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Nancy Jane Kulp (
August 28,
1921 -
February 3,
1991) was an
Emmy Award-nominated American
actress best known as "
Miss Jane Hathaway" on the popular television series
The Beverly Hillbillies.
Early life
Kulp was born into an upper middle-class family in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She obtained her bachelor's degree in journalism from
Florida State University and worked on a master's degree in
English and
French at the
University of Miami.
She left the University of Miami to volunteer for
United States Navy service in
World War II, for which she received several decorations, including the
American Campaign Medal, the
National Defense Medal, and the
Good Conduct Medal.
Acting career
She moved to
Hollywood,
California, to work in a studio
publicity department, but director
George Cukor convinced her that she should work in front of the camera.
Thus began a career as a character actress. Her
movie debut was in
1951 in
The Company She Keeps. She appeared in subsequent films, including
Shane (1953),
Sabrina (1954), and
A Star is Born (1954). In 1955 she joined the cast of
The Bob Cummings Show (aka
Love That Bob) with
Bob Cummings, portraying pith-helmeted neighborhood bird-watcher Pamela Livingston. She returned to movies in
Forever, Darling (1956),
The Three Faces of Eve (1957) and
The Parent Trap (1961). She also appeared on
The Twilight Zone,
I Love Lucy, and
Sanford and Son.
In 1962, she landed the role of
Jane Hathaway, the love-starved perennial spinster, on
The Beverly Hillbillies television series. She remained with the show until its cancellation in 1971. In 1967, she received an
Emmy Award nomination for her role.
Political career
In
1984, Kulp ran for the
U.S. House of Representatives as a
Democrat from
Pennsylvania, but was unsuccessful. As an opponent of a Republican incumbent in a Republican district in a year in which Ronald Reagan won a landslide victory, Kulp was the underdog. To her dismay,
Hillbillies co-star
Buddy Ebsen supported her
Republican opponent, incumbent
Bud Shuster. Ebsen went so far as to tape an ad for Shuster, labeling Kulp as "too
liberal." Ebsen claimed she was exploiting her celebrity status and didn't know the issues. Shuster defeated Kulp with 67% of the vote.
Personal life
Though Kulp was married for ten years to
Charles Dacus, at the age of 67, she reportedly admitted to being a
lesbian saying in response to the question: "Do you find that opposites attract?" "I find that birds of a feather flock together."
After her political defeat, Kulp worked for
Juniata College in
Pennsylvania as an Artist in Residence. Later she taught acting and retired to a farm in
Connecticut and later,
Palm Springs. Nancy Kulp died of cancer at her home in
Palm Desert, California on
February 3,
1991, at the age of 69, and was buried in Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery,
Mifflintown, Pennsylvania.
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