Nancy Olson Filmography

Nancy Ann Olson is an American actress. In Sunset Boulevard she played Betty Schaefer, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her pairing with William Holden was considered a success and she appeared with him in three other films , but none repeated their success in Sunset Boulevard. Her career subsequently declined and eventually stalled. Since the early 1980s, Olson has been virtually retired from acting, although she has made a few rare returns, most recently in 2012. Olson was signed to a film contract by Paramount Pictures in 1948 and, after a... few supporting roles, producers began to consider her for more prominent parts. She was up for the role of Delilah in Cecil B. DeMille's 1949 film Samson and Delilah, for which Olson later said she was not suited. When she was passed over in favor of Hedy Lamarr, Billy Wilder cast her for his upcoming project. In Sunset Boulevard she played Betty Schaefer, for which she garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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