Nanny and the Professor - wikipedia Nanny and the Professor For the 1972 film, see Nanny and the Professor ( film ). Nanny and the Professor Genre Sitcom Created by AJ Carothers Thomas L. Miller Starring Juliet Mills Richard Long David Doremus Trent Lehman Kim Richards Theme music composer George Greeley Opening theme `` Nanny '', written and sung by The Addrisi Brothers Composer ( s ) Charles Fox Arthur Morton Sidney Fine Country of origin United States Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons No. of episodes 54 Production Producer ( s ) Charles B. Fitzsimons Camera setup Single - camera Running time 30 min. Production company ( s ) 20th Century - Fox Television Distributor 20th Century - Fox Television ( 1972 - 1973 ) 20th Television Release Original network ABC Audio format Monaural Original release January 21, 1970 ( 1970 - 01 - 21 ) -- December 27, 1971 ( 1971 - 12 - 27 ) Nanny and the Professor is an American sitcom created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century - Fox Television. During pre-production, the proposed title was Nanny Will Do. Contents 1 Premise 2 Main cast 3 Episode list 3.1 Season 1, 1970 3.2 Season 2, 1970 -- 71 3.3 Season 3, 1971 4 Nanny 's relatives 5 Ratings and cancellation 6 References 7 External links Premise This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2017 ) Playing upon the popularity of Mary Poppins and other magical nannies of literature, this TV series posited another ostensibly magical British nanny taking care of a family in need of guidance. Unlike the candid `` magicality '' of its forebears, this Nanny 's paranormal nature was less overt and only implied. The Nanny 's young wards, as well as the audience, were left intentionally uncertain of the nature of Nanny 's `` powers '', if any. ( clockwise from top ) Richard Long, David Doremus, Trent Lehman, Kim Richards and Juliet Mills The series starred Juliet Mills as Nanny Phoebe Figalilly, Richard Long as Professor Harold Everett, and in season 3 Elsa Lanchester in the recurring role of Aunt Henrietta. Figalilly was housekeeper for Professor Everett as well as nanny to his three children : Hal, the intellectual tinkerer, played by David Doremus ; Butch, the middle child, played by Trent Lehman ; and Prudence, the youngest, played by Kim Richards. Nanny was apparently psychic, and had regular flashes of what was often more than intuition ( accented by a musical tinkling sound effect ) ; she frequently knew who was at the door before the doorbell even rang. There was the vague suggestion that she may have been at least several hundred years old and more than human, which the children thought they discovered in an episode after they saw a photo of Phoebe that looked like it was taken a century earlier. On outings, Nanny wore a navy blue Inverness cape and cap that resembled a deerstalker ; the program 's opening titles showed animations of both. Midway through the first season Nanny and the kids restored a broken down 1930 Model A Ford, which Nanny named `` Arabella '' ; for some reason the car 's radio can only pick up radio broadcasts from 1930. The location of the series remained unclear ; in the season 2 episode `` The Art of Relationships '' it is mentioned that Everett is a professor at Collier University, but at the time there was no known existing college to bear that name. Following the show 's cancellation, two animated adaptations of the series ( Nanny and the Professor and Nanny and the Professor and the Phantom of the Circus ) aired as part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie. Members of the original cast provided voices for their respective characters. Main cast This section may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience. Please help by spinning off or relocating any relevant information, and removing excessive detail that may be against Wikipedia 's inclusion policy. ( September 2017 ) `` Nanny '' Phoebe Figalilly ( Juliet Mills ), a beautiful young British woman who shows up unannounced at the Everett household to look after the Professor 's children. Though she gives no references, Everett affords Phoebe the customary six - week probationary period to see what she can do. At first her antics seem strange to the family, especially Hal, who calls her a `` weirdo '', but she soon endears herself to the three kids and, to a lesser extent, Everett himself. Phoebe ( who prefers to be called `` Nanny '' ) claims to be neither clairvoyant nor magical, but appears to have a sixth sense about many things ( accented by a tinkling musical sound whenever her senses assert themselves ), including knowing the names of people she has never met, communicating with animals, and