Editing Nancy Kulp

{{Short description|American actress and educator (1921–1991)}}
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|name          = Nancy Kulp
|image         = Nancy Kulp Circa 1960s.jpg
|caption       = Nancy Kulp, 1960s
|birth_name    = Nancy Jane Kulp
|birth_date    = {{Birth date|1921|08|28}}
|birth_place   = [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
|death_date    = {{Death date and age|1991|02|03|1921|08|28}}
|death_place   = [[Palm Desert, California]], U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arrangeonline.com/Obituary/Obituary.asp?obituaryid=60661609 |title=Obituary: Nancy Kulp |work=Arrange Online |publisher=Continental Computer Corporation |location=[[Jonesboro, Arkansas]] |access-date=November 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040203195533/http://arrangeonline.com/Obituary/obituary.asp?ObituaryID=60661609 |archive-date=February 3, 2004 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-05-mn-889-story.html |title=Obituary: Nancy Kulp |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=January 21, 2000 |access-date=November 17, 2012 }}</ref>
|resting_place = Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery, [[Mifflintown, Pennsylvania]]<ref name=didyouknow>{{cite web |url=https://harrisburgmagazine.com/2016/did-you-know-nancy-kulp/ |title=Did You Know? Nancy Kulp|work=Harrisburg Magazine |date=November 29, 2016}}</ref>
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|years_active  = 1951–1989
|occupation    = Actress, comedian, writer
|party         = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse        = {{marriage|Charles M. Dacus|1951|1961|reason=divorced}}
|children      =
|alma_mater    = {{Plainlist |
* [[Florida State University]] (BA)
* [[University of Miami]] (MA)
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| rank               = [[Lieutenant (junior grade)|Lieutenant, junior grade]]
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* [[World War II]]
** [[American Theater (World War II)|American Theater]]
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'''Nancy Jane Kulp''' (August 28, 1921 – February 3, 1991) was an American [[character actress|character actor]], writer and comedian best known as [[The Beverly Hillbillies#Jane Hathaway|Miss Jane Hathaway]] on the [[CBS]] television series ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]''.

==Early life==
Kulp was born to Robert Tilden and Marjorie C. (née Snyder) Kulp in [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]]. She was their only child. Kulp's father was a traveling salesman, and her mother was a schoolteacher and later a principal.<ref>1930 U.S. Federal Census Record, viewed on Ancestry.com on June 7, 2010.</ref> The family moved from [[Mifflintown, Pennsylvania|Mifflintown]], Pennsylvania, to [[Miami]] in [[Miami-Dade County, Florida]], sometime before 1935.<ref>US Federal Census Record, viewed on Ancestry.com on June 7, 2010.</ref>

In 1943, Kulp graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from [[Florida State University|Florida State College for Women]] (now [[Florida State University]]).<ref name="Florida"/> She continued her studies for a master's degree in English and French at the [[University of Miami]], where she was a member of the sorority [[Pi Beta Phi]]. Early in the 1940s, she also worked as a feature writer for the ''Miami Beach Tropics'' newspaper, writing profiles of celebrities such as [[Clark Gable]] and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/05/obituaries/nancy-kulp-69-dies-film-and-tv-actress.html |agency=Associated Press |title=Nancy Kulp, 69, Dies; Film and TV Actress |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 5, 1991 |access-date=September 7, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="LAT">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-05-mn-889-story.html|title=Nancy Kulp; Foil in 'Beverly Hillbillies'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=January 21, 2000 |access-date=November 17, 2012}}</ref>

==Military service==
In 1944, during [[World War II]], Kulp left the University of Miami to join the [[WAVES|U.S. Naval Reserve]]. She attained the rank of [[Lieutenant (junior grade)|lieutenant, junior grade]], and received several decorations while in the service, including the [[American Campaign Medal]]. She was honorably discharged in 1946.

