---
name: "Martha Gehman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martha-gehman"
fi1m_id: "martha-gehman"
imdb_id: "nm0311774"
tmdb_id: 79007
wikidata_id: "Q6774407"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 May 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 54
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T21:52:06.150007+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."
---

# Martha Gehman

## Identity

Martha Gehman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martha-gehman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** martha-gehman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0311774
- **TMDB ID:** 79007
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6774407
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Gehman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6774407, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0311774/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79007

Actor. Born 15 May 1955 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 May 1955, New York City
- **Active:** 1991–1998
- **Average Fi1m score:** 54, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Romance 2, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $239m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Gehman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6774407, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0311774/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79007

## Biography

Martha Gehman is an American actress and acting coach. She is the daughter of actress Estelle Parsons and writer Richard Gehman, and has a twin sister.

Her screen credits include roles in *The Legend of Billie Jean* (1985), *The Flamingo Kid* (1984), *F/X* (1986), *A Kiss Before Dying* (1991), *Father of the Bride* (1991), *Threesome* (1994) and *Practical Magic* (1998). She has also appeared in television series including *The Nanny* (1994).

Gehman is a co-artistic director of the Actors Studio in New York.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Practical Magic* (1998), Fi1m 60, as Patty — [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic.md)
- *A Kiss Before Dying* (1991), Fi1m 38, as Patricia Farren — [page](https://film.one/film/a-kiss-before-dying.md)
- *Father of the Bride* (1991), Fi1m 65, as Andrea - the Florist — [page](https://film.one/film/father-of-the-bride-1991.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Going Shopping* (2005), as Melanie
- *Y.M.I.* (2004), as Forever
- *Practical Magic* (1998), as Patty — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic.md)
- *Trafficking* (1998), as Carmella
- *Mr. Jealousy* (1998), as Josselyn
- *Scorpion Spring* (1996), as Jo
- *Boston Common* (1996), series, as Molly
- *Unveiled* (1994), as Ellen Morrow
- *Threesome* (1994), as Renay
- *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Betty
- *Good Advice* (1993), series, as Wendy
- *Father of the Bride* (1991), as Andrea - the Florist — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/father-of-the-bride-1991.md)
- *Sunday Dinner* (1991), series, as Vicky Benedict
- *A Kiss Before Dying* (1991), as Patricia Farren — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/a-kiss-before-dying.md)
- *The Appointments of Dennis Jennings* (1988), as Lisa
- *F/X* (1986), as Andy
- *The Legend of Billie Jean* (1985), as Ophelia
- *The Flamingo Kid* (1984), as Nikki Willis

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