Nedra Volz

Birth : 1908-06-18, Montrose, Iowa, USA

Death : 2003-01-20

History

An apple dumpling of a darling, character actress Nedra Volz had one of those slightly vacant, twinkly-eyed faces absolutely designed for light sitcoms and commercial work. Although she didn't come into her own until past retirement age, she enjoyed a solid two-decade ride delightfully amusing audiences all over. The diminutive Iowa native was born in a trunk to vaudeville parents in 1908 and was immediately thrust onto the stage as "Baby Nedra" in tent shows and similar venues. A band singer and radio performer in her early adult years, maternal instincts took over after marrying her husband in 1944 and she raised two children. But the spark never completely died. In the 1950s she was performing again in community theater shows.

Profile

Movies

The Great White Hype

Old Lady

When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Rev. Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training while the confident champ takes it easy and falls out of shape.

Betrayal of the Dove

Old Woman

A divorced mother fears for her life after a friend gets her a blind date with a doctor.

Mortuary Academy

Helen

"Police Academy" clone, about some nerds who inherit an academy for morticians, which is run by a corrupt closet necropheliac. Of course, the most incompetent students possible are accepted, so that the academy will fail, and all sorts of wacky hijinks ensue.

Moving Violations

Mrs. Loretta Houk

A group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their records clean.

Lust in the Dust

Big Ed

A group of unscrupulous characters seek buried treasure in the old west.

Last of the Great Survivors

Gladys

American Comedy Made for TV

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

Old Lady ("Growing Yourself")

A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories.

Gridlock

Mrs. Felcher

A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an astounding traffic tie-up, with the entire system caught in a gridlock that John Beck, as a traffic expert, endeavors to unsnarl.

Little Miss Marker

Mrs. Clancy

Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in the 1930s. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change a great deal with her arrival and his sudden love for a woman also involved in gambling operations.

Mrs. Kissell

A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.

Mule Feathers

Clamity Jane

A drifter con artist, impersonating a parson, arrives in a small Wild West town with his mule and becomes embroiled in the lives of several townsfolk.