==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"/>

==Politics, academia and retirement==
Nancy Kulp served on the board of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) while living in California. In 1984, after working with the Democratic state committee in her home state of Pennsylvania "on a variety of projects" over a period of years, Kulp ran unopposed as the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee for the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district]].<ref name="Campaign">{{cite web |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/02/us/campaign-notes-actress-in-pennsylvania-to-run-for-congress.html?scp=5&sq=%22nancy%20kulp%22&st=cse |title=Campaign Notes{{Snd}} Actress in Pennsylvania To Run for Congress |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 2, 1984 |access-date=November 17, 2012 }}</ref> As an opponent of six-term Republican [[Bud Shuster]] in a Republican-dominated district, Kulp was a decided underdog. Sixty-two years old at the time, Kulp said some voters might feel her background as an actress was "frivolous", but she noted that [[Ronald Reagan]] had taken the route from screen to politics, and she said anyone who "listens and cares" can do well.<ref name="Campaign"/>

To her dismay, her ''Hillbillies'' co-star [[Buddy Ebsen]], an ardent Republican, contacted the Shuster campaign and volunteered to make a radio campaign ad in which he called Kulp "[[Liberalism|too liberal]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1964&dat=19841102&id=jqdUAAAAIBAJ&pg=6266,1161853 |title=Feudin' Hillbillies. Jed Clampett Opposes Miss Hathaway's House Bid |work=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |date=November 4, 1984 |access-date=December 12, 2014 }}</ref> Kulp and Ebsen had a somewhat frosty relationship on set in part because of their sharp political differences. Later, Kulp said of Ebsen, "He's not the kindly old Jed Clampett that you saw on the show ... It's none of his business and he should have stayed out of it." She said Ebsen and she "didn't get along because I found him difficult to work with. But I never would have done something like this to him." Garnering 59,449 votes—just 33.6% of the ballots cast in the election—to Shuster's 117,203 votes and 66.4%, she lost.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905E4D71039F93BA35752C1A962948260 |title=Former 'Hillbilly' Loses |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 8, 1984 |access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref> After this, according to her close friends and family, Ebsen was regarded as ''[[persona non grata]]'' to Kulp and she made it clear to people not to bring him up in conversation around her with the exception of interviews related to her time on ''Hillbillies''. In his later years, especially after Kulp's death, Ebsen privately expressed remorse for doing the ad and they only reconciled shortly before Kulp's death.<ref name="The Retro Site">{{cite web | title=Nancy Kulp-Buddy Ebsen Feud - 1984 | website=The Retro Site | url=https://www.theretrosite.com/articles/nancy-kulp-buddy-ebsen-feud-1984_14.html | access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref>

After her defeat, she worked at [[Juniata College]], a private [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] in [[Huntingdon, Pennsylvania]], as an [[artist-in-residence]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19851129&id=we4vAAAAIBAJ&pg=5453,6414031 |title=Kulp Goes From Miss Hathaway to Pennsylvania College Professor |work=[[The Ledger]] |location=[[Lakeland, Florida]] |publisher=[[GateHouse Media|New Media Investment Group]] |date=November 29, 1985 |access-date=September 7, 2016 }}</ref> Later she taught acting.

==Personal life==
[[File:Nancy Kulp.jpg|thumb|Kulp in Tallahassee wearing a button supporting FSU football]]
Kulp married Charles Malcolm Dacus on April 1, 1951, in [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Dade County, Florida]]; they divorced in 1961.<ref>Marriage license on Ancestry.com, which cites the marriage of Nancy Jane Kulp and Charles Malcolm Dacus as occurring in Dade County, Florida, in 1951. The marriage certificate number is 1315 and is held in Volume 7097.</ref> After her retirement from acting and teaching, she moved first to a farm in Connecticut and later to [[Palm Springs, California]], where she became involved in several charity organizations, including the Humane Society of the Desert, the Desert Theatre League, and [[United Cerebral Palsy]].<ref name="Florida">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-04-ca-670-story.html|title=Nancy Kulp, Who Played Secretary on 'Beverly Hillbillies,' Dies|date=February 4, 1991|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=September 7, 2016|author= Associated Press Staff}}</ref> 