especially knowing someone is at the front door or on the telephone before they ring the bell. Professor Harold Everett ( Richard Long ), a widower and mathematics teacher at Collier University. Everett 's three children are so rambunctious that he can not retain a nanny to take care of them ; In the first episode they have gone through five different au pairs in less than a year before Nanny 's arrival. Though he admits Nanny is already doing a very good job, his skepticism and Nanny 's lack of references maintain his doubts as to whether it will work out, added to which the sheer implausibility of the many strange things that have happened since Nanny 's arrival contradict Everett 's discipline of practicality. Initially he spends most of his time working, but with Nanny 's subtle prompting he begins to spend more and more time with his family. As the series progressed there were increasingly prevalent hints of a romantic interest between Everett and Nanny. Harold `` Hal '' Everett, Jr. ( David Doremus ), the oldest of the Everett kids, Hal is of above average intelligence and takes after his father 's practical and skeptical persona ; the two often play chess together. Hal is also a tinkerer and inventor, though his experiments often go awry ; one of his inventions is a prototype of what would later become known as The Clapper. Bentley `` Butch '' Everett ( Trent Lehman ), the middle child and Hal 's younger brother, who hates his real name and, when he 's not eating, enjoys sports and is an occasional prankster ; he unsuccessfully attempts to frighten Nanny by hiding his pet guinea pig in her bag. Butch harbors jealousy and envy of Hal and has a penchant for following in his footsteps whenever Hal takes up a new career choice, though in one episode the tables are briefly turned when, after he mimics Hal 's stargazing, he happens to find a new comet and the Bureau of Astronomics decide to name the comet after him. Prudence Everett ( Kim Richards ), the youngest of the Everett kids and the Professor 's only daughter. Prudence immediately takes a liking to Nanny when she first arrives. Mrs. Fowler ( Patsy Garrett ) ( recurring ), the Everetts ' sometimes nosy neighbor. Francine Fowler ( Eileen Baral ) ( recurring ), Mrs. Fowler 's daughter and classmate of Hal. Francine has a terrible crush on Hal. Waldo, the family dog, an Old English Sheepdog Episode list Season 1, 1970 No Ep Title Air date `` Nanny Will Do '' January 21, 1970 ( 1970 - 01 - 21 ) `` The Wiblet Will Get You If You Do n't Watch Out '' January 28, 1970 ( 1970 - 01 - 28 ) `` The New Butch '' February 4, 1970 ( 1970 - 02 - 04 ) `` The Scientific Approach '' February 11, 1970 ( 1970 - 02 - 11 ) 5 5 `` The Astronomers '' February 18, 1970 ( 1970 - 02 - 18 ) 6 6 `` Spring, Sweet Spring '' February 25, 1970 ( 1970 - 02 - 25 ) 7 7 `` Nanny on Wheels '' March 4, 1970 ( 1970 - 03 - 04 ) 8 8 `` Strictly for the Birds '' March 11, 1970 ( 1970 - 03 - 11 ) 9 9 `` The Tyrannosaurus Tibia '' March 18, 1970 ( 1970 - 03 - 18 ) 10 10 `` I Think That I Shall Never See a Tree '' March 25, 1970 ( 1970 - 03 - 25 ) 11 11 `` The Games Families Play '' April 1, 1970 ( 1970 - 04 - 01 ) 12 12 `` An Element of Risk '' April 8, 1970 ( 1970 - 04 - 08 ) 13 13 `` The Philosopher 's Stone '' April 15, 1970 ( 1970 - 04 - 15 ) 14 14 `` A Fowl Episode '' April 22, 1970 ( 1970 - 04 - 22 ) 15 15 `` Nanny and the Smoke - Filled Room '' April 29, 1970 ( 1970 - 04 - 29 ) Season 2, 1970 -- 71 No Ep Title Air date 16 `` The Human Element '' September 25, 1970 ( 1970 - 09 - 25 ) 17 `` The Haunted House '' October 2, 1970 ( 1970 - 10 - 02 ) 18 `` Star Bright '' October 9, 1970 ( 1970 - 10 - 09 ) 19 `` E.S. Putt '' October 16, 1970 ( 1970 - 10 - 16 ) 20 5 `` Back to Nature '' October 23, 1970 ( 1970 - 10 - 23 ) 21 6 `` A Letter for Nanny '' October 30, 1970 ( 1970 - 10 - 30 ) 22 7 `` The Great Broadcast of 1936 '' November 6, 1970 ( 1970 - 11 - 06 ) 23 8 `` The Masculine - Feminine Mystique '' November 13, 1970 ( 1970 - 11 - 13 ) 24 9 `` The India Queen '' November 20, 1970 ( 1970 - 11 - 20 ) 25 10 `` The Visitor '' December 4, 1970 ( 1970 - 12 - 04 ) 26 11 `` My Son, the Sitter '' December 11, 1970 ( 1970 - 12 - 11 ) 27 12 `` From Butch, with Love '' December 18, 1970 ( 1970 - 12 - 18 ) 28 13 `` The Humanization of Herbert T. Peabody '' December 25, 1970 ( 1970 - 12 - 25 ) 29 14 `` A Diller, a Dollar '' January 8, 1971 ( 1971 - 01 - 08 ) 30 15 `` Separate Rooms '' January 15, 1971 ( 1971 - 01 - 15 ) 31 16 `` The Human Fly '' January 22, 1971 ( 1971 - 01 - 22 ) 32 17 `` The Man Who Came to Pasta '' January 29, 1971 ( 1971 - 01 - 29 ) 33 18 `` The Art of Relationships '' February 5, 1971 ( 1971 - 02 - 05 ) 34 19 `` The