Nancy Olson

Born: 1928-07-14

Nancy Olson (born July 14, 1928) is an American screen, television, and stage actress. She was an Academy Award Best Supporting Actress nominee for her portrayal of Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard (1950).


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Sunset Boulevard

as Betty Schaefer
Released: 1950-08-10

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into...

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Flubber

as Secretary at Ford Motor Company
Released: 1997-11-26

Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying...

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Airport 1975

as Mrs. Abbott
Released: 1974-10-18

When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles,...

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Pollyanna

as Nancy Furman
Released: 1960-05-19

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to...

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The Absent-Minded Professor

as Betsy Carlisle
Released: 1961-03-16

Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible...

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Battle Cry

as Mrs. Pat Rogers
Released: 1955-02-02

The dramatic story of US marines in training, in combat and in love during World War II. The...

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Big Jim McLain

as Nancy Vallon
Released: 1952-08-30

House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter come to post war...

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Son of Flubber

as Betsy Brainard
Released: 1963-01-16

Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery...

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High Tor

as Judith
Released: 1956-03-10

High Tor is a 1936 play by Maxwell Anderson. Twenty years after the original production,...

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Snowball Express

as Sue Baxter
Released: 1972-12-22

When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and...

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Force of Arms

as Lt. Eleanor Mackay
Released: 1951-08-13

During the winter of 1943, the German Army halted the American advance in the mountains of...

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Making Love

as Christine
Released: 1982-02-12

A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when Zach confronts his...

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Canadian Pacific

as Cecille Gautier
Released: 1949-05-19

A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of...

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So Big

as Dallas O'Mara
Released: 1953-10-31

A girl of wealth comes to a Dutch community outside Chicago as a schoolteacher, and while there...

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Union Station

as Joyce Willecombe
Released: 1950-10-04

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union...

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The Boy from Oklahoma

as Katie Brannigan
Released: 1954-02-27

A town despot makes a guileless patsy the sheriff, lives to regret it.

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Smith!

as Norah Smith
Released: 1969-03-21

When the Indian Jimmyboy is accused of murder of a white man, he flees onto the ranch of Smith,...

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Submarine Command

as Carol
Released: 1951-11-01

Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another...

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Mr. Music

as Katherine Holbrook
Released: 1950-12-08

A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to...

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More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'

as Self (as Nancy Olson-Livingston)
Released: 1995-12-30

This 30th anniversary documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of...

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Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

as Self
Released: 1998-02-04

A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder

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Sparky's Magic Piano

as uncredited
Released: 1987-01-01

A boy becomes a virtuoso pianist, but when he gets too big-headed the piano decides to teach him...

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William Holden: The Golden Boy

as Self
Released: 1989-12-13

It was said of him that in more than 70 films, he never once gave a bad performance.

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Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

as Self
Released: 1996-12-17

Amiable and unassuming, Fred MacMurray went from small-town boy to one of Hollywood and...

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Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back

as Self
Released: 2002-07-01

Film critics, actors, film historians and other personalities share their experiences and...

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The Big Valley

as Julia
First aired: 1965-09-15

The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15,...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Your Show of Shows

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-02-25

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United...

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The Streets of San Francisco

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-23

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Jan Manning
First aired: 1955-10-02

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

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Lux Video Theatre

as Lisa
First aired: 1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...

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Banacek

as Louise Merrick
First aired: 1972-09-13

Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network...

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Gunsmoke

as Henrietta Donavan
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Paper Dolls

as Marjorie Harper
First aired: 1984-09-23

Paper Dolls is an American prime time soap opera which aired for 14 episodes on ABC from...

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Channing

as Jessica Landon
First aired: 1963-09-18

Professor Joe Howe is a Korean War veteran who is hired to teach English at Channing College....

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General Electric Theater

as Judith Gay
First aired: 1953-02-01

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

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Kingston: Confidential

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-03-23

Kingston: Confidential is an American mystery crime drama that aired on NBC for 13 episodes...

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