Nora Denney
Acting
Born September 3, 1927, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
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
- 1999Ride with the Devil — Elderly Woman
- 1995Truman — Mama Truman
- A Matter of Justice
- 1990Mr. & Mrs. Bridge — Bridge Player
- 1984Splash — Ms. Stein
- Ace Crawford, Private Eye — Night Nurse
- 1981Force: Five
- 1980Skag
- 1980The Gong Show Movie — Tourist
- Hart to Hart
- 1978American Hot Wax — Louise's Mom
- 1978The Koozebanian — Pamela Nelson
- Eight Is Enough
- 1975I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? — Theatre Ticket Clerk
- Starsky & Hutch
- ABC Afterschool Special — Receptionist
- 1972Once Upon a Mattress — Lady Agatha
- The Sandy Duncan Show
- 1971Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate — Trudy
- 1971Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory — Mrs. Teevee
- 1970I Walk the Line — Darlene Hunnicutt
- McCloud
- Mayberry R.F.D. — Gwen
- He & She — Mrs. Angostaura
- The Second Hundred Years — Woman
- 1967Who's Minding the Mint? — Bertha
- 1966A Fine Madness — Waitress
- That Girl
- Get Smart — Mrs. Dickey
- Green Acres
- Bewitched
- Petticoat Junction
- 1959The Trouble with Women — Myrtle Malloy
Appearances as themselves (1)
- The Danny Kaye Show — Self