Nancy Kulp

Born: 1921-08-28

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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The Aristocats

as Frou-Frou (voice)
Released: 1970-12-24

When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s...

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Shane

as Mrs. Howells
Released: 1953-04-23

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler...

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Sabrina

as Jenny
Released: 1954-09-10

Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily...

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The Parent Trap

as Miss Grunecker
Released: 1961-05-13

Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years...

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The Three Faces of Eve

as Mrs. Black
Released: 1957-12-23

A doctor treats a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder.

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A Star Is Born

as Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
Released: 1954-10-01

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own...

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The Night of the Grizzly

as Wilhelmina Peterson
Released: 1966-04-20

Marshall "Big Jim" Cole turns in his badge and heads to Wyoming with his family in order to...

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Who's Minding the Store?

as Emily Rothgraber
Released: 1963-11-28

Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his...

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The Patsy

as Helen, Theatergoer
Released: 1964-06-24

When a star comedian dies, his comedy team decides to train a 'nobody' to play the Star in a big...

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You're Never Too Young

as Marty's Mother
Released: 1955-08-25

When an aspiring barber becomes inadvertently involved in the theft of a valuable diamond,...

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Strange Bedfellows

as Aggressive Woman
Released: 1965-02-09

After a hasty wedding, Carter and Toni find that they disagree on everything. They separate and...

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Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

as Cleaning Woman
Released: 1957-05-04

In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his...

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Kiss Them for Me

as Hospital Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Released: 1957-12-10

Three navy war heroes are booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Once they...

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The Model and the Marriage Broker

as Hazel Gingras
Released: 1951-11-01

A marriage broker can't resist meddling in the life of a model, with disastrous results.

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Moon Pilot

as Nutritionist Officer
Released: 1962-04-05

An Air Force captain inadvertently volunteers to make the first manned flight around the moon....

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God Is My Partner

as Maxine Spelvana
Released: 1957-07-01

A retired surgeon starts giving away money to religious causes and his family tries to file...

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The High Cost of Loving

as Miss Matthews, Cave's Secretary (uncredited)
Released: 1958-05-16

Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable...

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Forever, Darling

as Amy, the maid
Released: 1956-02-09

Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. So...

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The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

as Jane Hathaway
Released: 1981-10-06

Jed Clamplett and his backwoods family help solve an energy crisis in their own rustic ways for...

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The Fountain of Youth

as Stella Morgan
Released: 1958-09-16

A couple is conflicted when they are offered a chance at youth. Based on John Collier's short...

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Steel Town

as Dolores
Released: 1952-05-09

Steve Kostain, nephew of the owner, begins working at a steel mill to learn the business from...

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Anything Goes

as Autograph Seeker
Released: 1956-04-27

Bill Benson and Ted Adams are to appear in a Broadway show together and, while in Paris, each...

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Count Three and Pray

as Matty Miller
Released: 1955-10-01

A pastor with a shady past moves into a rural town just after the Civil War.

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Five Gates to Hell

as Susette
Released: 1959-09-23

A group of nurses, doctors and nuns are taken hostage in Vietnam and sent up river to a castle...

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Computers Are People, Too!

as Computer (voice)
Released: 1982-05-23

This movie explores the possibilities of interaction between man and computer, with some...

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The Two Little Bears

as Emily Wilkins
Released: 1961-11-01

Two little boys use a magic potion to turn themselves into bears.

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A Marriage of Strangers

as Leona
Released: 1959-05-14

Jerry and Louise are two shy types who meet and wed through a lonely hearts club. They soon...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Love Boat

as Sylvia McTigue
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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The Love Boat

as Gert
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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The Love Boat

as Aunt Gert
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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The Twilight Zone

as Agnes Gann
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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Scarecrow and Mrs. King

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-10-03

Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May...

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The Lucy Show

as Jane Corey
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's...

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Perry Mason

as Sarah Winslow
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Katherine Collins
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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I Love Lucy

as Maid
First aired: 1951-10-15

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife....

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The Beverly Hillbillies

as Jane Hathaway
First aired: 1962-09-26

Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Miss Gillis
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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Petticoat Junction

as Jane Hathaway
First aired: 1963-09-24

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...

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Sanford and Son

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-01-14

The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.

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Quantum Leap

as Sister Sarah
First aired: 1989-03-26

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the...

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77 Sunset Strip

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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The Jack Benny Program

as Jeanette
First aired: 1950-10-28

Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Nurse
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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The Real McCoys

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-10-03

The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto...

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Pete and Gladys

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-19

Pete and Gladys is an American situation comedy television series starring Harry Morgan and Cara...

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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

as Nancy
First aired: 1952-10-03

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952...

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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

as Chairwoman
First aired: 1952-10-03

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952...

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The Pet Set

as Self
First aired: 1971-01-25

Each episode of this part talk show, part docuseries begins with animal-loving celebrities...

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The Life Of Riley

as Charlotte Lindsay
First aired: 1953-01-02

Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully...

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Simon & Simon

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-11-24

Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24,...

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Cheyenne

as Waitress
First aired: 1955-09-20

Cheyenne is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on...

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Cheyenne

as Waitress (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-09-20

Cheyenne is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on...

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Maverick

as Waitress (uncredited)
First aired: 1957-09-22

Maverick is an American Western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins....

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Letter to Loretta

as Helen
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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Mister Ed

as Martha
First aired: 1961-01-05

Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his...

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Outlaws

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-26

Outlaws is an NBC Western television series, starring Barton MacLane as U.S. marshal Frank...

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December Bride

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-10-04

December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959,...

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The Dennis O'Keefe Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-22

The Dennis O'Keefe Show is a 1959-1960 sitcom produced by United Artists Television which aired...

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87th Precinct

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-09-25

87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper,...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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General Electric Theater

as Miss Lamb
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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CHiPs

as Nancy Kulb
First aired: 1977-09-15

Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main...

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CHiPs

as Nancy Kulp (uncredited)
First aired: 1977-09-15

Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main...

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