Later, Nancy Kulp gave an interview to author and [[LGBTQ|LGBT]] activist [[Boze Hadleigh]], for his book "Hollywood Lesbians" in which she said,
<blockquote>
As long as you reproduce my reply word for word, and the question, you may use it&nbsp;... I'd appreciate it if you'd let me phrase the question. There is more than one way. Here's how I would ask it: "Do you think that opposites attract?" My own reply would be that I'm the other sort—I find that birds of a feather flock together. That answers your question.<ref>{{cite book |author-link=Boze Hadleigh |first=Boze |last=Hadleigh|title=Hollywood Lesbians |publisher=[[Barricade Books]] |location=[[Fort Lee, New Jersey]] |year=1994 |isbn=9781569800140 }}{{page needed |date=June 2023}}</ref>
</blockquote>

===Death===
Kulp, a cigarette smoker,<ref>See Twilight Zone Episode "The Fugitive"</ref> was diagnosed with cancer in 1990 and received [[chemotherapy]]. By 1991 the cancer had spread, and she died on February 3, 1991, aged 69, in [[Palm Desert, California]].<ref name="NYT"/>{{sfn|Johns|2004|page=126}} Her remains are interred at Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery in [[Mifflintown, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=didyouknow/>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
| 1951
| ''[[The Model and the Marriage Broker]]''
| Hazel Gingras
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1952
| ''[[Steel Town (1952 film)|Steel Town]]''
| Dolores
|
|-
| ''[[The Marrying Kind]]''
| Edie
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1953
| ''[[Shane (film)|Shane]]''
| Mrs. Howells
|
|-
| ''[[The Caddy]]''
| Emma
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Here Come the Girls (1953 film)|Here Come the Girls]]''
| Washwoman
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1954
| ''[[Sabrina (1954 film)|Sabrina]]''
| Jenny, maid
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[A Star Is Born (1954 film)|A Star is Born]]''
| Esther's neighbor in rooming house
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1955
| ''[[The Shrike (film)|The Shrike]]''
| Mrs. Coleman
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Not as a Stranger]]''
| Deirdre
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[You're Never Too Young]]''
| Marty's Mother
|
|-
| ''[[Count Three and Pray (film)|Count Three and Pray]]''
| Matty Miller
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1956
| ''[[Anything Goes (1956 film)|Anything Goes]]''
| A [[Bobby soxer (music)|bobby soxer]]
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Forever, Darling]]''
| Amy
|
|-
| Rowspan="4" | 1957
| ''[[Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend]]''
| Cleaning Woman
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[God Is My Partner]]''
| Maxine Spelvana
|
|-
| ''[[The Three Faces of Eve]]''
| Mrs. Black
|
|-
| ''[[Kiss Them for Me (film)|Kiss Them for Me]]''
| WAVE Telephone Operator
| Uncredited
|-
| 1958
| ''[[The High Cost of Loving]]''
| Miss Matthews, Cave's Secretary
| Uncredited [[Cameo appearance|cameo]]
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Five Gates to Hell]]''
| Susette
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1961
| ''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]''
| Miss Grunecker
|
|-
| ''[[The Last Time I Saw Archie]]''
| Miss Willoughby
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[The Two Little Bears]]''
| Emily Wilkins
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Moon Pilot]]''
| Space Flight Nutritionist
| Uncredited
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Who's Minding the Store?]]''
| Emily Rothgraber
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[The Patsy (1964 film)|The Patsy]]''
| Helen, Theatergoer
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Strange Bedfellows (1965 film)|Strange Bedfellows]]''
| Aggressive Woman
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The Night of the Grizzly]]''
| Wilhelmina Peterson
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[[The Aristocats]]''
| Frou-Frou
| Voice
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"|Episode(s)
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1954
| ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]''
| Daisy
| "To Each His Own"
|-
| ''[[Topper (TV series)|Topper]]''
| {{cGuest}}
| "The Seance"
|-
| ''[[December Bride]]''
| Louella
| "[[December Bride#Episode list|Lily Hires a Maid]]"
|-
| 1955–1959
| ''[[The Bob Cummings Show]]''
| Pamela Livingstone
| 15 episodes
|-
| rowspan="10" | 1955
| ''[[It's a Great Life (TV series)|It's a Great Life]]''
| Mrs. Bell
| "The Missing Stamp"
|-
