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Nancy Kovack (born March 11, 1936 in Flint, Michigan) is a former American actress. She attended the University of Michigan at age 15 and graduated by 19. At the age of 20 she had won eight beauty titles. Kovack became interested in acting when she went to New York City to attend a wedding and became one of the Glea Girls for Jackie Gleason. She has appeared on a number of TV episodes, including Star Trek, Bewitched (playing Darrin Stephens' catty ex-fiancee and Samantha's nemesis, Sheila Sommers), Batman, I Dream of Jeannie, Perry Mason, 12 O'Clock High, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The... MORE

Nancy Kovack (born March 11, 1936 in Flint, Michigan) is a former American actress. She attended the University of Michigan at age 15 and graduated by 19. At the age of 20 she had won eight beauty titles. Kovack became interested in acting when she went to New York City to attend a wedding and became one of the Glea Girls for Jackie Gleason. She has appeared on a number of TV episodes, including Star Trek, Bewitched (playing Darrin Stephens' catty ex-fiancee and Samantha's nemesis, Sheila Sommers), Batman, I Dream of Jeannie, Perry Mason, 12 O'Clock High, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Invaders episode Task Force in season 2/16, and Burke's Law. In 1969 she was nominated for an Emmy for an appearance on Mannix. On Broadway she appeared in The Disenchanted. As she gained fame, Kovack began to win roles in Hollywood movies, most notably as the high priestess Medea in Jason and the Argonauts (1963). She also had parts in Strangers When We Meet (1960), The Wild Westerners (with red hair), Diary of a Madman (1963) with Vincent Price, The Outlaws Is Coming (1965) with The Three Stooges, Sylvia (1965), The Silencers (1966), Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966), and the Elvis Presley film LESS