Nancy Kulp
| Nancy Kulp | |
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Kulp circa 1960s
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Nancy Jane Kulp August 28, 1921 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Died | February 3, 1991 (aged 69) Palm Desert, California, USA |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Resting place | Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery, Mifflintown, Pennsylvania |
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| Years active | 1951–89 |
| Spouse(s) | Charles M. Dacus (m. 1951; div. 1961) |
| Parent(s) | Marjorie C. and Robert Tilden Kulp |
| Awards | During Service in the U.S. Navy: –American Campaign Medal |
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 was born to Marjorie C. (née Snyder) and Robert Tilden Kulp in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She was their only child. Kulp's father was a traveling salesman, and her mother was a school teacher and, later, a principal. The family moved from Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, to Miami-Dade County, Florida, sometime before 1935.
In 1943 Kulp graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from Florida State University, which was then known as Florida State College for Women, and she started pursuing a master's degree in English and French at the University of Miami. She was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. Early in the 1940s she worked as a feature writer for the Miami Beach Tropics newspaper, writing profiles of celebrities, including Clark Gable and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
Kulp left the University of Miami in 1944 to volunteer for service in the US Naval Reserve (WAVES) during World War II. While on active duty Ltjg. Kulp received several decorations, including the American Campaign Medal. She left the service in 1946.
Kulp moved to Hollywood, California, not long after she married Charles Malcolm Dacus (in April 1951), to work in a studio publicity department, where director George Cukor convinced her that she should work in front of a camera. In The Model and the Marriage Broker she made her film debut as a character actress. She then appeared in other films, including Shane,Sabrina, and A Star is Born. After working in television on The Bob Cummings Show, Kulp returned to movies in Forever, Darling,The Three Faces of Eve,The Parent Trap,Who's Minding the Store?, and . In 1966, she appeared as Wilhemina Peterson in the film The Night of the Grizzly, starring Clint Walker and Martha Hyer.
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