Martin Short Wife: Meet Nancy Dolman

Nancy Jane Dolman Short was a Canadian comedic actress and singer who was married to Martin Short is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer, and producer.

The couple married in 1980 after meeting during the run of Godspell in Toronto in 1972. The couple adopted three children together: daughter Katherine and two sons Oliver and Henry.

Nancy Dolman had a recurring role as Annie Selig Tate on the ABC sitcom Soap. She appeared in her husband Martin Short’s 1985 cable television special Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas.

Nancy Dolman graduated from York Mills Collegiate Institute in Toronto and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Western Ontario.

Nancy Dolman suffered from from ovarian cancer and died on August 21, 2010, in Pacific Palisades, California, at the age of 58.

However, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner, she died of natural causes. Dolman’s remains were cremated, and her ashes were scattered from the dock of the Short family cottage onto the waters of Lake Rosseau, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada .