Nancy Olson was born on July 14, 2024 (age 87) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Discovered on stage after transferring to California's UCLA, the pretty, peaches-and-cream blonde was quickly signed by Paramount Studios in 1948 and almost immediately handed co-starring parts after an uncredited bit part in Portrait of Jennie (1948).
Often playing good girl roles in feature films and on television, Nancy Olson rose from relative obscurity and became a Hollywood star, thanks to a scene-stealing performance in the film "Sunset Boulevard" (1950).
As of 2016 she's the 4th earliest surviving recipient of a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination, behind only Olivia de Havilland, Angela Lansbury and Ann Blyth. She was nominated in 1950 for Sunset Boulevard (1950).
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