Balloon Ladies '' February 12, 1971 ( 1971 - 02 - 12 ) 35 20 `` The Prodigy '' February 19, 1971 ( 1971 - 02 - 19 ) 36 21 `` How Many Candles ? '' February 26, 1971 ( 1971 - 02 - 26 ) 37 22 `` The Unknown Factor '' March 5, 1971 ( 1971 - 03 - 05 ) 38 23 `` Kid Stuff '' March 12, 1971 ( 1971 - 03 - 12 ) 39 24 `` The Communication Gap '' March 26, 1971 ( 1971 - 03 - 26 ) Season 3, 1971 No Ep Title Air date 40 `` Oh, What a Tangled Web '' September 13, 1971 ( 1971 - 09 - 13 ) 41 `` The Flower Children '' September 20, 1971 ( 1971 - 09 - 20 ) 42 `` Sunday 's Hero '' September 27, 1971 ( 1971 - 09 - 27 ) 43 `` South Sea Island Sweetheart '' October 4, 1971 ( 1971 - 10 - 04 ) 44 5 `` Aunt Henrietta 's Premonition '' October 11, 1971 ( 1971 - 10 - 11 ) 45 6 `` Cholmondeley Featherstonehaugh '' October 18, 1971 ( 1971 - 10 - 18 ) 46 7 `` Aunt Henrietta and the Jinx '' October 25, 1971 ( 1971 - 10 - 25 ) 47 8 `` Nanny and Her Witch 's Brew '' November 1, 1971 ( 1971 - 11 - 01 ) 48 9 `` The Conversion of Brother Ben '' November 8, 1971 ( 1971 - 11 - 08 ) 49 10 `` Aunt Henrietta and the Poltergeist '' November 15, 1971 ( 1971 - 11 - 15 ) 50 11 `` Professor Pygmalion Plays Golf '' November 22, 1971 ( 1971 - 11 - 22 ) 51 12 `` The Great Debate '' November 29, 1971 ( 1971 - 11 - 29 ) 52 13 `` One for the Road '' December 6, 1971 ( 1971 - 12 - 06 ) 53 14 `` Good - bye, Arabella, Hello '' December 13, 1971 ( 1971 - 12 - 13 ) 54 15 `` Whatever Happened to Felicity ? '' December 27, 1971 ( 1971 - 12 - 27 ) Nanny 's relatives From time to time, some of Nanny 's eccentric relatives ( and some Nanny claimed as relatives because they were everybody 's uncle ) dropped by the Everett home for a visit. They include : Uncle Alfred ( portrayed by John Mills, Juliet Mills 's father ), an eccentric who enthralls the Everett children with his wonderful stories and human flying act in his visit in `` The Human Fly ''. Aunt Justine ( portrayed by Ida Lupino ) and Aunt Agatha ( portrayed by Marjorie Bennett ), two of Nanny 's loveable aunts who draw a mob of reporters, tourists and `` Women 's Libbers '' when they descend on the Everetts, quite literally, in a balloon in `` The Balloon Ladies ''. Uncle Horace ( portrayed by Ray Bolger ), Nanny 's roguish uncle, an old charmer, just back from the South seas, finds himself in great demand as rainmaker in Nanny 's drought - stricken town during his visit in `` South Sea Island Sweetheart ''. Aunt Henrietta ( portrayed by Elsa Lanchester ), an eccentric grand dame who arrives in town with her circus and a disturbing premonition that Nanny is about to be carried off by a mustachioed stranger in `` Aunt Henrietta 's Premonition. '' She later appeared in `` Aunt Henrietta and the Jinx '' during a battle between reason and superstition and returned again in `` Aunt Henrietta and the Poltergeist '' helping to get rid of a ghost. Aunt Arabella, Nanny 's aunt and the inspiration for the nickname of Nanny 's antique 1930 Model A automobile in `` Nanny on Wheels ''. Nanny had a lookalike great - aunt ( never seen ) who lived to a ripe old age ( she was born in October - a Libra ). During Nanny 's wedding to Cholmondeley Featherstonehaugh ( pronounced `` Chumley Fanshaw '' ), she found a note from her mother tucked in her great - great - great grandmother 's wedding gown that told her to only marry if she was truly in love. Nanny took the advice of the note and called off the wedding. Ratings and cancellation The series first aired as a mid-season replacement on January 21, 1970, on ABC, and was last telecast on December 27, 1971. The series enjoyed initial success due to its Friday night timeslot when it was scheduled between The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family, which were shows aimed at similar demographics ( largely young children and pre-teens ). Ratings suffered in the third season when ABC moved the series to Monday night opposite Gunsmoke and Rowan and Martin 's Laugh - In. After it was canceled, the show had a brief run in syndication. It was also one of the first shows rerun on FX Network in 1994. The show was added to getTV 's lineup in May 2016. The first two seasons are presently available for viewing on Hulu, but three episodes of season two are not included. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has not released the series on DVD. References Jump up ^ Weiner, Ed ; Editors of TV Guide ( 1992 ). The TV Guide TV Book : 40 Years of the All - Time Greatest Television Facts, Fads, Hits, and History. New York : Harper Collins. p. 174. ISBN 0 - 06 - 096914 - 8. 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Question: who played prudence on nanny and the professor
Answer: Kim Richards