Nancy Olson

Nancy Olson

Born: July 14, 1928
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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).

Movies for Nancy Olson...

Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back
Title: Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back
Character: Self
Released: July 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Film critics, actors, film historians and other personalities share their experiences and curious stories on the acclaimed Billy Wilder's masterpiece "Sunset Blvd."; its cultural importance by being one of the most iconic and revolutionary films ever made and a picture that still stands the test of time.
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A Day in the Life of an Actress
Title: A Day in the Life of an Actress
Character: Self
Released: May 7, 2002
Type: Movie
Actress Nancy Olson details the average day of shooting for an actress.
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Recreating Pollyanna's America
Title: Recreating Pollyanna's America
Character: Self
Released: May 7, 2002
Type: Movie
Members of the cast and crew of Disney's Pollyanna, look back on location shooting in Santa Rosa.
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Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece
Title: Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece
Character: Self
Released: May 7, 2002
Type: Movie
Interviews with cast and crew members detail the making of the Disney classic.
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Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Title: Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1998
Type: Movie
A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder
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Flubber
Title: Flubber
Character: Secretary at Ford Motor Company
Released: November 26, 1997
Type: Movie
Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.
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Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Title: Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Character: Self
Released: December 17, 1996
Type: Movie
Amiable and unassuming, Fred MacMurray went from small-town boy to one of Hollywood and television's most enduring stars.
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More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
Title: More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
Character: Self (as Nancy Olson-Livingston)
Released: December 30, 1995
Type: Movie
This 30th anniversary documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "My Fair Lady," the classic musical about a poor young girl transformed into a woman of society through the tutoring of Prof. Henry Higgins. Includes footage of the filming process, as well as discussion by modern film critics about the impact movie had on later films.
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William Holden: The Golden Boy
Title: William Holden: The Golden Boy
Character: Self
Released: December 13, 1989
Type: Movie
It was said of him that in more than 70 films, he never once gave a bad performance.
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Sparky's Magic Piano
Title: Sparky's Magic Piano
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A boy becomes a virtuoso pianist, but when he gets too big-headed the piano decides to teach him a lesson.
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Title: Paper Dolls
Character: Marjorie Harper
Released: September 23, 1984
Type: TV
Paper Dolls is an American prime time soap opera which aired for 14 episodes on ABC from September 23, 1984 to December 25, 1984. Set in New York's fashion industry, the show centered around top modeling agency owner Racine, her conflicts with the family of cosmetics tycoon Grant Harper, and the careers of two teenage models. The series was based on a 1982 TV movie of the same name.
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Making Love
Title: Making Love
Character: Christine
Released: February 12, 1982
Type: Movie
A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when Zach confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.
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Title: Kingston: Confidential
Released: March 23, 1977
Type: TV
Kingston: Confidential is an American mystery crime drama that aired on NBC for 13 episodes during the spring of 1977, following the success of a 1976 made-for-TV movie entitled Kingston.
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Airport 1975
Title: Airport 1975
Character: Mrs. Abbott
Released: October 18, 1974
Type: Movie
When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing the 747 aircraft. Worse yet, the anxious passengers — among which are a noisy nun and a cranky man — are aggravating the already tense atmosphere.
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Snowball Express
Title: Snowball Express
Character: Sue Baxter
Released: December 22, 1972
Type: Movie
When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves the family west to run it. Only to find that the place is a wreck. But together they decide to try to fix it up and run it. But Martin Ridgeway, who wants the property, does everything he can to ensure it will fail.
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Title: The Streets of San Francisco
Released: September 23, 1972
Type: TV
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
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Title: Banacek
Character: Louise Merrick
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology. It alternated in its time slot with several other shows but was the only one to last beyond its first season.
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Smith!
Title: Smith!
Character: Norah Smith
Released: March 21, 1969
Type: Movie
When the Indian Jimmyboy is accused of murder of a white man, he flees onto the ranch of Smith, who's well known for his tolerance for Indians, since he was raised by the old Indian Antoine. Smith helps Jimmyboy against the mean Sheriff and promises to speak for him in court, thus persuading him to surrender himself to the police.
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Title: The Big Valley
Character: Julia
Released: September 15, 1965
Type: TV
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.
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Title: Channing
Character: Jessica Landon
Released: September 18, 1963
Type: TV
Professor Joe Howe is a Korean War veteran who is hired to teach English at Channing College. The dean Fred Baker is his mentor as Howe is writing a novel about his experiences. They are frequently involved in the student's lives. Channing, a production of Revue Studios, aired during the same time frame as the first season of NBC's somewhat similar offering, Mr. Novak.
