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Nancy Giles (born July 17, 1960) is an American actress and commentator,[1] perhaps best known for her appearances in the series China Beach and on CBS News Sunday Morning.

Nancy Giles
Nancy Giles interviewed by Behind the Velvet Rope TV in 2015
Born	(1960-07-17) July 17, 1960 (age 62) New York City, New York
Alma mater	Oberlin College
Occupation	Commentator, actress
Years active	1986–present

Early life

Nancy Giles was born in New York City, the daughter of Dorothy Aileen (née Dove) and Thomas Jefferson Giles.[2] She is a graduate of Oberlin College.[3]

Career

Giles was a member of the Second City Touring Company in 1984. She is a writer and contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning. She was the announcer and co-host of Fox After Breakfast.[4]

She starred in two ABC television series, playing girl Private Frankie Bunsen for three seasons on China Beach and hostile waitress Connie Morris on the sitcom Delta. She had guest roles on shows including The Jury, L.A. Law, Spin City, Law & Order, Dream On, and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. She appeared in the 1985 Broadway production of the musical Mayor.[5]

Giles and her CBS colleague, correspondent Erin Moriarty, have collaborated on two public-affairs radio series under the Giles and Moriarty banner, one for WPHT in Philadelphia and another for Greenstone Media. Both shows were produced at the facilities of the CBS Radio Network.

Giles gave the commencement address for the Ramapo College's graduating class of 2007 and Grinnell College's graduating class of 2014.[6]

In 2017 Giles along with CBS News colleague Nancy Wyatt launch the popular podcast The Giles Files.

Personal life

As of March 2020, Giles lives in Weehawken, New Jersey. During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, she self-isolated to avoid infection, and produced in "A brisk walk with Nancy Giles", which documented her walk around the town, in particular up the inclined block on which Weehawken High School is located, and up Boulevard East, across from which the view of the Manhattan skyline prompted her to reflect on her parents' emigration to the area 70 years earlier.[7]

Partial Filmography

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2021)

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Off Beat	Celestine
1988	Working Girl	Petty Marsh Secretary
1997	States of Control	Volker
2007	Joshua	Betsy Polschek

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988–1991	China Beach	Private Franklin "Frankie" Bunsen	53 episodes
1992–1993	Delta	Connie Morris	17 episodes
2000	PB&J Otter	Anna "Aunt Nanner" Otter (voice)	2 episodes
2003	Hey Joel	Z (voice)	4 episodes
2004	The Wrong Coast	Various Celebrity Voices	Unknown episodes
2004	Law & Order	TV Reporter	Episode: "Gov Love"

Videogames

Year	Title	Role
2000	Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles	Adi Gallia
2001	Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory	Robot
2001	Grand Theft Auto III	Pedestrian

References

External links

• Nancy Giles at IMDb

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