Nancy Abbate Caldwell (born June 19, 1942)[1] is an American former actress and dancer who was a Mousketeer on the first season of The Mickey Mouse Club.
[3] Soon after she left, she had an uncredited role in the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis film Artists and Models (1955).
[4] She also appeared in the films The Farmer Takes a Wife and Courage of Black Beauty.
[5] She was a member of the cast of the pilot episode of The Ray Bolger Show on television, but her part and others were recast for the regular series.
[3] Following her husband's death when she was 16, Caldwell worked in nightclubs and made some TV commercials,[2] then moved with her baby to Las Vegas, where she worked as a cocktail waitress and danced in casinos and clubs, saving money in hopes of opening a dance studio.