Editing Nancy Walker (section)

{{short description|American actress (1922–1992)}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Nancy Walker
| image        = Nancy Walker in Best Foot Forward trailer.jpg
| caption      = [[Trailer (promotion)|Trailer]] for ''[[Best Foot Forward (film)|Best Foot Forward]]'' (1943)
| birth_name   = Anna Myrtle Swoyer
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1922|5|10|mf=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1992|03|25|1922|5|10|mf=yes}}
| death_place  = [[Studio City, Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| occupation   = Actress, director
| other_names  = Nan Barto
| years active = 1937–1992
| spouse       = {{plainlist|
* {{Marriage|Gar Moore|1948|1949|end=div}}
* {{Marriage|David Craig|1951<!--Year omitted per Template:Marriage instructions-->}}
}}
| children     = 1
| father       = [[Dewey Barto]]
}}
'''Nancy Walker''' (born '''Anna Myrtle Swoyer''';<ref group=note>Often mistranscribed as "Smoyer"</ref>{{Citation needed |date=March 2023}} May 10, 1922 – March 25, 1992)<ref name=encyclo>{{cite web| url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/walker-nancy-1922-1992| title=Walker, Nancy (1922–1992)| website=[[Encyclopedia.com]]| access-date=June 5, 2024}}</ref> was an American actress and comedian of stage, screen, and television. She was also a [[film director|film]] and [[television director]] (lending her talents to ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'', on which she also made several guest appearances). During her five-decade-long career, she had long-running roles as Mildred on ''[[McMillan & Wife]]'' and as Ida Morgenstern on several episodes of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and on the spinoff series ''[[Rhoda]]'' as a prominent recurring character.