Nora Denney (September 3, 1927[citation needed] – November 20, 2005), also credited as Dodo Denney, was an American actress. She is best remembered for her role as Mrs. Doris Teavee in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).
Her show business career began in Kansas City when she was hired by the local television station Channel 5 (KCMO TV) to play "Marilyn the Witch", an onscreen host for horror movies.[1] She performed in many television series, including Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Bewitched, Hart to Hart, Get Smart, Room 222 and That Girl.[2]
Her film credits include Who's Minding the Mint? (1967), I Walk the Line (1970), Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (1971), I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975), American Hot Wax (1978) and Truman (1995).[3] She made her final film appearance in 1999 in Ang Lee's Ride with the Devil.[4] She played school teacher "Mrs. Teavee" in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), and appeared in Splash (1984).
She was married to Alan Denney, an art director and illustrator for Hallmark Greeting Cards. While the couple raised their two sons, Dix and John, founders of the Los Angeles-based punk rock band The Weirdos, she became a film and television character actress.[citation needed]
Denney died of cancer on November 20, 2005, aged 78.[5]