Nancy Jane Kulp (August 28, 1921 February 3, 1991) was an American character actress best known as Miss Jane Hathaway on the popular television series The
ichard Pettys 1996 bid for North Carolina secretary of state foundered, for example. Nancy Kulp, who played Jane Hathaway on the The Beverly Hillbillies, lost her congressional race in Pennsylvania (it didnt help that Buddy Ebsen, who played Jed Clampett on the show, endorsed her opponent).
TV stars Fred Grandy of TheLove Boat and Ben Jones of Dukes of Hazzard, who both served in Congress. President Reagan needs no mention. It's harder to think of actors who've lost like Nancy Kulp, who starred in the Beverly Hillbillies but lost a bid for Congress in central Pennsylvania in 1984.