1. Nancy Jane Kulp was an American character actor, writer and comedian best known as Miss Jane Hathaway on the CBS television series The Beverly Hillbillies.
21 Facts About Nancy Kulp
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In 1943, Nancy Kulp graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from Florida State College for Women.
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Nancy Kulp 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.
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In 1944, during World War II, Nancy Kulp left the University of Miami to join the US Naval Reserve.
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Nancy Kulp attained the rank of lieutenant, junior grade, and received several decorations while in the service, including the American Campaign Medal.
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In 1951, not long after marrying Charles Malcolm Dacus, Nancy Kulp moved to Hollywood, California, to work in MGM's publicity department.
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Nancy Kulp then appeared in other films, including Shane, Sabrina, and A Star is Born.
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In 1955, Nancy Kulp joined the cast of The Bob Cummings Show with Bob Cummings, portraying pith-helmeted neighborhood bird watcher Pamela Livingstone.
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Nancy Kulp played the role of Anastasia in three episodes of the NBC sitcom It's a Great Life in 1955 and 1956.
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Nancy Kulp appeared on I Love Lucy in the 1956 episode "Lucy Meets the Queen", performing as an English maid, who shows Lucy and Ethel how to curtsy properly before Queen Elizabeth.
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Nancy Kulp appeared in episodes of The Real McCoys, Perry Mason, The Jack Benny Program, 87th Precinct, Pete and Gladys, The Twilight Zone, and Outlaws.
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Nancy Kulp portrayed a slurring-drunk waitress in a scene with James Garner and Jean Willes in the 1959 Maverick episode "Full House".
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Shortly after her performances on My Three Sons in 1962, Nancy Kulp landed her breakout role as Jane Hathaway, the love-starved, bird-watching, perennial spinster, on the CBS television series The Beverly Hillbillies.
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Nancy Kulp appeared on The Brian Keith Show and Sanford and Son.
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Nancy Kulp performed in the Broadway production of Morning's at Seven in 1980 to 1981 as Aaronetta Gibbs as a replacement for Elizabeth Wilson in the Lyceum Theatre.
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Nancy Kulp served on the board of the Screen Actors Guild while living in California.
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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, Nancy Kulp ran unopposed as the Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district.
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Sixty-two years old at the time, Nancy 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.
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Nancy Kulp married Charles Malcolm Dacus on April 1,1951, in Dade County, Florida; they divorced in 1961.
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Later, Nancy Kulp gave an interview to author and LGBT activist Boze Hadleigh, for his book "Hollywood Lesbians" in which she said,.
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Nancy Kulp's remains are interred at Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania.