- Was Arsenio Hall's very first guest on his talk show. She sat in with the house band.
- In 1984, she ran as a Democrat for Pennsylvania's Ninth Congressional District, but lost to Republican incumbent "Bud Shuster". She blamed her The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) co-star Buddy Ebsen for her defeat, because Ebsen taped a radio ad in support of Shuster, and deemed her "too liberal". She did not speak to Ebsen for several years afterward, but eventually made peace with him.
- Early in her acting career, one Hollywood gossip sheet named her "the homeliest girl on television", referring to her role as "Pamela Livingstone" on Robert Cummings's series. In actual fact, she was quite popular on the show-biz dating scene and never lacked for amorous companionship. Although admitting later in life to "swinging both ways", this did not seem to dampen the ardor of her admirers.
- Had a Masters Degree in English & French from the University of Miami (Fla.)
- Was fluent in French.
- Writers played a twist on naming Nancy's best-known character, Miss Jane Hathaway. They reversed Nancy's first and middle names, so Nancy Jane Kulp became Jane Nancy Hathaway. We learned Miss Jane's middle name in The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981).
- Long divorced, she came out of the closet at the age of 67 and acknowledged she was a lesbian.
- Was offered a movie role (The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)) after being in Hollywood less than three weeks.
- Graduated from Florida State University (BA).
- Nancy Kulp was known by the nickname "The Bird Lady" in the 1950s and the 1960s. This was due to the fact that while acting in "The Bob Cummings Show" in 1955, she portrayed a neighborhood bird watcher. Then, in the 1962 "The Beverly Hillbillies", her character was also a bird lover.
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