Nancy Jane Kulp August 28 1921 February 3 1991 was an American character actress best known as Miss Jane Hathaway on the popular CBS television series The Beverly Hillbillies Kulp in 1955 joined the cast of The Bob Cummings Show Love That Bob with Bob Cummings portraying pithhelmeted neighborhood bird watcher Pamela Livingstone In 1956 she appeared in the episode Johnny Bravo of the ABCWarner Brothers series Cheyenne with Clint Walker Kulp played the role of Anastasia in three episodes of the NBC sitcom Its a Great Life in 1955 and 1956 In 1958 she appeared in Orson Welles littleknown pilot episode The Fountain of Youth in the television series Colgate Theatre In 1960 she appeared as Emma St John in the episode Kill with Kindness of the ABCWB detective series Bourbon Street Beat starring Andrew Duggan 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 Kulp also appeared in episodes of The Real McCoys Perry Mason The Case of the Prodigal Parent 1958 The Jack Benny Program Dons 27th Anniversary with Jack 87th Precinct Killers Choice Pete and Gladys The Twilight Zone as Mrs Gann in The Fugitive and The Outlaws The Dark Sunrise of Griff Kincaid She played a housekeeper in a pilot for The William Bendix Show which aired as the 19601961 season finale of CBSs Mister Ed under the title Pine Lake Lodge On the series My Three Sons in 1962 she portrayed a high school math and science teacher in two episodes under different character names Miss Harris and Miss Fisher Shortly after her performances on My Three Sons in 1962 Kulp landed her breakout role as Jane Hathaway the lovestarved birdwatching perennial spinster on the CBS television series The Beverly Hillbillies In 1967 she received an Emmy Award nomination for her role and she remained with the show until its cancellation in 1971 In 1978 she appeared on The Love Boat in the episode Mike and Ike The Witness The Kissing Bandit and she played Aunt Gertrude in the episode Tony and Julie Separate Beds Americas Sweetheart On April 7 1989 she played a nun in the Quantum Leap season 1 episode The Right Hand of God Kulp also appeared on The Brian Keith Show and Sanford and Son Kulp was once described as televisions most homely girl or as one reviewer put it possessing the face of a shriveled balloon the figure of a string of spaghetti and the voice of a bullfrog in mating season Others described her as tall and prim and praised her comedic skills From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
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