Nora Denney
Actor
Biography
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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.
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
Splash
as Ms. Stein 1984
Ride with the Devil
as Elderly Woman 1999
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
as Bridge Player 1990
I Walk the Line
as Darlene Hunnicutt 1970
American Hot Wax
as Louise's Mom 1978
A Fine Madness
as Waitress 1966
Force: Five
1981
Truman
as Mama Truman 1995
The Gong Show Movie
as Tourist 1980
Who's Minding the Mint?
as Bertha 1967
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
as Theatre Ticket Clerk 1975
The Trouble with Women
as Myrtle Malloy 1959
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Trudy 1971
Once Upon a Mattress
as Lady Agatha 1972
Skag
1980