Nora Denney
Born: 1927-09-03 in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Died: 2005-11-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nora Denney (September 3, 1927 – November 20, 2005), also known and credited as Dodo Denney, was an American stage, television, and film actress. Her show business career began in Kansas City when she was hired by the local television station Channel 5 (KCMO TV) to play Marilyn the Witch, an onscreen host for horror movies. She performed in many television series, including Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Hart to Hart, Get Smart, Room 222 and That Girl, and her film credits included Who's Minding the Mint? (1967), I Walk the Line (1970), Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (1971), I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975), American Hot Wax (1978) and Truman (1995). She made her final film appearance in 1999, in Ang Lee's Ride with the Devil. Perhaps her most notable film role was as Mrs. Teevee in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), starring Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson.
Filmography
1999
- Ride with the Devil as Elderly Woman
1995
- Truman as Mama Truman
1990
- Mr. & Mrs. Bridge as Bridge Player
1984
- Splash as Ms. Stein
1981
1980
- Skag
- The Gong Show Movie as Tourist
1979
1978
- American Hot Wax as Louise's Mom
- The Koozebanian as Pamela Nelson
1977
1975
- Starsky & Hutch
- I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? as Theatre Ticket Clerk
1972
- ABC Afterschool Special as Receptionist
- Once Upon a Mattress as Lady Agatha
- The Sandy Duncan Show
1971
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as Mrs. Teevee
- Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate as Trudy
1970
- McCloud
- I Walk the Line as Darlene Hunnicutt
1968
- Mayberry R.F.D. as Gwen
1967
- He & She as Mrs. Angostaura
- Who's Minding the Mint? as Bertha
- The Second Hundred Years as Woman
1966
- That Girl
- A Fine Madness as Waitress
1965
1964
1963
1959
- The Trouble with Women as Myrtle Malloy