Tracy Nelson

Born in Santa Monica, California, into a family of entertainers, Tracy Nelson is an American actress who started performing as a child. At four she appeared in Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) as a daughter of Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball. She trained for 17 years in ballet and studied theater under Kim Stanley and Nina Foch, toured California with a dance company, and performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 1982 she took the part of Jennifer DeNuccio on Square Pegs, and Paul Mazursky cast her as an anorexic daughter in Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986). She was a regular on The Father Dowling Mysteries as Sister Stephanie and on Glitter, A League of Their Own and The Man from Snowy River. She also made guest appearances on series such as Family Ties, Seinfeld and Will & Grace, and in 1995 she was Rizzo in Grease on Broadway. She has written a book and a screenplay.