| ''[[The Life of Riley#Television|The Life of Riley]]''
| Charlotte Lindsay
| "Love Comes to Waldo Binney"
|-
| ''Svengali and the Blonde''
| Honorine
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Schlitz Playhouse of Stars|Schlitz Playhouse]]''
| {{cGuest}}
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Topper (TV series)|Topper]]''
| Mrs. Bandle
| "The Neighbors"
|-
| ''[[TV Reader's Digest]]''
| Ruth
| "Around the Horn to Matrimony"
|-
| ''[[Schlitz Playhouse of Stars|Schlitz Playhouse]]''
| {{cGuest}}
| "The Girl Who Scared Men Off"
|-
| ''[[The Life of Riley]]''
| Charlotte Lindsay
| "Waldo's Mother"
|-
| ''[[It's a Great Life (TV series)|It's a Great Life]]''
| Gloria
| "The Crystal Ball"
|-
| ''[[General Electric Theater#Television|General Electric Theater]]''
| Miss Lamb
| "The Seeds of Hate"
|-
| rowspan="13" |1956
| ''[[It's a Great Life (TV series)|It's a Great Life]]''
| Anastasia
| "Beauty Contest"
|-
| ''[[I Love Lucy]]''
| Maid
| "[[List of I Love Lucy episodes#Episodes|Lucy Meets the Queen]]"
|-
| ''[[Navy Log]]''
| {{cGuest}}
| "Web Feet"
|-
| ''[[It's a Great Life (TV series)|It's a Great Life]]''
| Girl
| "Kid Sister"
|-
| ''[[Fireside Theatre|The Jane Wyman Show]]''
| {{cGuest}}
| "Shoot the Moon"
|-
| ''[[December Bride]]''
| Florence
| "[[December Bride#Episode list|Lily the Matchmaker]]"
|-
| ''[[Cheyenne (1955 TV series)|Cheyenne]]''
| Waitress
| "[[List of Cheyenne episodes#Episodes|Johnny Bravo]]"
|-
| ''[[The Gale Storm Show]]''
| Helga Petersen
| "Passenger Incognito"
|-
| ''[[Our Miss Brooks#Television|Our Miss Brooks]]''
| Lucretia Hannibal
| {{cRecurring}} (3 episodes)
|-
| ''[[The 20th Century Fox Hour]]''
| Miss Gillis
| "[[The 20th Century Fox Hour#Episodes|The Hefferan Family]]"
|-
| ''[[The Red Skelton Show]]''
| Witch
| "The Magic Shoes"
|-
| ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]''
| Nancy
| "The Balloons"
|-
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
| Nurse
| Season 2 Episode 10: "[[List of Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes#Original series (1955–1962)|Jonathan]]" (credited but does not appear)
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1957
| ''[[Date with the Angels]]''
| Dolly Cates
| {{cRecurring}} (4 episodes)
|-
| ''[[The Thin Man (TV series)|The Thin Man]]''
| Desk clerk, uncredited cameo
| "[[The Thin Man (TV series)#Episode list|The Angel Biz]]"
|-
| rowspan="7" | 1958
| ''[[Letter to Loretta|The Loretta Young Show]]''
| Helen
| "Dear Milkman"
|-
| ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]''
| Sarah Winslow
| "[[List of Perry Mason episodes#Episodes|The Case of the Prodigal Parent]]"
|-
| ''[[Cheyenne (TV series)]]''
| Waitress, uncredited
| "[[List of Cheyenne episodes#Episodes|Noose at Noon]]"
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Colgate Theatre (1958 TV series)|Colgate Theatre]]''
| Aggie
| "Adventures of a Model"
|-
| Stella Morgan, credited as Nancy Culp
| "[[The Fountain of Youth (film)|The Fountain of Youth]]
|-
| ''[[The Real McCoys]]''
| Harriet Reynolds
| "The Dancin' Fool"
|-
| ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]''
| Landlady
| "[[List of 77 Sunset Strip episodes#Season 1|Casualty]]"
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1959
| ''[[December Bride]]''
| Librarian
| "[[December Bride#Episode list|The Hi-Fi Show]]"
|-
| ''[[The Dennis O'Keefe Show]]''
| Miss Mansfield
| "Teacher's Pest"
|-
| ''[[Playhouse 90]]''
| Leona
| "A Marriage of Strangers"
|-
| [[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|''Perry Mason'']]
| Katherine Collins
| "[[List of Perry Mason episodes#Episodes|The Case of the Deadly Toy]]"
|-
| ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]''
| Waitress, uncredited
| "[[List of Maverick episodes#Seasons|Full House]]"
|-
| ''[[NBC Sunday Showcase|Sunday Showcase]]''
| Girl at Well
| "The Milton Berle Special"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1960
| ''[[Bourbon Street Beat]]''
| Emma St. John
| "[[List of Bourbon Street Beat episodes|Kill with Kindness]]"
|-
| ''[[The Gale Storm Show]]''
| Gertrude
| "Captain Courageous"
|-
| ''The Comedy Spot''{{sfn|Brooks|2007|page=276}}
| {{cGuest}}
| "Adventures of a Model"
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1961
| ''[[Shirley Temple's Storybook]]''
| Guardian
| "[[Shirley Temple's Storybook#Episode list|The Little Mermaid]]"
|-
| ''[[Mister Ed]]''
| Martha
| "[[List of Mister Ed episodes#Episodes|Pine Lake Lodge]]"
|-
| ''[[Pete and Gladys]]''
| Miss Hotchkiss
| "[[Pete and Gladys#Episode list|Gladys' Political Campaign]]"
|-
| ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]''
| Elocution Teacher
