Nancy Stafford was born in Wilton Manors, Florida, a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where she was raised in a Southern Baptist family home.
She has starred in many TV shows, such as Riptide (1984), Les enquêtes de Remington Steele (1982), Les deux font la paire (1983), Madame est servie (1984), Rick Hunter (1984) and Code Quantum (1989). She also guest-starred on an episode of Magnum (1980).
Her biggest claim to fame on television was with Andy Griffith on Matlock (1986).
She also guest-starred in many shows in the late 1990s such as Urgences (1994), Frasier (1993), Babylon 5 (1994), Alerte à Malibu (1989) and Mentalist (2008).
Additionally, Stafford played "The Lady in the Park" in the 2004 Award-winning short film, The Proverb (2004), along with her friends, Jeff Andrus and Scott Waara.
