- Nita Talbot
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Nita Talbot 
in Bundle of Joy (1956)Born Anita Sokol
August 8, 1930
New York City, New YorkOther names Ginger Grey Occupation Actress Years active 1949 - 1997 Spouse Thomas A. Geas (August 13, 1961 - divorced) Nita Talbot (born August 8, 1930) is an American actress. Talbot was a leading lady who spent the first decade or so of her career playing "slick chicks" and sharp-witted career girls, but is perhaps best known for her role as Marya, the White Russian spy in the 1960s sitcom, Hogan's Heroes, as well as Sheila Fine in the sitcom, Soap. Talbot received an Emmy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the 1967–1968 season of Hogan's Heroes.[1]
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Life and career
Born in New York City, Talbot began her acting career appearing as a model in the film, It's a Great Feeling in 1949. She was afforded a wealth of varied screen roles from the love-starved switchboard operator in A Very Special Favor (1965), to the brassy Madame Esther in Buck and the Preacher (1972). She also appeared in such films as Bright Leaf (1950), This Could Be the Night (1957), I Married a Woman (1958), Who's Got the Action? (1962), The Day of the Locust (1975), Serial (1980), Chained Heat (1983), Fraternity Vacation (1985), and Puppet Master II (1991).
A TV-series mainstay, Talbot was seen as Mabel Spooner opposite Larry Blyden's Joe Spooner in Joe and Mabel (1956), con-woman, Blondie Collins, in the second season of The Thin Man (1958–1959), resourceful girl Friday, Dora Miles, on The Jim Backus Show (aka: Hot Off the Wire), snooty socialite, Judy Evans, in Here We Go Again (1973), ultra cynical, Rose, in Starting from Scratch (1988), and as the lovable White Russian, Marya, in Hogan's Heroes.
Talbot has been either the star or co-star of several other series, including: Man Against Crime, Bourbon Street Beat, The Secret Storm, and Supertrain while guest starring on several others like: Goodyear Television Playhouse, Robert Montgomery Presents, Studio One, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, The Lawless Years, Maverick, The Tab Hunter Show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Untouchables, Perry Mason, Rawhide, Daniel Boone, The Virginian, The Monkees, The Debbie Reynolds Show, The Jimmy Stewart Show, Bewitched, The Partridge Family, The Rockford Files, Mannix, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, All in the Family, Lou Grant, Matt Houston, Trapper John, M.D., Charles in Charge, The John Larroquette Show and Ellen. Talbot was also a familiar face on the daytime-drama scene with long-running roles in Search for Tomorrow and General Hospital.
In 1971, Talbot was cast in the pilot episode of the CBS-TV sitcom Funny Face starring actress-comedienne Sandy Duncan. The original premise of the show had Duncan playing Sandy Stockton, a young UCLA student from Taylorville, Illinois majoring in education and making ends meet by working part-time as an actress in TV commercials for the Prescott Advertising Agency. Talbot played Sandy's agent, Maggie Prescott. Shortly after filming the pilot, CBS picked up the program for the fall of 1971 but slightly revised the format. As a result, Talbot was dropped from the cast.
Talbot's most recent acting role was in 1997 when she voiced the character of Anastasia Hardy, the businesswoman mother of Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat, in the animated series Spider-Man.
Selected filmography[2]
Film Year Film Role Notes 1949 Always Leave Them Laughing Showgirl Uncredited 1950 Caged Inmate Uncredited 1952 On Dangerous Ground Woman in bar Uncredited 1956 Bundle of Joy Mary 1962 Who's Got the Action? Saturday Knight 1965 Girl Happy Sunny Daze 1965 A Very Special Favor Mickey 1967 The Cool Ones Dee Dee Alternative title: Cool Baby, Cool! 1975 The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery Jasmine Cornell 1975 The Day of the Locust Joan 1979 The Sweet Creek County War Firetop Alice Dewey 1980 Island Claws Rosie Alternative title: Night of the Claw 1982 Night Shift Vivian 1983 Frightmare Mrs. Rohmer Alternative title: Body Snatchers 1983 Chained Heat Kaufman 1985 Movers & Shakers Dorothy 1988 Take Two Betty Griffith 1990 Diggin' Up Business Mrs. Shlumsky Alternative title: Say Bye-Bye 1992 Amityville: It's About Time Iris Wheeler Alternative title: Amityville 1992: It's About Time
Direct-to-video releaseTelevision Year Title Role Notes 1952 Tales of Tomorrow Nicki 1 episode 1954 Inner Sanctum Millie 1 episode 1955 Producers' Showcase Olga 1 episode 1957 Climax! Esther Gardener 1 episode 1958 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre Sally 1 episode 1958 Perry Mason Iris Anderson 1 episode 1959 The Lineup Donna 1 episode 1959 Easy Mark Jeannie 1 episode 1959? Peter Gunn Rowena 1 episode 1960 The Jim Backus Show Dora Miles Unknown episodes 1960 Mr. Lucky Kitten Conner 1 episode 1960 The Untouchables Alice 1 episode 1961 Follow the Sun Florence 1 episode 1964 The Lieutenant Marie Newton 1 episode 1966 The Fugitive Paula Jellison 1 episode 1966 The Virginian Melinda 1 episode 1966–1971 Hogans Heroes Marya 7 episodes + Emmy Nomination 1967 Bonanza Gladys 1 episode 1967 The Monkees The Assistant 1 episode 1967 Mannix |Turn Every Stone Edna Dacey 1 episode 1968 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Pola Prevost 1 episode 1971 Love, American Style Connie 1 episode 1972 Bewitched Mrs. Rollnick 1 episode 1973 Columbo - A Stitch in Crime Marsha 1 episode 1973 The Partridge Family Doris 1 episode 1973 Here We Go Again Judy Evans 13 episodes 1974 Police Story Teresa 1 episode 1974 The Rockford Files Mildred Elias 1 episode 1975 Police Woman Audrey Roth 1 episode 1977–1978 Soap Shiela Fine 3 episodes 1979 Charlie's Angels Willamena 1 episode 1979 Supertrain Rose Casey 5 episodes 1980 Nobody's Perfect Lush 1 episode 1984 Remington Steele Shirley Mellish 1 episode 1985 Scarecrow and Mrs. King Wilma 1 episode 1987 It's a Living Rose 1 episode 1989 Jake Spanner, Private Eye Nurse Television movie 1990 Gabriel's Fire Laura Pickles 1 episode 1991 Adam-12 Madam Lousanga 1 episode 1994 Empty Nest Mrs. Koontz 1 episode 1995 Pig Sty Cecile 1 episode References
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- American film actors
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- Living people
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