---
name: "Nora Denney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nora-denney"
fi1m_id: "nora-denney"
imdb_id: "nm0219372"
tmdb_id: 3469
wikidata_id: "Q7050084"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 September 1927"
died: "20 November 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:10:24.303466+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nora Denney

## Identity

Nora Denney

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nora-denney
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nora-denney
- **IMDb ID:** nm0219372
- **TMDB ID:** 3469
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7050084
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Denney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7050084, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219372/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3469

Actor. Born 3 September 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.. Died 20 November 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 September 1927, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
- **Died:** 20 November 2005
- **Also known as:** Dolores Teachenor, Dodo Denney
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Denney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7050084, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219372/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3469

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory*](https://film.one/film/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory.md) (82)

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## Biography

Nora Denney, also credited as Dodo Denney, was an American actress. Born Dolores Teachenor on 3 September 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri, she died on 20 November 2005.

Her career began in Kansas City when she was hired by local station KCMO-TV to play Marilyn the Witch, hosting horror films. She appeared in television series including *Green Acres*, *Bewitched*, *Get Smart*, *Hart to Hart* and *That Girl*, and in films such as *Who's Minding the Mint?* (1967), *I Walk the Line* (1970), *Splash* (1984) and *Ride with the Devil* (1999). She played Mrs Teevee in *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory* (1971).

She was married to Alan Denney, an art director and illustrator for Hallmark Greeting Cards; their sons Dix and John founded the punk rock band The Weirdos.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory* (1971), Fi1m 82, as Mrs. Teevee — [page](https://film.one/film/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ride with the Devil* (1999), as Elderly Woman
- *Truman* (1995), as Mama Truman
- *A Matter of Justice* (1993), series, Actor
- *Mr. & Mrs. Bridge* (1990), as Bridge Player
- *Splash* (1984), as Ms. Stein
- *Ace Crawford, Private Eye* (1983), series, as Night Nurse
- *Force: Five* (1981), Actor
- *The Gong Show Movie* (1980), as Tourist
- *Skag* (1980), Actor
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, Actor
- *The Koozebanian* (1978), as Pamela Nelson
- *American Hot Wax* (1978), as Louise's Mom
- *Eight Is Enough* (1977), series, Actor
- *I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?* (1975), as Theatre Ticket Clerk
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), series, Actor
- *Once Upon a Mattress* (1972), as Lady Agatha
- *ABC Afterschool Special* (1972), series, as Receptionist
- *The Sandy Duncan Show* (1972), series, Actor
- *Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate* (1971), as Trudy
- *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory* (1971), as Mrs. Teevee — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory.md)
- *I Walk the Line* (1970), as Darlene Hunnicutt
- *McCloud* (1970), series, Actor
- *Mayberry R.F.D.* (1968), series, as Gwen
- *Who's Minding the Mint?* (1967), as Bertha
- *He & She* (1967), series, as Mrs. Angostaura
- *The Second Hundred Years* (1967), series, as Woman
- *That Girl* (1966), series, Actor
- *A Fine Madness* (1966), as Waitress
- *Get Smart* (1965), series, as Mrs. Dickey
- *Green Acres* (1965), series, Actor
- *Bewitched* (1964), series, Actor
- *Petticoat Junction* (1963), series, Actor
- *The Trouble with Women* (1959), as Myrtle Malloy

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