Nita Talbot is an American actress. Talbot was a leading lady who spent the first decade or so of her career playing "slick chicks" and sharp-witted career girls, but is perhaps best known for her role as Marya, the White Russian spy, in the 1960s sitcom, Hogan's Heroes, as well as Sheila Fine in the sitcom, Soap. Talbot received an Emmy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the 1967–1968 season of Hogan's Heroes. Born in New York City, Talbot began her acting career appearing as a model in the film, It's a Great Feeling in 1949. She was afforded a wealth... of varied screen roles from the love-starved switchboard operator in A Very Special Favor , to the brassy Madame Esther in Buck and the Preacher . She also appeared in such films as Bright Leaf , This Could Be the Night , I Married a Woman , Who's Got the Action? , Girl Happy , The Day of the Locust , Serial , Chained Heat , Fraternity Vacation , and Puppet Master II .
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