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|series = ''[[Roseanne (TV series)|Roseanne]]''
 
|series = ''[[Roseanne (TV series)|Roseanne]]''
 
|episodes = 33 episodes <br> <small>''First sppearance:'' <br> ''"[[Vegas]]"'' (Season 3) <br> </small>''Last appearance:'' <small> <br>''"[[Into That Good Night, Part 2]]"'' (Season 0) </small>
 
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Nancy Bartlett is the girlfriend of Arnie (played by comedian Tom Arnold, Roseanne Barr's husband at the time), one of Dan's poker buddies, on Roseanne. The part of Nancy is played on the series by stand-up comedienne and actress Sandra Bernhard.

About Nancy

Nancy is at first, introduced at the start of Season 4 as Arnie's fiancee. After a night of heavy drinking, Jackie discovers she slept with the newly engaged Arnie. in spite of this, The couple still marry, as Roseanne and Dan accompany Arnie and Nancy to their wedding in Las Vegas. At the end of the season, Lanford Custom Cycle fails, and Rodbell's Luncheonette closes. AtNancy is left alone after Arnie is "abducted by aliens" at season's end. Jackie and Roseanne each get a check for $10,000 from their mother, Bev, after she and their father divorce.

They, along with Nancy, decide to open a diner, The Lanford Lunchbox, but can only get the money they need after Bev agrees to become a partner as well. Nancy comes out as a lesbian. By Season five, Nancy has found new love, twice, first with another woman in a lesbian relationship, the lovely blonde Maria, played by actress Morgan Fairchild, then with the opposite gender, the refined, British Roger, played by Tim Curry.

When Roseanne curiously visits a gay bar with Nancy, where she receives a surprise kiss from Nancy's new girlfriend Sharon, played by Mariel Hemingway. By Season eight, Arnie, who has returned to Nancy, becomes the best friend of the Governor of Illinois and remarries Nancy.