Actress Nancy Olson admitted that she made the decision to leave Hollywood behind after being named Oscar for her role on “Sunset Boulevard.”
Receiving an Oscar nomination marked the peak of her career, but Olson said she felt that resigning from the spotlight on February 6 was a clue for her episode The Hollywood Reporter’s “It happened in Hollywood” podcast. The 96-year-old said her role as Betty Schafer in the 1950 film attracted all the accolades the actress wanted, but about how the Hollywood abuse star abused her The film’s story was enough to put her on his shoulders after she revealed her acting. Truth about the industry.”
“It was built on the products that were sold, and the products were actors and actresses, and they were bigger than their reality,” she said.
“They were the people who were used to sell the film. So they became more beautiful, desirable, and sexual than the possibilities.”
LOS ANGELES, CA – April 30: Nancy Olson will be attending the premiere of “Be Like Trees” in Los Angeles on April 30, 2019 at the Regent Landmark Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)
Olson mentioned Marilyn Monroe as an example of how Hollywood created and discarded the stars.
“The movie stars were sad creatures,” Olson said as he spoke about her experiences.
“I understood Norma Desmond, Marilyn Monroe, and I wanted life,” she continued.
The actress recalls the disposable sensations that loomed over the stars and says she doesn’t want fame in that form.
“We knew that movie stars had a certain amount of time, so they were dumped,” Olson said.
“What did you need to know more about Norma Desmond than about? I’m a Midwest doctor’s daughter. “How many movie stars are happy to marry and have children. Extreme family, aunts and uncles. , Was some of my cousins in my life?” Not anyone. So I couldn’t imagine being in the world. ”
Hollywood, California – January 27: Actress Nancy Olson will be taking part in the Q&A for Sunset Boulevard’s 70th Anniversary Screening at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatre on January 27, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Photo: Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)
The actress said that this type of presence was quickly recognized as simply unattractive to her.
The opportunity appeared after “Sunset Boulevard” and while her team wanted to raise her wages and promote it further, Olson put the brakes on her career.
“I said, ‘I’m sorry, I can’t be a movie star,’ she recalled.
Olson appeared in several films in the 1950s, but by the mid-1960s he mostly had withdrawn from the industry.
She married Broadway lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, and had him and two daughters. Olson later married Alan W. Livingston in 1962 and had a son.
“It’s a happy part of my life. My children and grandchildren,” Olson said. (Related: “Hollywood is not a healthy place”: Angelina Jolie says she plans to leave Los Angeles.)
She officially quit acting in the mid-1980s and has since left almost no on-screen appearance.
