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Tracy Kristin Nelson (born October 25, 1963 in Santa Monica, California), is an American actress.

Tracy was born into a prominent showbiz family. She's the daughter of late recording artist Ricky Nelson and actress & painter Kristin (Harmon) Nelson. She is the sister to the Nelson twins, Matthew and Gunnar Nelson of the rock duo, Nelson. On her father's side of the family, she is the granddaughter of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson. On her mother's side of the family her grandfather is the late radio and television sportscaster, the legendary football great and Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon. Her grandmother is screen actress Elyse Knox. She is also the niece of actor Mark Harmon, who is her mother's brother.

Tracy is a 1981 graduate from the Westlake School for Girls. A cancer survivor, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease a month after her 1987 marriage to actor William R. Moses.

She and Moses divorced in 1997 and they share a daughter, Remington Elizabeth. Tracy has another son, Elijah, born in 2001, from her relationship with Chris Clark.

As an actress, Tracy Nelson is best known for playing the part of 'Sister Steve', the sidekick of Father Dowling in the television show of The Father Dowling Mysteries, that starred Tom Bosley of Happy Days fame and the late Mary Wickes. She started her career early playing one of Henry Fonda's daughters in Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) when she was five years old. In 1982 she gained some popularity by playing Jennifer DeNuccio on the critically acclaimed TV series Square Pegs. Through the 1980s and 1990s she made guest appearances on a string of popular television series including Family Ties, The Love Boat, St. Elsewhere, Murphy Brown, Seinfeld
and Matlock. She has also appeared in several popular movies including the Nick Nolte movie Down and Out in Beverly Hills
. She also starred in the movies The Perfect Nanny in 2000, and Fangs and Dumb Luck in 2001, along with the made for TV movies The Perfect Husband in 2002 and A Killer Upstairs in 2005.

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