Editing Nancy Kulp (section)

==Career==

===Film===
In 1951, not long after marrying Charles Malcolm Dacus, Kulp moved to [[Hollywood, California]], to work in [[MGM]]'s [[public relations|publicity]] department. At the studio, director [[George Cukor]] soon convinced her that she should be an actress, so the same year she began her MGM publicity job, she also made her film debut as a [[character actress]] in ''[[The Model and the Marriage Broker]]''.<ref name="The Model and the Marriage Broker">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/83790/the-model-and-the-marriage-broker#credits|title=The Model and the Marriage Broker|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref> She then appeared in other films, including ''[[Shane (film)|Shane]]'',<ref name="Shane">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/16406/shane#credits|title=Shane|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref> ''[[Sabrina (1954 film)|Sabrina]]'',<ref name="Sabrina 1954">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/16295/sabrina#credits|title=Sabrina 1954|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref> and ''[[A Star Is Born (1954 film)|A Star is Born]]''.<ref name="A Star is Born 1954">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/12836/a-star-is-born#credits|title=A Star is Born 1954|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref> After working in television on ''[[The Bob Cummings Show]]'' and on ''Perry Mason'' in "The Case of the Deadly Toy" in 1959, Kulp returned to movies in ''[[Forever, Darling]]'',<ref name="Forever, Darling">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/159/forever-darling#credits|title=Forever, Darling|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Three Faces of Eve]]'',<ref name="The Three Faces of Eve">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/93080/the-three-faces-of-eve#credits|title=The Three Faces of Eve|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]'',<ref name="The Parent Trap">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/24419/the-parent-trap#credits|title=The Parent Trap|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref> ''[[Who's Minding the Store?]]'',<ref name="Who's Minding the Store?">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/86385/the-patsy#credits|title=Who's Minding the Store?|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref> and ''[[The Aristocats]]''.<ref name="The Aristocats">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/67588/the-aristocats#credits|title=The Aristocats|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref> In 1966, she appeared as Wilhelmina Peterson in the film ''[[The Night of the Grizzly]]'', starring Clint Walker and [[Martha Hyer]].<ref name="The Night of the Grizzly">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4734/the-night-of-the-grizzly#credits|title=The Night of the Grizzly|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref>

===Television===
[[File:Max Baer Jr, Nancy Kulp and Sharon Tate in The Beverly Hillbillies, The Giant Jackrabbit episode.jpg|thumb|right|Kulp (center) with [[Max Baer Jr.]] and [[Sharon Tate]] in ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', 1965]]

In 1955, Kulp joined the cast of ''[[The Bob Cummings Show]]'' (''Love That Bob'') with [[Bob Cummings]], portraying [[Pith helmet|pith-helmeted]] neighborhood [[Birdwatching|bird watcher]] Pamela Livingstone. In 1956, she appeared as a waitress in the episode "[[List of Cheyenne episodes#Episodes|Johnny Bravo]]" of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]/[[Warner Brothers]] series ''[[Cheyenne (TV series)|Cheyenne]]'', with [[Clint Walker]]. Kulp played the role of Anastasia in three episodes of the NBC sitcom ''[[It's a Great Life (TV series)|It's a Great Life]]'' in 1955 and 1956. In 1958, she appeared in [[Orson Welles]]' little-known [[television pilot|pilot episode]] "[[The Fountain of Youth (film)|The Fountain of Youth]]" in the television series ''[[Colgate Theatre (1958 TV series)|Colgate Theatre]]''. In 1960, she appeared as Emma St. John in the episode "[[List of Bourbon Street Beat episodes|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 "[[List of I Love Lucy episodes#Episodes|Lucy Meets the Queen]]", performing as an English maid, who shows Lucy and Ethel how to curtsy properly before [[Queen Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth]]. Kulp also appeared in episodes of ''[[The Real McCoys]]'', ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' ("[[List of Perry Mason episodes#Episodes|The Case of the Prodigal Parent]]", 1958, and "[[List of Perry Mason episodes#Episodes|The Case of the Deadly Toy]]", 1959), ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' ("[[List of The Jack Benny Program episodes#Episodes|Don's 27th Anniversary with Jack]]"), ''[[87th Precinct (TV series)|87th Precinct]]'' ("Killer's Choice"), ''[[Pete and Gladys]]'', ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' (as Mrs. Gann in "[[The Fugitive (The Twilight Zone)|The Fugitive]]"), and ''[[Outlaws (1960 TV series)|Outlaws]]'' ("The Dark Sunrise of Griff Kincaid, Esquire"). Kulp portrayed a slurring-drunk waitress in a scene with [[James Garner]] and [[Jean Willes]] in the 1959 ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' episode "[[List of Maverick episodes|Full House]]". She played a housekeeper in a [[television pilot|pilot]] for ''The William Bendix Show'', which aired as the 1960–1961 season finale of CBS's ''[[Mister Ed]]'' under the title "[[List of Mister Ed episodes#Episodes|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.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0474685/ "Robbie Valentino" and "The Big Game"], ''My Three Sons'' (S02E21 and S02E24), episodes originally broadcast respectively on February 22 and March 15, 1962. Internet Movie Database ([[IMDb]]), an affiliate of [[Amazon.com]], Seattle Washington. Retrieved July 8, 2017.</ref>

[[File:Jim Backus Nancy Kulp Beverly Hillbillies 1963.JPG|right|thumb|[[Guest star]] [[Jim Backus]] with Kulp in ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' (1963)]]

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.<ref name="19th Primetime Emmy"/> In 1978, she appeared on ''[[The Love Boat]]'' in the episode "[[List of The Love Boat episodes#Episodes|Mike and Ike / The Witness / The Kissing Bandit]]" and she played Aunt Gertrude in the episode "[[List of The Love Boat episodes#Episodes|Tony and Julie / Separate Beds / America's Sweetheart]]". On April 7, 1989, she played a nun in the ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'' season 1 episode "[[Quantum Leap (season 1)#Episodes|The Right Hand of God]]". Kulp also appeared on ''[[The Brian Keith Show]]'' and ''[[Sanford and Son]]''.

===Theatre===
Kulp also performed in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''[[Morning's at Seven]]'' in 1980 to 1981 as Aaronetta Gibbs as a replacement for [[Elizabeth Wilson]]<ref name="Morning"/> in the [[Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)|Lyceum Theatre]].<ref name="Lyceum Theatre"/>