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Nancy Olson (born July 14, 1928 in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin) is an American actor|actress.

Olson was signed to a film contract by Paramount
Pictures in 1948 and after a few films in which
she played supporing roles, producers began to
consider her for more prominent roles. She was
considered for the role of Delilah in Cecil B. De
Mille's 1950 film Samson and Delilah
(movie)|Samson and Delilah, a role which Olson
later said she was not suited for, and when she
was passed over in favour of Hedy Lamarr, Billy
Wilder signed her for his upcoming project. In
Sunset Boulevard (movie)|Sunset Boulevard she
played Betty Schaefer, a down-to-earth character,
who contrasted with the other eccentric and
cynical characters, and she received a nomination
for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Her pairing with William Holden was considered a
success and she appeared opposite him in several
films during the 1950s but none of them repeated
their earlier success. 

She married the lyricist Alan Jay Lerner in 1950
and did not seriously follow her acting career.
They divorced in 1957 and Olson attempted to
further her career, but was unsuccessful. The
Absent Minded Professor (1960) and Son of Flubber
(1961) paired her with Fred MacMurray and were
popular with movie-goers, but after this her
career stalled and she moved to New York, New
York|New York where she appeared on Broadway.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s she played guest
roles on television, and has been retired since
the mid 1980s, although she made a brief,
uncredited cameo appearance in the 1997 re-make of
The Absent Minded Professor titled Flubber.

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