Nancy Olson – 92

Nancy Olson began her career after signing a film contract with Paramount Pictures in 1948. Soon after performing a few supporting roles, producers eventually credited her with more prominent parts. Olson was then nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the comedy film Sunset Boulevard. She made her breakthrough role came in the film Canadian Pacific with Randolph Scott. Other films that she starred in were Samson and Delilah, Force of Arms, Submarine Command, Union Station, So Big, Big Jim McLain, Dumbbells, and Battle Cry.

The actress also made several Walt Disney films, such as Son of Flubber, The Absent-Minded Professor, Snowball Express, and Pollyana. She also appeared in several plays on Broadway after she moved to New York. In the 1960s and 1970s, Olson did guest roles on television such as Night of the Wolf and The Big Valley, where she’s the only female guest starring on the latter to ever marry the character of Nick Barkley.

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