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Full Name
  
Nancy Kovach

Role
  
Film actress

Spouse
  
Zubin Mehta (m. 1969)


Years active
  
1959–1976

Name
  
Nancy Kovack

TV shows
  
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Born
  
March 11, 1935 (age 89) (
1935-03-11
)

Children
  
Alexandra Mehta, Ori Mehta

Movies
  
Similar People
  
Zubin Mehta, Todd Armstrong, Gary Raymond, Don Chaffey, Honor Blackman

Alma mater
  

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Nancy Kovack (born Nancy Kovach; March 11, 1935) is a retired American film and television actress.

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Early years

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Born in Flint, Michigan, Kovack is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Kovack. Her father was the manager of a General Motors plant. She enrolled at the University of Michigan when she was 15 years old and graduated by age 19. She was an active participant in beauty contests, winning eight titles by the time she was 20.

Biography

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Kovack became interested in acting when she went to New York City to attend a wedding.

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After working as a model, she became one of the Glee Girls for Jackie Gleason.

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She has appeared on a number of TV series including Star Trek, Bewitched (playing Darrin Stephens' ex-fiancée and Samantha's nemesis, Sheila Summers), Batman (episodes 5 and 6), I Dream of Jeannie, Get Smart, Perry Mason, 12 O'Clock High, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Invaders (season 2 episode 16 Task Force), Burke's Law,, Family Affair (1968 episode titled "Family Plan") and "Hawaii Five-O" (the 1969 episode "The Face of the Dragon"). She appeared in a key role as a sexy, native witchdoctor and femme fatale in one of the most sobering of the original Star Trek episodes, "A Private Little War". In 1969 she was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for an appearance on Mannix.

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In addition to her guest appearances on television programs, Kovack was hostess of the game show Beat the Clock.

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As her profile increased, Kovack began to gain roles in Hollywood movies, most notably as the high priestess Medea in Jason and the Argonauts (1963). She also had parts in Diary of a Madman (1963) with Vincent Price, The Outlaws Is Coming (1965) with The Three Stooges, Sylvia (1965), The Great Sioux Massacre (1965), The Silencers (1966) with Dean Martin, Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966) with Mike Henry, Frankie and Johnny (1966) with Elvis Presley, and Carl Reiner's directorial debut Enter Laughing (1967).

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On Broadway she appeared in The Disenchanted. Her last film role was in Marooned (1969), a science-fiction drama. Credited as Nancy Mehta, she played the murder victim in the made-for-TV movie/series pilot Ellery Queen (also known as Too Many Suspects; 1975).

Besides her acting in the United States, Kovack starred in three films that were made in Iran.

Personal life

In 1969, Kovack married conductor Zubin Mehta, then music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and later music director of the New York Philharmonic. Until 2006, the Mehtas spent some months of the year in residence in Munich, Germany, where Mr. Mehta was the Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera. Mehta is currently Music Director for life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Main Conductor for Valencia's opera house. Mehta is also the chief conductor of the Maggio Musicale festival in Florence, Italy.

Susan McDougal (known for being a part of the Whitewater controversy) worked as Kovack's personal assistant in the early 1990s. After her employment ended, Kovack took legal action against McDougal for alleged embezzlement. McDougal was acquitted in 1998 on all twelve charges. A suit by McDougal in 1999 for malicious prosecution ended in a settlement.

