Nora Denney
Actor
- Born
- September 3, 1927 · Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
- Died
- November 20, 2005 (age 78)
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Nora Denney (September 3, 1927 – November 20, 2005), also known and credited as Dodo Denney, was an American stage, television, and film actress.
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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.
Known for
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
June 29, 1971
Splash
March 9, 1984
Ride with the Devil
November 24, 1999
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
November 23, 1990
I Walk the Line
November 18, 1970
Truman
September 9, 1995
American Hot Wax
March 17, 1978
A Fine Madness
June 29, 1966
The Gong Show Movie
May 23, 1980
Force: Five
July 24, 1981
Who's Minding the Mint?
September 26, 1967
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
December 1, 1975
Acting17
- 1999Ride with the Devil as Elderly Woman
- 1995Truman as Mama Truman
- 1990Mr. & Mrs. Bridge as Bridge Player
- 1984Splash as Ms. Stein
- 1981Force: Five
- 1980The Gong Show Movie as Tourist
- 1980Skag
- 1978The Koozebanian as Pamela Nelson
- 1978American Hot Wax as Louise's Mom
- 1975I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? as Theatre Ticket Clerk