| "[[List of The Jack Benny Program episodes#Episodes|Don's 27th Anniversary with Jack]]"
|-
| rowspan="15" | 1962
| ''[[Outlaws (1960 TV series)|Outlaws]]''
| Jennifer Veasy
| "The Dark Sunrise of Griff Kincaid"
|-
| ''[[Pete and Gladys]]''
| Vickie
| "[[Pete and Gladys#Episode list|Office Wife]]"
|-
| ''[[87th Precinct (TV series)|87th Precinct]]''
| Miss Fitzhenry
| "Killer's Choice"
|-
| ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
| Agnes Gann
| "[[The Fugitive (The Twilight Zone)|The Fugitive]]"
|-
| ''[[The Danny Thomas Show]]''
| Mrs. Keltner
| "[[List of The Danny Thomas Show episodes#Episodes|The P.T.A. Bash]]"
|-
| ''[[The Joey Bishop Show (sitcom)|The Joey Bishop Show]]''
| {{cGuest}}
| "A Man's Best Friend"
|-
| ''[[My Three Sons]]''
| Miss Harris
| "[[List of My Three Sons episodes#Episode list|Robbie Valentino]]"
|-
| ''[[General Electric Theater]]''
| Miss Lamb
| "The Free Wheelers"
|-
| ''[[My Three Sons]]''
| Miss Fisher
| "[[List of My Three Sons episodes#Episode list|The Big Game]]"
|-
| ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]''
| Jeanette
| "[[List of The Jack Benny Program episodes#Episodes|Alexander Hamilton Show]]"
|-
| ''[[Ziv Television Programs|King of Diamonds]]''
| Sergeant Vadolski
| "Backlash"
|-
| ''[[Hawaiian Eye]]''
| Edie Barnes
| "[[List of Hawaiian Eye episodes#Season 3 (1961–62)|'V' is for Victim]]"
|-
| ''The Comedy Spot''{{sfn|Brooks|2007|page=276}}
| Woman
| "The Soft Touch"
|-
| ''Ernestine''
| Woman
| Made-for-TV movie.{{sfn|Irvin|2014|page=110}}
|-
| ''[[The Lucy Show]]''
| Jane Corey
| "[[List of The Lucy Show episodes#Episodes|Lucy Becomes an Astronaut]]"
|-
| 1962–71
| ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]''
| [[The Beverly Hillbillies#Characters|Jane Hathaway]]
| 246 episodes
|-
| 1963
| ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]''
| Eloise
| "[[List of 77 Sunset Strip episodes#Season 5|The Checkmate Caper]]"
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Password (American game show)|Password]]''
| Herself
| Game show contestant / Celebrity guest star
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Petticoat Junction]]''
| Jane Hathaway
| "[[List of Petticoat Junction episodes#Season 6 (1968–1969)|A Cake from Granny]]"
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]''
| {{cGuest}}
| "[[List of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In episodes#Episodes|Ver-r-r-ry Interesting]]"<ref name="Ver-r-r-ry Interesting">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/476304/ver-r-r-ry-interesting#credits|title=Ver-r-r-ry Interesting|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 1973–74
| ''[[The Brian Keith Show]]''
| Mrs. Gruber
| {{cRecurring}} (8 episodes)
|-
| 1975–76
| ''[[Sanford and Son]]''
| [[Sanford and Son#Summary|May Hopkins]]
| {{cRecurring}} (5 episodes)
|-
| 1978
| ''[[The Love Boat]]''
| Gert
| "[[List of The Love Boat episodes#Episodes|Mike and Ike / The Witness / The Kissing Bandi]]"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1979
| ''[[CHiPs]]''
| Herself, uncredited
| "[[List of CHiPs episodes#Episodes|Roller Disco: Part 2]]"
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[The Love Boat]]''
| Sylvia McTigue
| "[[List of The Love Boat episodes#Episodes|Spider Serenade, The / Next Door Wife / Harder They Fall]]"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1981
| Aunt Gert
| "[[List of The Love Boat episodes#Episodes|Tony and Julie / Separate Beds / America's Sweetheart]]" 
|-
| ''[[Return of the Beverly Hillbillies]]''
| Jane Hathaway
| Made-for-TV movie directed by [[Robert M. Leeds]].<ref name="Return of the Beverly Hillbillies">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/106182%7C116010/nancy-kulp#filmography|title=Return of the Beverly Hillbillies|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| ''The Wilder Summer''
| Camp Director
| Made-for-TV movie directed by Deborah Reinisch.
|-
| ''[[Fantasy Island]]''
| Mrs. Potroy
| "[[List of Fantasy Island episodes#Episodes|Revenge of the Forgotten / Charo]]"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1986
| ''[[Simon & Simon]]''
| Shirley Graham
| "[[Simon & Simon (season 6)#Episodes|Still Phil After All These Years]]"
|-
| ''[[Scarecrow and Mrs. King]]''
| Dr. Claudia Joyce
| "[[List of Scarecrow and Mrs. King episodes#Episodes|Billy's Lost Weekend]]"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1989
| ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]''
| Sister Sarah
| Episode: "[[Quantum Leap (season 1)#Episodes|The Right Hand of God]]" (S 1:Ep 4)
|-
| ''[[ABC Afterschool Special]]''
| Aurora
| "[[ABC Afterschool Special#List of specials|Private Affairs]]", final appearance
|}

