Martha Nix Wade

Martha Nix Wade
Born	Martha Aileen Wade September 26, 1967 (1967-09-26) (age 44) Orange County, California, United States
Occupation	Actress/Author/Speaker
Spouse	Gary Wade (1993-present)

Martha Nix Wade (born September 26, 1957) 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 ^[1].

Personal life

Wade began acting at an early age. At age 7, she landed the role of Janice Horton on on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives. While experiencing success as a child actor, Wade was being sexually molested by a neighbor. She details how she overcame the abuse in her 2011 autobiography, My Secret Life ^[2]. She and her husband, Gary, are the parents of 2 children.

A Quarter Blue

In 2007, Wade created the not-for-profit organization A Quarter Blue ^[3], 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

1. ^ url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633178/ | accessdate=2011-06-23
2. ^ url=http://www.talkguests.com/marthawade.htm | accessdate=2011-06-23
3. ^ url=http://www.aquarterblue.org/blog/ | accessdate=2011-06-23

External links

• Martha Nix at the Internet Movie Database
• aquarterblue.org

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Date of birth	September 26, 1967
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