Nancy Carroll
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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.
Known for
Credits
Broken Lullaby (1932)
as Fraulein Elsa
Hot Saturday (1932)
as Ruth Brock
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
as Sally Marsh
The Water Hole (1928)
as Judith Endicott
Wayward (1932)
as Daisy Frost
There Goes My Heart (1938)
as Dorothy Moore
The Woman Accused (1933)
as Glenda O'Brien
That Certain Age (1938)
as Grace Bristow
Paramount on Parade (1930)
as Herself
Scarlet Dawn (1932)
as Tanyusha Krasnoff
Follow Thru (1930)
as Lora Moore
The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
as Maria Held
The Wolf of Wall Street (1929)
as Gert
Abie's Irish Rose (1928)
as Rosemary Murphy
The Devil's Holiday (1930)
as Hallie Hobart
Laughter (1930)
as Peggy Gibson
Atlantic Adventure (1935)
as Helen Murdock
Child of Manhattan (1933)
as Madelaine McGonagle
I'll Love You Always (1935)
as Nora Clegg
The Shopworn Angel (1928)
as Daisy Heath
After the Dance (1935)
as Anne Taylor
Easy Come, Easy Go (1928)
as Barbara Quayle
Jealousy (1934)
as Jo O'Roarke
The Dance of Life (1929)
as Bonny Lee King
Sweetie (1929)
as Barbara Pell
Under-Cover Man (1932)
as Lora Madigan
Honey (1930)
as Olivia Dangerfield
Illusion (1929)
as Claire Jernigan
The Sin Sister (1929)
as Pearl
I Love That Man (1933)
as Grace Clark
Stolen Heaven (1931)
as Mary
Personal Maid (1931)
as Nora Ryan
Ladies Must Dress (1927)
as Mazie
Springtime for Henry (1934)
as Julia Jelliwell
The Night Angel (1931)
as Yula Martini
Dangerous Paradise (1930)
as Alma
Manhattan Cocktail (1928)
as Babs Clark
Close Harmony (1929)
as Marjorie Merwin
Chicken à la King (1928)
as Maisie Devoe