Nancy Olson
American actress · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1928 · age 98
Nancy Ann Olson is an American retired actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Sunset Boulevard (1950). She co-starred with William Holden in four films.
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The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action ClassicsFilm2006
Big LoveSeries, Katherine1998
Billy Wilder: The Human ComedyFilm1996
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next DoorFilm1995
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'Film1987
Sparky's Magic PianoFilm1984
Paper DollsSeries, Marjorie Harper1977
Kingston: ConfidentialSeries1974
Airport 1975Film, Mrs. Abbott1969
Smith!Film, Norah Smith1965
The Big ValleySeries, Julia1963
ChanningSeries, Jessica Landon
Son of FlubberFilm, 1963Betsy Brainard1960
PollyannaFilm, Nancy Furman1959
StartimeSeries, Peggy Thomas1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Jan Manning
Battle CryFilm, 1955Mrs. Pat Rogers1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Judith Gay
So BigFilm, 1953Dallas O'Mara1952
Big Jim McLainFilm, Nancy Vallon1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Lisa
Mr. MusicFilm, 1950Katherine Holbrook1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries
Portrait of JennieFilm, 1948Teenager in Art Gallery1928Born14 July 1928People around Nancy
Walt Disney Produced Pollyanna and Son of Flubber
William Holden Also in Sunset Boulevard and Force of Arms
Michael Curtiz Directed Force of Arms and The Boy from Oklahoma
Max Steiner Wrote Force of Arms and Battle Cry
Keenan Wynn Also in Snowball Express and Smith!- Robert Stevenson Directed Son of Flubber (1964)
James Westerfield Also in Son of Flubber (1964)
Grandon Rhodes Also in Force of Arms and So Big
John Wayne Produced Big Jim McLain (1952)
Billy Wilder Directed Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Fred MacMurray Also in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Raoul Walsh Directed Battle Cry (1955)
Anne Francis Also in Portrait of Jennie and Battle Cry
Ed Wynn Also in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Jack L. Warner Produced Battle Cry (1955)
Harry Morgan Also in Big Jim McLain and Snowball Express
Leon Ames Also in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Richard Haydn Directed Mr. Music (1950)
Charles Brackett Produced Sunset Boulevard (1950)- Bill Walsh Wrote Son of Flubber (1964)
Bud Osborne Also in The Boy from Oklahoma and So Big
Alan Carney Also in Son of Flubber (1964)- Henry Blanke Produced So Big (1953)
- Norman Tokar Directed Snowball Express (1972)
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Sunset Boulevard 1950
Portrait of Jennie 1948
Pollyanna 1960
The Absent-Minded Professor 1961
Union Station 1950
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 30
46 credits on file
Television 16
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She later appeared in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and its sequel, Son of Flubber (1963), as well as the disaster film Airport 1975 (1974). Olson retired from acting in the mid-1980s, although she has made a few rare returns, most recently in 2014.
