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Nancy Olson

1928 - Today

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Nancy Ann Olson (born July 14, 1928) is an American retired actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Sunset Boulevard (1950). She co-starred with William Holden in four films, and later appeared in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and its sequel, Son of Flubber (1963), as well as the disaster film Airport 1975 (1974). Olson retired from acting in the mid-1980s, although she has made a few rare returns, most recently in 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nancy Olson is the 4,559th most popular actor (up from 4,859th in 2019), the 7,253rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,118th in 2019) and the 2,099th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Nancy Olson ranks 4,559 out of 13,578Before her are Shannon Elizabeth, Lauren Vélez, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Dale Dye, and Lorella De Luca. After her are Albrecht Becker, Richard Madden, J. E. Freeman, Gary Lockwood, Michael Bowen, and Charles Fleischer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Nancy Olson ranks 402Before her are Manuel Scorza, Takako Doi, Ion Druță, Tom Lantos, Gerhard Stoltenberg, and Alfred Hrdlicka. After her are Earl Holliman, Jean Barraqué, Harold Becker, Pierre Tchernia, Simón Díaz, and Washington Ortuño.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Olson ranks 7,255 out of 20,380Before her are Dale Dye (1944), Fats Navarro (1923), Rose Cleveland (1846), Jonathan Carroll (1949), Reggie Miller (1965), and Jack Northrop (1895). After her are Roy Eldridge (1911), Frank James (1843), J. E. Freeman (1946), Hannibal Goodwin (1822), Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919), and Jess Willard (1881).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Nancy Olson ranks 2,100Before her are Ernie Lively (1947), Pam Dawber (1951), Shannon Elizabeth (1973), Lauren Vélez (1964), Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (1978), and Dale Dye (1944). After her are J. E. Freeman (1946), Gary Lockwood (1937), Michael Bowen (1957), Charles Fleischer (1950), Chi McBride (1961), and Earl Holliman (1928).