==Theatre==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Venue
! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
| 1980–81
| ''[[Morning's at Seven]]''
| Aaronetta Gibbs
| [[Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)|Lyceum Theatre]] (April 10, 1980{{Snd}} August 16, 1981)
| {{Plain list |
* Replacement for [[Elizabeth Wilson]].<ref name="Morning">{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/nancy-kulp-100781|title=Nancy Kulp|work=[[Internet Broadway Database]] |access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref>
* Directed by [[Vivian Matalon]], written by [[Paul Osborn]], and produced by Elizabeth I. McCann, [[Nelle Nugent]] & Ray Larsen.<ref name="Lyceum Theatre">{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production-more/mornings-at-seven-3697|title=Morning's at Seven|work=[[Internet Broadway Database]] |access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref>
}}
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+List of acting awards and nominations
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
| [[19th Primetime Emmy Awards|1967]]
! scope="row" | [[Primetime Emmy Award]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series]]
| ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]''
| [[The Beverly Hillbillies#Characters|Jane Hathaway]]
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="19th Primetime Emmy">{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1967/outstanding-supporting-actress-in-a-comedy-series|access-date=September 7, 2016|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|location=[[North Hollywood, Los Angeles]]|work=Emmys|title=19th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Discography==
*[[Show Boat (John McGlinn recording)|Jerome Kern: ''Show Boat'', conducted by John McGlinn, EMI, 1988]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

===Sources===
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* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WOWAwAAQBAJ&q=Nancy+Kulp+in+Ernestine&pg=PA110|title=George Burns Television Productions: The Series and Pilots, 1950-1981|first=Richard|last=Irvin|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|location=[[New York City]]|year=2014|isbn=978-0786494866|page=110}}
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