Nancy Carroll
Acting • Born 1903-11-19 – Died 1965-08-06
Biography
Nancy Carroll (November 19, 1903 – August 6, 1965) was an American actress.She began her acting career in Broadway musicals. She became a successful actress in "talkies" because her musical background enabled her to play in the movie musicals of the 1930s. Her film debut was in Ladies Must Dress in 1927. In 1928 she made eight films. One of them, Easy Come, Easy Go, co-starring Richard Dix, made her a star. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1930 for The Devil's Holiday. Among her other films are Laughter (1930), Paramount on Parade (1930), Hot Saturday (1932) with Cary Grant and Randolph Scott, The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) directed by James Whale, and Broken Lullaby aka The Man I Killed (1932) directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Carroll retired from films in 1938, returned to the stage, and starred in the early television series The Aldrich Family in 1950. In the following year, she guest starred in the television version of The Egg and I, starring her daughter, Patricia Kirkland. On August 6, 1965, she was found dead after failing to arrive at the theatre for a performance. The cause of her death was an aneurysm. She was 61 years old. For her contributions to the motion picture industry, Nancy Carroll has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1719 Vine Street.
Filmography
42 credits
Hot Saturday
Movie • 1932
Ruth Brock
The Woman Accused
Movie • 1933
Glenda O'Brien
There Goes My Heart
Movie • 1938
Dorothy Moore
Abie's Irish Rose
Movie • 1928
Rosemary Murphy
Broken Lullaby
Movie • 1932
Fraulein Elsa
Child of Manhattan
Movie • 1933
Madelaine McGonagle
The Dance of Life
Movie • 1929
Bonny Lee King
The Devil's Holiday
Movie • 1930
Hallie Hobart
Follow Thru
Movie • 1930
Lora Moore
Scarlet Dawn
Movie • 1932
Tanyusha Krasnoff
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Movie • 1933
Maria Held
Laughter
Movie • 1930
Peggy Gibson
Stolen Heaven
Movie • 1931
Mary
Atlantic Adventure
Movie • 1935
Helen Murdock
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Movie • 1934
Sally Marsh
Dangerous Paradise
Movie • 1930
Alma
The Shopworn Angel
Movie • 1928
Daisy Heath
Springtime for Henry
Movie • 1934
Julia Jelliwell
The Sin Sister
Movie • 1929
Pearl
Easy Come, Easy Go
Movie • 1928
Barbara Quayle
Manhattan Cocktail
Movie • 1928
Babs Clark
Close Harmony
Movie • 1929
Marjorie Merwin
The Night Angel
Movie • 1931
Yula Martini
After the Dance
Movie • 1935
Anne Taylor
Ladies Must Dress
Movie • 1927
Mazie
Illusion
Movie • 1929
Claire Jernigan
Under-Cover Man
Movie • 1932
Lora Madigan
Sweetie
Movie • 1929
Barbara Pell
Chicken à la King
Movie • 1928
Maisie Devoe
Personal Maid
Movie • 1931
Nora Ryan
Paramount on Parade
Movie • 1930
Herself
I Love That Man
Movie • 1933
Grace Clark
Wayward
Movie • 1932
Daisy Frost
That Certain Age
Movie • 1938
Grace Bristow
Honey
Movie • 1930
Olivia Dangerfield
Jealousy
Movie • 1934
Jo O'Roarke
I'll Love You Always
Movie • 1935
Nora Clegg
The Water Hole
Movie • 1928
Judith Endicott
The Wolf of Wall Street
Movie • 1929
Gert
Naked City
TV • 1958
Bernice Hacker
Going My Way
TV • 1962
This Is Your Life
TV • 1952
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