Tracy Nelson

About Tracy Nelson

Tracy Nelson is the daughter of 50s actor, musician and teen idol, Ricky Nelson. She’s also the granddaughter of Ozzy and Harriet Nelson of “Ozzie and Harriet” fame.

Biography
Tracy Nelson

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Overview
Born
October 25, 1963 · Santa Monica, California, USA
Birth name
Tracy Kristine Nelson
Height
5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
Biography
Before the age of five, Tracy had a film credit to her name. The daughter of singer Ricky Nelson and Kristin Harmon, she appeared as one of Henry Fonda's daughters in the movie Yours, Mine and Ours (1968). In 1982, she became the popular Valley Girl "Jennifer DeNuccio" on the television series Square Pegs (1982) which ran from 1982-83. This show made Tracy's name well known in Hollywood. She made a few small appearances in movies while continuing to pursue television roles, and returned in series Glitter (1984). Two years later, she was in the Nick Nolte/Bette Midler movie Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986). In 1987, Tracy was very sick and one month after her marriage to William R. Moses, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, but later cured. In 1989, she returned to television as "Sister Stephanie 'Steve' Oskowski" in Father Dowling Mysteries (1989). Since that time, she has appeared in a handful of television movies, including the TV series A League of Their Own (1993) and had a recurring role on Melrose Place (1992).
- IMDb mini biography by: Tony Fontana
Family
Spouse
William R. Moses(July 25, 1987 - December 17, 1997) (divorced, 1 child)
Children
Remington Moses
Parents
Ricky Nelson
Kristin Nelson (Kristin Harmon)
Relatives
Mark Harmon (Uncle)
David Nelson (Uncle)
Trademarks
Known for playing mentally or emotionally disturbed women
Trivia
Nelson has survived three kinds of cancer. She was diagnosed with stage 2 Hodgkin's Lymphoma a month after her 1987 marriage to William R. Moses, and one year after her father was killed in an aircraft crash on New Year's Eve in DeKalb, Texas. Nelson went into remission after surgery, chemotherapy (ABVD) and radiation at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California. Having suffered trauma from radiation, Nelson was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2005 and breast cancer in 2010. She is currently fully recovered from a bilateral mastectomy and complete reconstruction. Nelson is active in cancer research advocacy and was the spokesperson for The Lymphoma Research Foundation of America. She received the "Lifesaver Award" from that organization and the "Jill Ireland Award" from the Amie Karen Cancer Fund for Children.
Paternal grandparents are Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Nelson. Maternal grandparents are football great (and later sport broadcaster) Tom Harmon, and the 1940s "B"-movie actress Elyse Knox. She is the niece of Kelly Harmon, Mark Harmon and David Nelson.
She and her younger brothers, Matthew Nelson and Gunnar Nelson, have always maintained that their father's 1985 plane crash death was the result of a malfunctioning heater and not of alleged drug use on board the plane.
Two of her brothers are twins Matthew Nelson and Gunnar Nelson of the band Nelson. Her third brother is Sam Nelson.
She has a daughter, Remington Elizabeth Moses, born August 11th 1992, with her ex-husband William R. Moses.
Shared the screen with Tom Bosley before Father Dowling Mysteries (1989) - they were both in the Henry Fonda/Lucille Ball movie Yours, Mine and Ours (1968).
Daughter of Ricky Nelson and Kristin Harmon.
Credits the late Tom Bosley as her favorite acting mentor and best friend.
Her acting mentor was the late Tom Bosley.
She has a son, Elijah Nelson Clark, born August 22, 2001, with ex-boyfriend Chris Clark.
Was the subject of an instrumental introduction piece called "Tracy's Song", on the album "After the Rain", written and recorded by her twin brothers, Matthew Nelson and Gunnar Nelson, with their band, Nelson.
Appeared in the St. Elsewhere (1982) episode, The Women (1984), with her uncle, Mark Harmon.
Made guest appearances on Melrose Place (1992) as Alison Parker's (Courtney Thorne-Smith) sister Meredith. Her ex-husband, William R. Moses, also made appearances on the show as Alison's boyfriend Keith Gray.
Ex-sister-in-law of Rick Moses, Graham Moses and Harry Morgan Moses.
Ex-sister-in law of actress/model Yvette Nelson.
Ex-daughter-in-law of Marian McCargo.
She, her father Ricky Nelson, her grandmother Harriet Nelson and her uncle David Nelson all made guest appearances in The Love Boat (1977).