Nancy Anne Parsons (January 17, 1942 – January 5, 2001) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She is known for portraying the discipline-minded coach Beulah Balbricker in the sex comedy Porky's (1981) and its sequels Porky's II: The Next Day (1983) and Porky's Revenge (1985).
Early years Parsons was raised in Minnetonka, Minnesota, one of the three daughters of Mary Margaret (née Samsa) and Charles Walter Parsons. She graduated from Minnetonka High School, Class of 1960.
Career Parsons resumed acting in 1974 after taking 10 years off to raise a family with two children. She starred as Miss Amelia Evans in Edward Albee's stage version of The Ballad of the Sad Café and received the top prize in the Hugh O'Brian Acting Awards at UCLA. She also went on to act at Theatre East in Studio City.
Parsons's film debut came in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977). She portrayed Beulah Balbricker in the 1981 film Porky's and its sequels, as well as Ida in Motel Hell (1980), a role which earned her a nomination for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Parsons made guest appearances in several TV shows, including Remington Steele, Baretta, Charlie's Angels, The Rockford Files, Lou Grant, Family Ties, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Days of Our Lives.
Death Parsons died from congestive heart failure on January 5, 2001, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, aged 58.
Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes1977 Prime Time a.k.a. American Raspberry Lady Mailperson 1977 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Singing Patient 1979 The Lady in Red Tiny Alice 1980 Where the Buffalo Roam Head Nurse 1980 Motel Hell Ida Smith 1981 Honky Tonk Freeway Alice the Teller 1981 Smokey Bites the Dust Harold's Mother 1981 Porky's Beulah Balbricker 1981 Pennies from Heaven The Old Whore 1983 Porky's II: The Next Day Beulah Balbricker 1983 Quarterback Princess Mrs. Klosterman TV movie1983 Sudden Impact Mrs. Kruger 1985 Porky's Revenge! Beulah Balbricker 1989 Homer and Eddie Maid 1989 Steel Magnolias Janice Van Meter 1990 Loose Cannons Nurse 1991 The Doctor Laurie 1991 Death Falls Nurse 1992 Ladybugs Coach Annie 1992 Wishman Miss Crabbe
Selected television credits Charlie's Angels — S3. E14: "Angels in Springtime" as Zora Stafford (1978) Family Ties — S2. E21: "Diary of a Young Girl" as the Nurse looking after Jennifer when she had her tonsils taken out (1988). Star Trek: The Next Generation — S3. E9: "The Vengeance Factor" as Sovereign Marouk (1989) Hull High — S1. E19 (1990) Days of Our Lives — 27 episodes, Mary Brooke / Nurse Jackson (1994–1996) The Pretender — S2. E17: "Crash" as Martha Bowman (1998)
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