Martha Nix Wade
Martha Nix Wade | |
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| Born | September 26, 1967 |
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| Spouse | Gary Wade |
| Children | 2 |
Martha Nix Wade (born September 26, 1967) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Janice Horton on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives and Serena Burton on the CBS drama The Waltons.
Personal life
Born on September 26, 1967 in Orange County, California,[1] Wade began acting at an early age. At age 7, she landed the role of Janice Horton on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives. While experiencing success as a child actress, Wade was being sexually molested by a neighbor. She details how she overcame the abuse in her 2011 autobiography, My Secret Life: A Truthful Look at a Child Actor's Victory Over Sexual Abuse.[2] She and her husband, Gary, are the parents of 2 children. On January 15, 2021, Martha and Gary's son, Ryder, was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident as he was leaving water polo practice at Concordia University of Irvine.[3] The family has established the Ryder Wade Foundation to distribute income for charitable purposes.[4]
A Quarter Blue
In 2007, Wade created the not-for-profit organization A Quarter Blue,[5] with the goals of stopping childhood sexual abuse through education and empowering survivors to begin the process of healing. Based in Orange, California, A Quarter Blue offers resources and training opportunities.
Filmography
- Days of Our Lives (1976–1979)
- The Waltons (1979–1980)
- Little House on the Prairie (1979–1981)
- Aloha Paradise (1981)
- Archie Bunker's Place (1981–1982)
- Silver Spoons (1983)
- It's Your Move (1984)
- Safe At Home (1986)
References
- ↑ "TV mailbag: Martha Nix". Mason Valley News TV Log. April 18, 1980. p. 2. Retrieved July 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
Young Miss Nix was born on September 26, 1967, in Orange County, Calif. Her parents Virgil, a photographer, and Virginia, a teacher, her older sister and Martha moved to Fullerton when she was three. A year later she made her first commercial, and when she showed she was very interested in acting, her parents enrolled her in the Don Schwartz Professional Children's Workshop. She made more commercials and had a regular role on 'Days of Our Lives' for three years. Presently a seventh grader at Parks Junior High School in Fullerton, Martha plays football, soccer, swims and ice skates; dances, sings and plays the piano.
- ↑ "Martha NIX-Wade". Archived from the original on 2011-10-24. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
- ↑ "CUI Mourns the Loss of One of Our Students". Concordia University of Irvine. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ↑ "Ryder Wade Foundation". Ryder Wade Foundation. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ↑ "aquarterblue.org/blog/". Retrieved 2011-06-23.