Nancy Kulp
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1989 · Private Affairs as Aurora
- 1989 · Quantum Leap as Sister Sarah
- 1983 · Scarecrow and Mrs. King as
- 1982 · Computers Are People, Too! as Computer (voice)
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies as Jane Hathaway
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Sylvia McTigue
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Gert
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Aunt Gert
- 1977 · CHiPs as Nancy Kulb
- 1977 · CHiPs as Nancy Kulp (uncredited)
- 1974 · Shakespeare Loves Rembrandt as
- 1972 · Sanford and Son as
- 1971 · The Pet Set as Self
- 1970 · The Aristocats as Frou-Frou (voice)
- 1966 · The Night of the Grizzly as Wilhelmina Peterson
- 1965 · Strange Bedfellows as Aggressive Woman
- 1964 · The Patsy as Helen, Theatergoer
- 1963 · Who's Minding the Store? as Emily Rothgraber
- 1963 · Petticoat Junction as Jane Hathaway
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Jane Corey
- 1962 · The Beverly Hillbillies as Jane Hathaway
- 1962 · Moon Pilot as Nutritionist Officer
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Two Little Bears as Emily Wilkins
- 1961 · 87th Precinct as
- 1961 · The Parent Trap as Miss Grunecker
- 1961 · Mister Ed as Martha
- 1960 · Outlaws as
- 1960 · Pete and Gladys as
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Agnes Gann
- 1959 · Five Gates to Hell as Susette
- 1959 · The Dennis O'Keefe Show as
- 1959 · NBC Sunday Showcase as Girl at Well
- 1959 · A Marriage of Strangers as Leona
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as Hilda McDougall
- 1958 · The Fountain of Youth as Stella Morgan
- 1958 · The High Cost of Loving as Miss Matthews, Cave's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1957 · The Three Faces of Eve as Mrs. Black
- 1957 · Kiss Them for Me as Hospital Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
- 1957 · The Real McCoys as
- 1957 · Maverick as Waitress (uncredited)
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Sarah Winslow
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Katherine Collins
- 1957 · God Is My Partner as Maxine Spelvana
- 1957 · Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend as Cleaning Woman
- 1956 · The Gale Storm Show as Helga Petersen
- 1956 · Anything Goes as Autograph Seeker
- 1956 · Forever, Darling as Amy, the maid
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as Miss Gillis
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Nurse
- 1955 · Count Three and Pray as Matty Miller
- 1955 · Cheyenne as Waitress
- 1955 · Cheyenne as Waitress (uncredited)
- 1955 · Navy Log as
- 1955 · You're Never Too Young as Marty's Mother
- 1954 · December Bride as
- 1954 · A Star Is Born as Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
- 1954 · Sabrina as Jenny
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Helen
- 1953 · Shane as Mrs. Howells
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Miss Lamb
- 1953 · The Life Of Riley as Charlotte Lindsay
- 1952 · The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Nancy
- 1952 · The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Chairwoman
- 1952 · Steel Town as Dolores
- 1951 · The Model and the Marriage Broker as Hazel Gingras
- 1951 · I Love Lucy as Maid
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1950 · The Jack Benny Program as Jeanette