a slew of popular elderly ladies getting their "fifteen minutes" at the time, character actress Paula Trueman was born around the turn of the century on April 25, 1900 (some sources indicate 1907) in New York City. She was the daughter of Joseph Trueman and his wife Eva Cohn Trueman and was educated at Hunter College before preparing for the stage on a fellowship at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
