Nancy Jane Kulp ( born Nancy Jane Kulp , August 28, 1921 - February 3, 1991 ) is an American actress.
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| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Harrisburg , USA |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | Palm Desert , USA |
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| Profession | actress |
| Career | 1951-1989 |
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| IMDb | ID 0474685 |
Biography
Born in Harrisburg in the family of salesman Robert Tilden Kulp and his wife Marjorie S. Snyder, a school teacher. [3] In 1943, she graduated from Florida State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism, after which she studied at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Miami . At the same time, Kulp worked as a columnist in the newspaper Miami Beach Tropics , where she conducted a column on celebrities. [4] [5]
In 1944, at the end of World War II , she dropped out and volunteered for the US Navy . Over the two years of service, she grew to the rank of lieutenant, having received several awards, including the medal "For the American Campaign" , the medal for the service of national defense and the medal "For perfect service . "
Soon after marriage in 1951, Kulp moved to Hollywood , where she found a job in the advertising department of one of the movie studios. George Cukor convinced her to try her hand in front of the camera, and in 1951 she made her debut in the film "Model and Matchmaker." Over the years of her career in big cinema, the actress has played in almost three dozen films, including Sabrina (1954), Shane (1953), You Cannot Be Too Young (1955), Three Faces of Eve (1957) , “ Trap for Parents ” (1961) and “Strange Spouses” (1965). Her career on television was more active, including roles in the TV shows The Bobby Cummings Show, I Love Lucy , Cheyenne, Alfred Hitchcock Presents , Perry Mason , The Twilight Zone and The Quantum Leap . One of the most memorable was the role of the old maid Jane Hathaway in the popular sitcom "The Beverly Hills Hillbilly", in which the actress played from 1962 to 1971. She also brought the actress in 1967 a nomination for the Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a comedy television series. In 1970, Kulp voiced the Frou-Frou horse in the cartoon " Cats of the Aristocrats ."
In the early 1980s, Kulp was involved in politics in her native Pennsylvania , actively supporting the US Democratic Party . She also ran for the US House of Representatives , but was defeated. [6] In 1989, in an interview, the actress stated that she was a lesbian . [7] In 1990, a year after completing her career, the actress was diagnosed with cancer. After a course of chemotherapy, the disease did not recede, and in February 1991, at the age of 69, Nancy Culp died. [4] [8]
Notes
- ↑ Internet Broadway Database - 2000.
- ↑ 1 2 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ 1930 US Federal Census Record, viewed on Ancestry.com on June 7, 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Nancy Kulp, 69, Dies; Film and TV Actress , The New York Times , February 5, 1991
- ↑ Nancy Kulp; Foil in 'Beverly Hillbillies' . Articles.latimes.com (January 21, 2000). Date of treatment November 17, 2012.
- ↑ CAMPAIGN NOTES; Actress in Pennsylvania To Run for Congress , New York Times , 1984-02-02
- ↑ Boze Hadleigh, "Hollywood Lesbians" (Barricade Books, 1992)
- ↑ Johns, Howard. Palm Springs Confidential: Playground of the Stars !. - Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Books, 2004 .-- P. 126. - ISBN 9781569802694 . LCC PN2285 .J56 2004
Links
- Nancy Coolp at the Internet Broadway Database