---
name: "Lori Martin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lori-martin"
fi1m_id: "lori-martin"
imdb_id: "nm0552700"
tmdb_id: 69103
wikidata_id: "Q515659"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 April 1947"
died: "4 April 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T08:11:21.382418+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Lori Martin

## Identity

Lori Martin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lori-martin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lori-martin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0552700
- **TMDB ID:** 69103
- **Wikidata ID:** Q515659
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Martin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q515659, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552700/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69103

Actor. Born 18 April 1947 in Glendale, California, USA. Died 4 April 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 April 1947, Glendale, California, USA
- **Died:** 4 April 2010
- **Also known as:** Dawn Catherine Menzer
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Martin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q515659, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552700/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69103

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Cape Fear*](https://film.one/film/cape-fear-1962.md) (82)

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## Biography

Lori Martin, born Dawn Catherine Menzer, was an American actress. She began her career as a child in commercials and made her film debut in *Machine-Gun Kelly* (1958). At the age of 12 she was selected from nearly 1,000 auditionees for the title role in the NBC television series *National Velvet* (1960–1962), for which she adopted the professional name Lori Martin.

Her best-known film role was as Nancy Bowden in *Cape Fear* (1962). She also appeared in *The Chase* (1966) and other films and television series, including *Leave It to Beaver* and *My Three Sons*. Martin released a single as a singer in 1963 and retired from acting in the early 1970s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, discogs.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cape Fear* (1962), Fi1m 82, as Nancy Bowden — [page](https://film.one/film/cape-fear-1962.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Angry Breed* (1968), as Diane Patton
- *Family Affair* (1966), series, Actor
- *The Chase* (1966), as Cutie Bess
- *Mickey* (1964), series, Actor
- *Cri-Cri the Singing little cricket* (1963), as Princesa Caramelo
- *Breaking Point* (1963), series, Actor
- *Sam Benedict* (1962), series, Actor
- *Cape Fear* (1962), as Nancy Bowden — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/cape-fear-1962.md)
- *My Three Sons* (1960), series, Actor
- *National Velvet* (1960), series, as Velvet Brown
- *The FBI Story* (1959), as Anne Hardesty at 8 (uncredited)
- *The Donna Reed Show* (1958), series, Actor
- *Machine-Gun Kelly* (1958), as Sherryl Vito
- *Leave It to Beaver* (1957), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Lori Martin](https://film.one/media/person/5519041/gallery-96767a4cadda.jpg) Lori Martin — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Lori_Martin_1961_Press_Photo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lori Martin, above, will play the leading role of Velvet Brown in "National Velvet," the new family series which the Rexall Drug Company and General Mills will  (1960)](https://film.one/media/person/5519041/gallery-f6d96d2d3114.jpg) Lori Martin, above, will play the leading role of Velvet Brown in "National Velvet," the new family series which the Rexall Drug Company and General Mills will  (1960) — NBC Television Network, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Lori_Martin_%22National_Velvet%22_%281961_NBC_press_photo%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lori Martin](https://film.one/media/person/5519041/gallery-6a7c2e3efed0.jpg) Lori Martin — Image via TMDB

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/lori-martin