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Son of Flubber
Title: Son of Flubber
Character: Betsy Brainard
Released: January 16, 1963
Type: Movie
Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber." Now he hopes to have better luck with a gravity-busting derivative he's dubbed "Flubbergas." Ned's experiments, constantly hampered by government obstruction, earn the consternation of his wife, Betsy. But a game-winning modification to a football uniform may help Ned make the case for his fantastic new invention.
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The Absent-Minded Professor
Title: The Absent-Minded Professor
Character: Betsy Carlisle
Released: March 16, 1961
Type: Movie
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.
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Pollyanna
Title: Pollyanna
Character: Nancy Furman
Released: May 19, 1960
Type: Movie
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
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High Tor
Title: High Tor
Character: Judith
Released: March 10, 1956
Type: Movie
High Tor is a 1936 play by Maxwell Anderson. Twenty years after the original production, Anderson adapted it into a television musical with Arthur Schwartz. Anderson first considered a musical adaptation of High Tor for television in 1949. He and John Monks Jr. adapted the play as a made-for-television musical fantasy in 1955, with music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Anderson. High Tor was filmed in November 1955 by Desilu Productions at the RKO-Pathé Studio and broadcast March 10, 1956 on the CBS television network, as a 90-minute episode of the series Ford Star Jubilee. Bing Crosby, Julie Andrews, Nancy Olson, Hans Conreid, and Keenan Wynn starred in the film, produced by Arthur Schwartz, and directed by James Neilson.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Jan Manning
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Henrietta Donavan
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
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Battle Cry
Title: Battle Cry
Character: Mrs. Pat Rogers
Released: February 2, 1955
Type: Movie
The dramatic story of US marines in training, in combat and in love during World War II. The story centres on a major who guides the raw recruits from their training to combat. Based on the novel by Leon Uris.
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Title: Producers' Showcase
Character: Peggy Day
Released: October 18, 1954
Type: TV
Producers' Showcase is an American anthology television series that was telecast live during the 1950s in compatible color by NBC. With top talent, the 90-minute episodes, covering a wide variety of genres, aired under the title every fourth Monday at 8 p.m. ET for three seasons, beginning October 18, 1954. The final episode, the last of 37, was broadcast May 27, 1957. Showcase Productions, Inc., packaged and produced the series, which received seven Emmy Awards, including the 1956 award for Best Dramatic Series.
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The Boy from Oklahoma
Title: The Boy from Oklahoma
Character: Katie Brannigan
Released: February 27, 1954
Type: Movie
A town despot makes a guileless patsy the sheriff, lives to regret it.
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So Big
Title: So Big
Character: Dallas O'Mara
Released: October 31, 1953
Type: Movie
A girl of wealth comes to a Dutch community outside Chicago as a schoolteacher, and while there falls in love with a poor but big-hearted farmer.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Judith Gay
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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Big Jim McLain
Title: Big Jim McLain
Character: Nancy Vallon
Released: August 30, 1952
Type: Movie
House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter come to post war Hawaii to track Communist Party activities even though belonging to the party was legal at the time. They are interested in everything from insurance fraud to the sabotage of a U.S. naval vessel.
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Submarine Command
Title: Submarine Command
Character: Carol
Released: November 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequent years of meaningless navy ground assignments and the animosity of a former sailor, leave White (now a captain) feeling guilty and empty. His life spirals downward and his wife is about to leave him. Suddenly, he is forced into a dangerous rescue situation at the start of the Koren War.... reassigned to the same submarine where all of his problems began.
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Force of Arms
Title: Force of Arms
Character: Lt. Eleanor Mackay
Released: August 13, 1951
Type: Movie
During the winter of 1943, the German Army halted the American advance in the mountains of Italy; back-and-forth combat decimates Joe Peterson's platoon. On leave in Naples, Joe meets WAC lieutenant Eleanor MacKay; initially cool, she begins to melt during a bombing raid. Their romance develops despite Joe's periodic returns to the front. But whether he'll come back in the end becomes more than doubtful.
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Mr. Music
Title: Mr. Music
Character: Katherine Holbrook
Released: December 8, 1950
Type: Movie
A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to produce a hit musical. His producer and his secretary conspire to get him back on track.
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Union Station
Title: Union Station
Character: Joyce Willecombe
Released: October 4, 1950
Type: Movie
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Lisa
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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Sunset Boulevard
Title: Sunset Boulevard
Character: Betty Schaefer
Released: August 10, 1950
Type: Movie
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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Title: Your Show of Shows
Released: February 25, 1950
Type: TV
Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC, from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Other featured performers were Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Bill Hayes, Judy Johnson, The Hamilton Trio and the soprano Marguerite Piazza. José Ferrer made several guest appearances on the series. The series was telecast from the now-demolished International Theatre at 5 Columbus Circle and the Century Theater, now demolished, in New York. During 2002, Your Show of Shows was ranked #30 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Canadian Pacific
Title: Canadian Pacific
Character: Cecille Gautier
Released: May 19, 1949
Type: Movie
A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.