Nancy Olson

Nancy Olson (born July 14, 1928) is an American screen, television, and stage actress. She was an Academy Award Best Supporting Actress nominee for her portrayal of Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard (1950).

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Airport 1975 (1974)

When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Smight
CAST:  Charlton Heston  •  Karen Black  •  George Kennedy  •  Gloria Swanson

When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Smight
CAST:  Charlton Heston  •  Karen Black  •  George Kennedy  •  Gloria Swanson

Battle Cry (1955)

The dramatic story of US marines in training, in combat and in love during World War II. The story centres on a major who guides the raw recruits from their training to combat. Based on the novel by Leon Uris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  Van Heflin  •  Aldo Ray  •  Mona Freeman  •  James Whitmore

The dramatic story of US marines in training, in combat and in love during World War II. The story centres on a major who guides the raw recruits from their training to combat. Based on the novel by Leon Uris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  Van Heflin  •  Aldo Ray  •  Mona Freeman  •  James Whitmore

Flubber (1997)

Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Les Mayfield
CAST:  Robin Williams  •  Marcia Gay Harden  •  Christopher McDonald  •  Raymond J. Barry

Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Les Mayfield
CAST:  Robin Williams  •  Marcia Gay Harden  •  Christopher McDonald  •  Raymond J. Barry

Making Love (1982)

A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when Zach confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Hiller
CAST:  Michael Ontkean  •  Harry Hamlin  •  Kate Jackson  •  Wendy Hiller

A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when Zach confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Hiller
CAST:  Michael Ontkean  •  Harry Hamlin  •  Kate Jackson  •  Wendy Hiller

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

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A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  William Holden  •  Gloria Swanson  •  Erich von Stroheim  •  Nancy Olson

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  William Holden  •  Gloria Swanson  •  Erich von Stroheim  •  Nancy Olson

Union Station (1950)

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolph Maté
CAST:  William Holden  •  Nancy Olson  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  Lyle Bettger

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolph Maté
CAST:  William Holden  •  Nancy Olson  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  Lyle Bettger

The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)

Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Stevenson
CAST:  Fred MacMurray  •  Nancy Olson  •  Keenan Wynn  •  Tommy Kirk

Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Stevenson
CAST:  Fred MacMurray  •  Nancy Olson  •  Keenan Wynn  •  Tommy Kirk

Big Jim McLain (1952)

House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter come to post war Hawaii to track Communist Party activities even though belonging to the party was legal at the time. They are interested in everything from insurance fraud to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Nancy Olson  •  James Arness  •  Alan Napier

House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter come to post war Hawaii to track Communist Party activities even though belonging to the party was legal at the time. They are interested in everything from insurance fraud to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Nancy Olson  •  James Arness  •  Alan Napier

Sparky's Magic Piano (1987)

A boy becomes a virtuoso pianist, but when he gets too big-headed the piano decides to teach him a lesson.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Mishkin
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Coral Browne  •  Tony Curtis  •  Cloris Leachman

A boy becomes a virtuoso pianist, but when he gets too big-headed the piano decides to teach him a lesson.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Mishkin
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Coral Browne  •  Tony Curtis  •  Cloris Leachman

Smith! (1969)

When the Indian Jimmyboy is accused of murder of a white man, he flees onto the ranch of Smith, who's well known for his tolerance for Indians, since he was raised by the old Indian Antoine. Smith helps Jimmyboy against the mean Sheriff and promises to speak for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael O'Herlihy
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Nancy Olson  •  Dean Jagger  •  Keenan Wynn

When the Indian Jimmyboy is accused of murder of a white man, he flees onto the ranch of Smith, who's well known for his tolerance for Indians, since he was raised by the old Indian Antoine. Smith helps Jimmyboy against the mean Sheriff and promises to speak for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael O'Herlihy
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Nancy Olson  •  Dean Jagger  •  Keenan Wynn

Mr. Music (1950)

A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to produce a hit musical. His producer and his secretary conspire to get him back on track.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Haydn
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Nancy Olson  •  Charles Coburn  •  Ruth Hussey

A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to produce a hit musical. His producer and his secretary conspire to get him back on track.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Haydn
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Nancy Olson  •  Charles Coburn  •  Ruth Hussey

Force of Arms (1951)

