Nancy Walters

Nancy Walters was an American model and actress who worked in film and television. She was born in Mount Plymouth, Florida. Her modeling included appearances in Glamour, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Mademoiselle. She left modeling in 1955 to work on the NBC game show The Big Payoff, and in 1958 she appeared on the CBS show Strike It Rich. She took part in Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre productions and sang on Broadway in Ankles Aweigh (1955). After signing a film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1960, she made her first film for the studio, Bells Are Ringing, that year. Her movies included Monster on the Campus (1958), Blue Hawaii (1961), and The Singing Nun (1966). She guest starred on television series such as 77 Sunset Strip, Gunsmoke, The Monkees, and Get Smart. In 1958, 13 actresses were chosen as Deb Stars, and she was among them. Her film and television work ended after 1967, and she died in 2009.