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      Nancy Olson

      Nancy Olson

      Highest Rated: 98% Sunset Boulevard (1950)

      Lowest Rated: 14% Dumbbells (2014)

      Birthday: Jul 14, 1928

      Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

      Often playing good girl roles in feature films and on television, Nancy Olson rose from relative obscurity and became a Hollywood star, thanks to a scene-stealing performance in Billy Wilder's film noir masterpiece "Sunset Boulevard" (1950). The Wisconsin-born ingénue breathed liveliness into her character, a vivacious studio assistant and William Holden's love interest, providing a shining spot in an otherwise chilling and emotionally intense drama. Olson received an Academy Award nomination for her engaging performance in the film and landed several other starring roles opposite Holden because of it. Olson's career temporarily stalled in the late 1950s, but she reemerged the following decade with plum roles in Disney family films such as "The Absent-Minded Professor" (1961) and "Son of Flubber" (1963), opposite the likeable Fred MacMurray. Her sheer talent and dedication to her craft inspired other actors and actresses who followed in her footsteps, but it was Olson's breakout role in "Sunset Boulevard" that earned her a place amongst the most beloved stars of classic cinema.

      Highest rated movies

      Sunset Boulevard
      Son of Flubber
      Pollyanna
      The Absent Minded Professor
      Making Love
      Airport 1975
      Dumbbells

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      CANADIAN PACIFIC, Nancy Olson, Randolph Scott, 1949, TM and copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved THE BOY FROM OKLAHOMA, Will Rogers, Jr., Nancy Olson, 1954 SON OF FLUBBER, Ken Murray, Nancy Olson, 1963 SO BIG, Nancy Olson, 1953 SMITH!, Nancy Olson, Glenn Ford, 1969 SUNSET BOULEVARD, Nancy Olson, 1950 UNION STATION, Nancy Olson, Paul Lees, 1950 SMITH!, from left: Nancy Olson, Glenn Ford, 1969 CANADIAN PACIFIC, Nancy Olson, 1949, TM and copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved MR. MUSIC, Charles Coburn, Bing Crosby, Nancy Olson, 1950 POLLYANNA, Jane Wyman, Hayley Mills, Nancy Olson, 1960, (c)Walt Disney Pictures FORCE OF ARMS, William Holden, Nancy Olson, 1951 SUNSET BOULEVARD, William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Nancy Olson, Erich von Stroheim, 1950 UNION STATION, William Holden, Nancy Olson, 1950 THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR, from left: Nancy Olson, Fred MacMurray, 1961 THE BOY FROM OKLAHOMA, Nancy Olson, Will Rogers, Jr., 1954 THE BOY FROM OKLAHOMA, Will Rogers, Jr. (far left), Nancy Olson, Merv Griffin (far right), 1954 ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR, Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, 1961 THE BOY FROM OKLAHOMA, Nancy Olson, 1954 SNOWBALL EXPRESS, Nancy Olson, Dean Jones, 1972
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      14% 60% Dumbbells Bianca (Character) - 2014
      56% 58% Making Love Christine (Character) - 1981
      30% 38% Airport 1975 Mrs. Abbott (Character) - 1974
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Now You See Me, Now You Don't Louise Merrick (Character) - 1974
      No Score Yet 61% Snowball Express Sue Baxter (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Beware of the Watchdog Ann Latham (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Smith! Unknown (Character) - 1969
      88% 47% Son of Flubber Elizabeth "Betsy" Brainard (Character) - 1963
      83% 62% The Absent Minded Professor Betsy Carlisle (Character) - 1961
      86% 79% Pollyanna Nancy Furman (Character) - 1960
      No Score Yet 45% Battle Cry Mrs. Pat Rogers (Character) - 1955
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Boy From Oklahoma Katie Brannigan (Character) - 1954
      No Score Yet 70% So Big Dallas O'Mara (Character) - 1953
      No Score Yet 38% Big Jim McLain Nancy Vallon (Character) - 1952
      No Score Yet 25% Submarine Command Carol (Character) - 1951
      No Score Yet 40% Force of Arms Lt. Eleanor MacKay (Character) - 1951
      No Score Yet 64% Union Station Joyce Willecombe (Character) - 1950
      98% 94% Sunset Boulevard Betty Schaefer (Character) - 1950
      No Score Yet 43% Mr. Music Katherine Holbrook (Character) - 1950
      No Score Yet 25% Canadian Pacific Cecille Gautier (Character) - 1949

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Paper Dolls Marjorie Harper (Character) 1984
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Disney's Wonderful World Betsy Brainard (Character) 1979-1980
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnaby Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1977
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco Jeannie Morris (Guest Star) 1975
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Banacek Louise Merrick (Guest Star) 1974
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Love Story Mrs. Ross (Character) 1973
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Henrietta Donavan (Guest Star) 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Name of the Game Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Valley Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Startime Unknown (Character) 1960
      No Score Yet 85% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Jan Manning (Character) 1959