Nina Wayne

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Nina Wayne
Nina Wayne, Camp Runamuck - Episode 2 (Rabbits of the World Unite) 1965.jpg
Wayne in Camp Runamuck (1965)
Born (1943-09-13) September 13, 1943 (age 81)
Years active1965–1973
Spouses
David Wheeler
(m. 1968;div. 1972)
(m. 1985;div. 1994)
Children3
Relatives Carol Wayne (sister)

Nina Wayne (born September 13, 1943) is a retired American actress.

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Early years

Wayne was born on September 13, 1943, in Chicago. [1] She is the younger sister of actress Carol Wayne. Wayne began taking ballet lessons when she was three years old, and at age 6 she began taking classes in skating. [2]

Career

When Wayne was 15, [2] she and her sister Carol began performing for the Ice Capades as The Wayne Sisters. [3] That act ended when her sister fell. Wayne stayed with the show for a year as a solo performer, after which she left and became a dancer. [4]

She danced in Las Vegas for three years, then moved to New York, where she danced at the Latin Quarter nightclub. [2] [5] She was a dancer as part of Van Johnson's act there. During that same period she had a daytime job as a model. [1]

She first appeared on The Tonight Show in October 1964. She started working in television in 1965, with a recurring role as camp counselor Caprice Yeudleman in the single season of Camp Runamuck , and appeared in one episode of Bewitched .

Wayne's first movie was Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966). Her breakthrough came when she starred opposite Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk in the 1967 romantic comedy Luv . She followed with The Comic (1969) with Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney. Her last appearance was in the 1973 TV supernatural drama The Night Strangler .

Personal life

Wayne married actor John Drew Barrymore in 1985; [6] the couple had one child, daughter Brahama Jessica, [7] before they divorced in 1994. [6]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 Lisanti, Tom (May 7, 2015). Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles . Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 225–226. ISBN   978-1-4766-1241-6 . Retrieved January 12, 2025 via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 3 "Nina Wayne of 'Camp Runamuck'". Democrat and Chronicle . August 22, 1965. p. 19. Retrieved July 23, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Wayne sisters". harpiesbizarre.com. 2001. Archived from the original on July 16, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  4. "Smallest, Tiniest Voice Belongs To Nina Wayne". The Oil City Derrick . September 8, 1967. p. 6. Retrieved July 23, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Wilson, Earl (November 3, 1964). "Latin Quarter Beauty a Hit". Winona Daily News . p. 5. Retrieved August 26, 2025 via Winona State University Archives.
  6. 1 2 "John Drew Barrymore". TCM Movie Database . Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  7. Selby, Jenn (July 31, 2014). "Jessica Barrymore: Drew Barrymore releases statement after her half sister is found dead". The Independent . Retrieved June 6, 2023.