Filmography

Actress
1976
Cannon (TV Series) as
Charlotte Frawley
- Blood Lines (1976) - Charlotte Frawley (as Nancy Mehta)
1976
Bronk (TV Series) as
Mrs. Marsh
- Long Time Dying (1976) - Mrs. Marsh (as Nancy Kovak Mehta)
1975
The Invisible Man (TV Series) as
Carolyn Klae
- The Klae Dynasty (1975) - Carolyn Klae (as Nancy Kovack Mehta)
1975
Ellery Queen (TV Series) as
Monica Gray
- Too Many Suspects (1975) - Monica Gray (as Nancy Mehta)
1969
Mannix (TV Series) as
Barbara Sonderman / Angela / Brett Nichols
- Sing a Song of Murder (1973) - Barbara Sonderman (as Nancy Mehta)
- The Inside Man (1972) - Angela (as Nancy Mehta)
- The Girl Who Came in with the Tide (1969) - Brett Nichols
1971
Love, American Style (TV Series) as
Shirley (segment "Love and the Rug")
- Love and the Baker's Half Dozen/Love and the New Roommate/Love and the Rug/Love and the Second Time (1971) - Shirley (segment "Love and the Rug") (as Nancy Kovack Mehta)
1969
Marooned as
Teresa Stone
1969
Insight (TV Series) as
Jean
- Charlie, You Made the Night Too Long (1969) - Jean
1968
It Takes a Thief (TV Series) as
Penny Colbert / Jaimie McQue
- 38-23-36 (1969) - Penny Colbert
- One Night on Soledade (1968) - Jaimie McQue (as Nancy D. Kovack)
1969
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) as
Dr. Alexandra Kemp
- Face of the Dragon (1969) - Dr. Alexandra Kemp (as Nancy Kovak)
1964
Bewitched (TV Series) as
Sheila Sommers / Clio Vanita
- Cousin Serena Strikes Again: Part 2 (1969) - Clio Vanita
- Cousin Serena Strikes Again: Part 1 (1969) - Clio Vanita
- If They Never Met (1968) - Sheila Sommers
- Snob in the Grass (1968) - Sheila Sommers
- I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha (1964) - Sheila Sommers
1969
Get Smart (TV Series) as
Sonja
- The Day They Raided the Knights (1969) - Sonja
1969
The Name of the Game (TV Series) as
Linda Mathews
- Swingers Only (1969) - Linda Mathews (as Nancy D. Kovack)
1968
The Night of the Angels
1968
Family Affair (TV Series) as
Michelle Reid
- Family Plan (1968) - Michelle Reid
1966
The F.B.I. (TV Series) as
Ava Ritter / Miss Grace Kagle
- Wind It Up and It Betrays You (1968) - Ava Ritter
- Flight to Harbin (1966) - Miss Grace Kagle (as Miss Kagle)
1968
Ghahraman-e-shahre ma as
Nooshin
1968
Star Trek (TV Series) as
Nona
- A Private Little War (1968) - Nona
1967
Diamond 33 as
Linda
1967
The Invaders (TV Series) as
June Murray
- Task Force (1967) - June Murray
1967
I Spy (TV Series) as
Bronwyn
- Apollo (1967) - Bronwyn
1967
Enter Laughing as
Miss Laura B
1966
Off We Go (TV Movie) as
Lt. Sue Chamberlain
1966
Vacation Playhouse (TV Series) as
Lt. Sue Chamberlain
- Off We Go! (1966) - Lt. Sue Chamberlain
1966
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold as
Sophia Renault
1966
Frankie and Johnny as
Nellie Bly
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) as
Victoria Pogue / Miss Flostone
- The King of Diamonds Affair (1966) - Victoria Pogue
- The Brain-Killer Affair (1965) - Miss Flostone
1966
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV Series) as
Marie / Coral
- The Ghost of Lord Nelson-San (1966) - Marie / Coral
1966
The Silencers as
Barbara
1966
The Double Life of Henry Phyfe (TV Series) as
Chou Chou
- The Reluctant Lover (1966) - Chou Chou (as Nancy Kovac)
1963
Perry Mason (TV Series) as
Dina Brandt / Carla Rinaldi
- The Case of the Golfer's Gambit (1966) - Dina Brandt
- The Case of the Badgered Brother (1963) - Carla Rinaldi
1966
Batman (TV Series) as
Queenie
- Batman Is Riled (1966) - Queenie
- The Joker Is Wild (1966) - Queenie
1965
Honey West (TV Series) as
'Nicole'
- The Gray Lady (1965) - 'Nicole'
- Unaired Pilot - 'Nicole'
1965
I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) as
Rita Mitchell
- The Moving Finger (1965) - Rita Mitchell
1965
The Great Sioux Massacre as
Libbie Custer (as Nancy Kovak)
1963
Burke's Law (TV Series) as
Alistair / Athelstone Scone / Prudence Wrightly / ...
- Who Killed the Man on the White Horse? (1965) - Alistair
- Who Killed Cassandra Cass? (1964) - Athelstone Scone
- Who Killed WHO IV? (1964) - Prudence Wrightly
- Who Killed Purity Mather? (1963) - Girl Girl
1965
The Tycoon (TV Series)
- Pat's Retirement (1965)
1965
Sylvia as
Big Shirley
1964
The Outlaws Is Coming as
Annie Oakley
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) as
Monique
- Hail to the Chief (1964) - Monique
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) as
Sheila DeNault
- Parties to the Crime (1964) - Sheila DeNault
1964
12 O'Clock High (TV Series) as
Lt. Irene Cooper
- Appointment at Liege (1964) - Lt. Irene Cooper
1964
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) as
Karen Osterman
- The Second Verdict (1964) - Karen Osterman
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) as
Melinda Davis
- The Name of the Game (1963) - Melinda Davis
1963
Kraft Mystery Theater (TV Series)
- Talk to My Partner (1963)
1963
Jason and the Argonauts as
Medea
1963
Diary of a Madman as
Odette Mallotte
1962
The Wild Westerners as
Rose Sharon
1959
The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) as
Fran Loring / Rosalinda / Julie Gwynne
- The Golden Thirty (1961) - Fran Loring
- Queen of the Orange Bowl (1960) - Rosalinda
- Call It a Day (1959) - Julie Gwynne (as Nancy D. Kovack)
1961
Cry for Happy as
Camille Cameron
1960
Strangers When We Meet as
Marcia
1958
The Verdict Is Yours (TV Series) as
Prizefighter's girl
- Morris vs Dakis (1958) - Prizefighter's girl
Self
2006
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV Special) as
Self (as Nancy Kovack Mehta)
1973
The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) as
Self - Mrs. Zubin Mehta
- Fashion Show (1973) - Self - Mrs. Zubin Mehta
1969
The Trout (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1961
Number Please (TV Series) as
Self - Host
- Episode #1.4 (1961) - Self - Host
- Episode #1.3 (1961) - Self - Host
- Episode #1.2 (1961) - Self - Host
Archive Footage
2023
Compression (TV Series documentary)
- Compression Jason and the Argonauts de Don Chaffey (2023)
2015
Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (TV Series documentary) as
Various characters
- Curtain Call (2015) - Various characters (uncredited)
2005
Bewitched: The Magic Unveiled (Video short) as
Sheila Summers
1994
Biography (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Stooges: The Men Behind the Mayhem (1994) - Self (uncredited)
1990
The Three Stooges 60th Anniversary Special (TV Movie documentary)
1989
Batmania from Comics to Screen (Video documentary) as
Annie Oakley
1987
Reginald LeBorg - Man nannte mich den Alleskönner (TV Movie documentary) as
Odette Mallotte

References

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