Nancy Kulp
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 28, 1921
- Died
- February 3, 1991 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Nancy Jane Kulp (August 28, 1921 – February 3, 1991) was an American character actress best known as Miss Jane Hathaway on the popular CBS television series The Beverly Hillbillies. Kulp in 1955 joined the cast of The Bob Cummings Show (Love That Bob) with Bob Cummings, portraying pith-helmeted neighborhood bird watcher Pamela Livingstone. In 1956, she appeared in the episode "Johnny Bravo" of the ABC/Warner Brothers series Cheyenne, with Clint Walker. Kulp played the role of Anastasia in three episodes of the NBC sitcom It's a Great Life in 1955 and 1956. In 1958, she appeared in Orson Welles' little-known pilot episode "The Fountain of Youth" in the television series Colgate Theatre. In 1960, she appeared as Emma St. John in the episode "Kill with Kindness" of the ABC/WB detective series Bourbon Street Beat, starring Andrew Duggan. Kulp appeared on I Love Lucy in the 1956 episode "Lucy Meets the Queen", performing as an English maid, who shows Lucy and Ethel how to curtsy properly before Queen Elizabeth. Kulp also appeared in episodes of The Real McCoys, Perry Mason ("The Case of the Prodigal Parent", 1958), The Jack Benny Program ("Don's 27th Anniversary with Jack"), 87th Precinct ("Killer's Choice"), Pete and Gladys, The Twilight Zone (as Mrs. Gann in "The Fugitive"), and The Outlaws ("The Dark Sunrise of Griff Kincaid"). She played a housekeeper in a pilot for The William Bendix Show, which aired as the 1960–1961 season finale of CBS's Mister Ed under the title "Pine Lake Lodge". On the series My Three Sons in 1962, she portrayed a high school math and science teacher in two episodes under different character names, Miss Harris and Miss Fisher. Shortly after her performances on My Three Sons in 1962, Kulp landed her breakout role as Jane Hathaway, the love-starved, bird-watching, perennial spinster, on the CBS television series The Beverly Hillbillies. In 1967, she received an Emmy Award nomination for her role, and she remained with the show until its cancellation in 1971. In 1978, she appeared on The Love Boat in the episode "Mike and Ike / The Witness / The Kissing Bandit" and she played Aunt Gertrude in the episode "Tony and Julie / Separate Beds / America's Sweetheart". On April 7, 1989, she played a nun in the Quantum Leap season 1 episode "The Right Hand of God". Kulp also appeared on The Brian Keith Show and Sanford and Son. Kulp was once described as television's most homely girl or, as one reviewer put it, possessing the "face of a shriveled balloon, the figure of a string of spaghetti, and the voice of a bullfrog in mating season." Others described her as tall and prim and praised her comedic skills. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Filmography
Private Affairs
Movie · as Aurora
Quantum Leap
TV · as Sister Sarah · 1 ep
The Real Ghostbusters
TV · as Ms. Cavendish (voice) · 1 ep
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV · 1 ep
Computers Are People, Too!
Movie · as Computer (voice)
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Movie · as Jane Hathaway
Simon & Simon
TV · as Shirley Graham · 1 ep
CHiPs
TV · as Nancy Kulb (uncredited), Nancy Kulp (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Love Boat
TV · as Sylvia McTigue, Gert, Aunt Gert · 1 ep
Shakespeare Loves Rembrandt
Movie
Sanford and Son
TV · 5 eps
The Pet Set
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Aristocats
Movie · as Frou-Frou (voice)
The Night of the Grizzly
Movie · as Wilhelmina Peterson
Strange Bedfellows
Movie · as Aggressive Woman
The Patsy
Movie · as Helen, Theatergoer
Who's Minding the Store?
Movie · as Emily Rothgraber
Petticoat Junction
TV · as Jane Hathaway · 1 ep
Moon Pilot
Movie · as Nutritionist Officer, Space Flight Nutritionist (uncredited)
The Lucy Show
TV · as Jane Corey · 1 ep
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV · as Jane Hathaway · 274 eps
The Two Little Bears
Movie · as Emily Wilkins
The Parent Trap
Movie · as Miss Grunecker
The Last Time I Saw Archie
Movie · as Miss Willoughby
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Mister Ed
TV · as Martha · 1 ep
87th Precinct
TV · as Miss Fitzhenry · 1 ep
Outlaws
TV · 1 ep
Pete and Gladys
TV · 2 eps
A Marriage of Strangers
Movie · as Leona
Five Gates to Hell
Movie · as Susette
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
TV · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Agnes Gann · 1 ep
NBC Sunday Showcase
TV · as Girl at Well · 1 ep
Hawaiian Eye
TV · as Edie Barnes · 1 ep
The Fountain of Youth
Movie · as Stella Morgan
The High Cost of Loving
Movie · as Miss Matthews, Cave's Secretary (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Hilda McDougall, Eloise · 1 ep
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · as Miss Hirsch · 1 ep
The Three Faces of Eve
Movie · as Mrs. Black
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
Movie · as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
God Is My Partner
Movie · as Maxine Spelvana
Kiss Them for Me
Movie · as Hospital Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Perry Mason
TV · as Sarah Winslow, Katherine Collins · 1 ep
The Real McCoys
TV · 1 ep
Maverick
TV · as Waitress (uncredited) · 1 ep
Forever, Darling
Movie · as Amy
Anything Goes
Movie · as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
The Gale Storm Show
TV · as Helga Petersen · 1 ep
Count Three and Pray
Movie · as Matty Miller
You're Never Too Young
Movie · as Marty's Mother
Cheyenne
TV · as Waitress, Waitress (uncredited) · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Nurse · 1 ep
Navy Log
TV · 1 ep
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · as Miss Gillis · 1 ep
The Bob Cummings Show
TV · as Pamela Livingstone · 1 ep
Sabrina
Movie · as Jenny (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
Movie · as Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
December Bride
TV · as Florence · 2 eps
Shane
Movie · as Mrs. Howells
The Life Of Riley
TV · as Charlotte Lindsay · 1 ep
General Electric Theater
TV · as Miss Lamb · 1 ep
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Helen · 1 ep
Steel Town
Movie · as Dolores
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
TV · as Nancy, Chairwoman · 1 ep
The Model and the Marriage Broker
Movie · as Hazel Gingras
I Love Lucy
TV · as Maid · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · 2 eps
The Jack Benny Program
TV · as Jeanette · 1 ep