During the winter of 1943, the German army halted the American advance in the mountains of Italy; back-and-forth combat decimates Joe Peterson's platoon. On leave in Naples, Joe meets WAC lieutenant Eleanor MacKay; initially cool, she begins to melt during a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  William Holden  •  Nancy Olson  •  Frank Lovejoy  •  Gene Evans

During the winter of 1943, the German army halted the American advance in the mountains of Italy; back-and-forth combat decimates Joe Peterson's platoon. On leave in Naples, Joe meets WAC lieutenant Eleanor MacKay; initially cool, she begins to melt during a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  William Holden  •  Nancy Olson  •  Frank Lovejoy  •  Gene Evans

Canadian Pacific (1949)

A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Randolph Scott  •  Jane Wyatt  •  J. Carrol Naish  •  Victor Jory

A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Randolph Scott  •  Jane Wyatt  •  J. Carrol Naish  •  Victor Jory

So Big (1953)

After the death of her father and the loss of his fortune, Selina takes a job teaching school in the Dutch community of New Holland. She stays with the Pools and teaches young Roelf piano. He has a crush on her, but it is Pervus she marries. Dirk is their only ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  Jane Wyman  •  Sterling Hayden  •  Steve Forrest  •  Nancy Olson

After the death of her father and the loss of his fortune, Selina takes a job teaching school in the Dutch community of New Holland. She stays with the Pools and teaches young Roelf piano. He has a crush on her, but it is Pervus she marries. Dirk is their only ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  Jane Wyman  •  Sterling Hayden  •  Steve Forrest  •  Nancy Olson

The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)

A town despot makes a guileless patsy the sheriff, lives to regret it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Will Rogers Jr.  •  Nancy Olson  •  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Anthony Caruso

A town despot makes a guileless patsy the sheriff, lives to regret it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Will Rogers Jr.  •  Nancy Olson  •  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Anthony Caruso

Pollyanna (1960)

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Swift
CAST:  Hayley Mills  •  Jane Wyman  •  Richard Egan  •  Karl Malden

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Swift
CAST:  Hayley Mills  •  Jane Wyman  •  Richard Egan  •  Karl Malden

Snowball Express (1972)

When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves the family west to run it. Only to find that the place is a wreck. But together they decide to try to fix it up and run it. But Martin Ridgeway, who wants the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Tokar
CAST:  Dean Jones  •  Harry Morgan  •  Keenan Wynn  •  Johnny Whitaker

When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves the family west to run it. Only to find that the place is a wreck. But together they decide to try to fix it up and run it. But Martin Ridgeway, who wants the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Tokar
CAST:  Dean Jones  •  Harry Morgan  •  Keenan Wynn  •  Johnny Whitaker

Submarine Command (1951)

Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequent years of meaningless navy ground assignments and the animosity of a former sailor, leave White (now a captain) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  William Holden  •  Nancy Olson  •  William Bendix  •  Don Taylor

Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequent years of meaningless navy ground assignments and the animosity of a former sailor, leave White (now a captain) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  William Holden  •  Nancy Olson  •  William Bendix  •  Don Taylor

Son of Flubber (1963)

Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber." Now he hopes to have better luck with a gravity-busting derivative he's dubbed "Flubbergas." Ned's experiments, constantly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Stevenson
CAST:  Fred MacMurray  •  Keenan Wynn  •  Paul Lynde  •  Nancy Olson

Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber." Now he hopes to have better luck with a gravity-busting derivative he's dubbed "Flubbergas." Ned's experiments, constantly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Stevenson
CAST:  Fred MacMurray  •  Keenan Wynn  •  Paul Lynde  •  Nancy Olson

More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (1995)

This 30th anniversary documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "My Fair Lady," the classic musical about a poor young girl transformed into a woman of society through the tutoring of Prof. Henry Higgins. Includes footage of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzie Galler
CAST:  Jeremy Brett  •  Gene Allen  •  Julie Andrews  •  Army Archerd

This 30th anniversary documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "My Fair Lady," the classic musical about a poor young girl transformed into a woman of society through the tutoring of Prof. Henry Higgins. Includes footage of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzie Galler
CAST:  Jeremy Brett  •  Gene Allen  •  Julie Andrews  •  Army Archerd
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