Cast: Nancy Olson
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Nancy Olson. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Billy Wilder
Cast William Holden · Gloria Swanson · Erich von Stroheim · Nancy Olson
Plot A bankrupt screenwriter (William Holden) takes refuge in the mansion of a faded star (Gloria Swanson) of the silent era, in order to escape the debt-collectors who are chasing after...
8.5
45K votes
8.5
45K votes
Portrait of Jennie
1948 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction William Dieterle
Cast Jennifer Jones · Joseph Cotten · Ethel Barrymore · Lillian Gish
Plot Eben Adams is a struggling artist in Depression era New York who has never been able to find inspiration for a painting. One day, after he finally finds someone to...
7.7
4K votes
7.7
4K votes
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy (TV)
1998 · Documentary · 55 min. · United States
Direction Mel Stuart
Cast I.A.L. Diamond · William Friedkin · Jack Lemmon · Shirley MacLaine
Plot A one-hour profile of Billy Wilder, the writer-director whose movies include "Double Indemnity", "The Lost Weekend", "Sunset Blvd.", "Ace in the Hole", "Stalag 17", "Sabrina", "The Seven Year Itch", "Witness...
6.8
104 votes
6.8
104 votes
Tras la pista de Billy Wilder (TV)
2003 · Documentary · 55 min. · Spain
Direction Jorge Ortiz de Landázuri Yzarduy
Cast Shirley MacLaine · John Landis · Fernando Trueba · Blake Edwards
6.6
30 votes
6.6
30 votes
Union Station
1950 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Rudolph Maté
Cast William Holden · Nancy Olson · Barry Fitzgerald · Lyle Bettger
Plot A sharp-eyed woman spots a man with a gun on a train and her alert to the railroad police lead to the kidnapping of a blind heiress by a ruthless...
6.6
292 votes
6.6
292 votes
Making Love
1982 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Hiller
Cast Michael Ontkean · Kate Jackson · Harry Hamlin · Wendy Hiller
Plot A successful young L.A. doctor and his equally successful television-producer wife find their happily-ever-after life torn assunder when he suddenly confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men. Zach and Claire...
6.4
126 votes
6.4
126 votes
Battle Cry
1955 · Movie · 149 min. · United States
Direction Raoul Walsh
Cast Van Heflin · Aldo Ray · Mona Freeman · Nancy Olson
Plot Non-stop action characterizes this World War II epic with an all-star cast. The heroic exploits of a Marine battalion are followed from basic training through the bloody invasion of Aaipan....
6.2
322 votes
6.2
322 votes
Pollyanna
1960 · Movie · 134 min. · United States
Direction David Swift
Cast Hayley Mills · Jane Wyman · Richard Egan · Karl Malden
Plot A little girl comes to a town that is embattled by feuds and intimidated by her aunt. By the time she must leave, she has transformed the community with her...
6.2
444 votes
6.2
444 votes
So Big
1953 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Robert Wise
Cast Jane Wyman · Sterling Hayden · Nancy Olson · Steve Forrest
Plot After the death of her father and the loss of his fortune, Selina takes a job teaching school in the Dutch community of New Holland. She stays with the Pool's...
6.1
57 votes
6.1
57 votes
The AbsentMinded Professor
1961 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Robert Stevenson
Cast Fred MacMurray · Nancy Olson · Keenan Wynn · Tommy Kirk
Plot College professor Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) invents an anti-gravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself.
5.8
403 votes
5.8
403 votes
Force of Arms
1951 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast William Holden · Nancy Olson · Frank Lovejoy · Gene Evans
Plot Winter, 1943. The German army has halted the American advance in the mountains of Italy; back-and-forth combat decimates Joe Peterson's platoon. On leave in Naples, Joe meets WAC lieutenant Eleanor...
5.8
158 votes
5.8
158 votes
Canadian Pacific
1949 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Edwin L. Marin
Cast Randolph Scott · Jane Wyatt · J. Carrol Naish · Victor Jory
Plot After finding a vital pass through the Canadian Rockies for the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Tom Andrews (Randolph Scott) tells his boss Cornelius Van Horne (Robert Barrat) that...
5.2
179 votes
5.2
179 votes
Son of Flubber
1963 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Robert Stevenson
Cast Fred MacMurray · Nancy Olson · Keenan Wynn · Tommy Kirk
Plot Professor Ned Brainard's discovery of flubber hasn't quite brought him - or his college - the riches he thought. The Pentagon has declared his discovery to be top secret and...
5.2
83 votes
5.2
83 votes
Airport '75
1974 · Movie · 107 min. · United States
Direction Jack Smight
Cast Charlton Heston · Karen Black · George Kennedy · Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
5.1
2K votes
5.1
2K votes
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast Will Rogers Jr. · Nancy Olson · Lon Chaney Jr. · Anthony Caruso
Plot Tom Brewster, handy with a rope but not a gun, rides into town and mails his lawyer's exam. When his lack of ability with a gun is exposed, the town...
5.0
157 votes
5.0
157 votes
Paper Dolls (TV Series)
1984 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Leah Markus · Jennifer Miller · Edward Parone · Leo Penn
Cast Lloyd Bridges · Dack Rambo · Mimi Rogers · Morgan Fairchild
Plot TV Series. Set in Manhattan, this delightfully witty primetime serial focused on the cut-throat worlds of modeling and cosmetic. Storylines centered around acid-tongued modeling executive Racine, who held fief over...
4.7
40 votes
4.7
40 votes
Big Jim McLain
1952 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Edward Ludwig
Cast John Wayne · Nancy Olson · James Arness · Alan Napier
Plot U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter attempt to break up a ring of Communist Party troublemakers in Hawaii.
4.0
64 votes
4.0
64 votes
Mr. Music
1950 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Richard Haydn
Cast Bing Crosby · Nancy Olson · Charles Coburn · Ruth Hussey
Plot Paul Merrick, a writer of hit musicals, prefers to lie in the sun or play golf. He does so until he goes broke and asks to borrow a large sum...
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Alfred Hitchcock presents: Total Loss (TV)
1959 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction Don Taylor
Cast Nancy Olson · Ralph Meeker · Dave Willock · Barbara Lord
Plot Jan Manning is having serious financial problems. She runs a dress shop but sales are down and she doesn't have her late husband's knack at purchasing, the end result being...
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Submarine Command
1951 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction John Farrow
Cast William Holden · Nancy Olson · William Bendix · Don Taylor
Plot Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequent years of meaningless navy ground...
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